Блог Aivar Ruukel (34)

I would like to see members of Uralistica.com taking part of this unconference: 10 days until Indigenous Peoples Week begins!

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Some pictures from press conference, held today in Tallinn are on Facebook

Happy about these news, heard today from friend Oliver.

Story here http://ugranow.ru/?p=8383

Sami people in trouble with mining. Read full story "Mining Boom Threatens Laponia Ecotourism" 

http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/mining-boom-threatens-laponia-ecotourism

Yesterday the workshop was held on the topic of Finno-Ugric Tourism in Kiidi guesthouse, Haanja nature park South Estonia.

Different aspects of Finno-Ugric and indigenous tourism was discussed. Presenters included

Agu Hollo – about life in Haanja region

Aivar Ruukel - about 1-st World Indigenous Tourism Forum …

What do you think is Жера́р Реневич going to be rather Erzya or Moksha? 

I am not sure about the real meaning of the Udmurtia day, but it is good reason to make pelmeni at home with three udmurt of my family 

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Yesterday was the final concert and party of Finno Ugric Days in Estonia.

I have more pictures on Facebook if you want to have a look. 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.544959882197668.142054.532135330146790…

Last week the first international forum on Indigenous Tourism was organized by World Indigenous Tourism Alliance (WINTA). http://www.winta.org/

It was held October 12, 2012, in Lucerne, Switzerland as a first-ever ATTA Summit Extension Program immediately following the ninth Adventure Travel World Summit.…

Hello, 

it is mushroom season in Estonia. Yesterday I picked some Lactarius mushrooms, and my wife salted  these in the way her mother does in tiny village of North Udmurtia. It is really very delicious stuff :)

See picture:

Do you know if there are some Finno Ugric cookbooks available in Russian language? Or in some of our own…

Today on the seminar about branding ... my slides on web-footprint...

Udmurtian group Etkon Korka had a great concert yesterday in Pärnu, Estonia 

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First Finno-Ugric Branding Conference will be held on 13-14th of October 2011 in Tallinn. Conference aims to initiate a systematic process for raising global awareness of, and interest in the Finno-Ugric common cultural roots and ongoing international cooperation (“Finno-Ugric movement”). Rationale of the Conference is based on two key premises:

•  Current awareness of…