July 2024
Viljandi, Estonia

filmed by Vincent Moon
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part of the collection ((( From the Viljandi Folk Music Festival ))) • watch here

Lummo Kati Leelopark brings to the audiences a journey through the songs of the three days of a Seto wedding. The selection of Seto wedding songs is very rich, most of them in a unique half-tone and tone-and-a-half scale, which leads the listener into a special, forgotten musical world. 

Recording of Lummo Kati Leelopark by Vincent Moon, made during the XXXI Viljandi Folk Music Festival in Estonia.
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Produced by Viljandi Folk Music Festival, Estonian Traditional Music Center, and Petites Planètes
Mixed and mastered by Sylvestre Nonique-Desvergnes 

1st song - Mäe ääl (the hill voice), leadsinger Meel Valk 
2nd song - Järve ääl (the lake voice), leadsinger Mari Palolill 3rd song - Naka mi naasõ laulõmahe (women, lets start singing), leadsinger Maris Andreller 
4th song - Püüräjuuskmine (dance song), leadsinger Marika Keerpalu 
5th song - Mõrsjaitk (bridal lament), leadsinger Triin Vissel 

Choir members - Mari Palolill, Katrin Nikolajev, Meel Valk, Liis Samuel, Karmen Kukk, Maris Andreller, Päikeriin Salm, Helen Külvik, Janika Oras, Marika Keerpalu, Triin Vissel. 
Accordion player - Toomas Valk 

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