ESTONIAN CULTURE

Tradition

Estonians are not very religious but they value tradition. They mix Christian holidays like All Saints Day with pagan ones. Estonians also love nature, they will often spend their weekends hiking. They also like folk dancing. Estonian also celebrate Christmas too.

RELIGION

• Evangelical Lutheran
• Russian Orthodox
• Baptist
• Methodist
• Roman Catholic
• Only 14% of Estonians declared religion as an important part of their life.

SPORTS/GAMES

• Estonians athletes took part of every Olympic Games until the contretemps was annexed by the Soviet Union.
• They won the most metals for weight lifting, wrestling and cross country skiing.

LANGUAGES

• Estonian
• Russian(66%)
• English(46%)
• German(22%)
• Finnish

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES

• On special occasions Estonians like to wear classy folk dresses.

FOODS

• Favorite foods are sauce made of moved meat, cabbage stew, meat in jelly and oven baked potatoes with pork.
• In the summer time they like to grill and barbecue.

CUSTOMS

• They are quite and reserved.
• They shake hands to greet.
• Usually the men greet the women and the younger ones greet the older ones.
• Estonians are very nice. They make best of friends.
• They mean what they say.

FAMILY UNIT

• Family ties are very close which means newly wed will often live with their parents until their on their feet and the elderly are very well cared for or are put into a care home.

THAT'S ALL