Ethnicity day in Estonia in 2025

Ethnicity day in Estonia in 2025
  How long until Ethnicity day?
Ethnicity day
  Dates of Ethnicity day in Estonia
2026 Estonia Sat, Oct 17 Not A Public Holiday
2025 Estonia Sat, Oct 18 Not A Public Holiday
2024 Estonia Sat, Oct 19 Not A Public Holiday
2023 Estonia Sat, Oct 21 National Holiday
2022 Estonia Sat, Oct 15 National Holiday
  Summary

day dedicated to the Estonian unique language and cultural identity

  Local name
Hõimupäev

This public holiday is celebrated on the 3rd Saturday in October.

In 2011, the Estonian Riigikogu (parliament) approved a law according to which ethnicity day will be celebrated on the third Saturday of October as national holiday, LETA/htuleht reports.

The initiators of the move say that the aim of the ethnicity day is to better inform the public of Estonians being a member of the Finno-Ugric nations, to value their origin, mother tongue and cultural heritage more.

This will be the day dedicated to the Estonian unique language and cultural identity, national culture and the day when Estonians think about other Finno-Ugric nations, introduce their languages and cultures and speak of their problems.


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