• "ROOTS AND TREETOPS"

      - 27-31 of July
      The Kuldrum team meets up in Viljandi, Estonia.
      We will have workshops and perform at Viljandi Folk Festival. And of course plan for the future.

       

    • Our hearts stand with Ukraine!

      The aggression on Ukraine has created worries for friends in Ukraine, but also worries for the risk of being countries with borders towards Russia. Having a history of being locked into the Soviet Union, fighting for freedom and sovereignty as countries, but most of all the freedom of speech and interactivity as people and cultures.

      The Kuldrum project is about how cultures in countries around the Baltic Sea connect through traditional storytelling, through common story themes that have been built and evolved through centuries, even millenaries, in people's lives. Russia is of course also a part of this culture evolvement, as the folk tradition goes beyond national borders and men in power. 

      CHANGES IN OUR SCHEDULE

      Due to the unstable situation we need to make changes in our schedule. Our plan for now is to have the Swedish online session moved to Friday the 22nd of April.

      The onsite Kuldrum-festival in Kuldiga, Latvia, will take place 8 - 12 of June.

      More information here >>

    • Join the storytelling network!

      Open to professionals as well as people with a passionate interest
      for storytelling and traditional singing

      What is the KULDRUM project?

      a storytelling project

      KULDRUM is Livonian, Estonian and Swedish. Guld/Kuld Rum/Ruum. A golden room - the golden place, physical and spiritual, where people connect and create belonging and identity through storytelling. KULDRUM wants to create a long term network where storytellers and folksingers can share storytelling practices on how to bring in people into creativity, and how to weave culture and identity into the fabric of society and everyday life.

      Join the project!

      share and learn storytelling practices

      The project aims to create activities - physical and online - for storytellers and folksingers. The project is open both to professionals who use storytelling in their performances through playing music, singing songs, lecturing knowledge, or telling stories, and people who have a passionate interest.

      Today, the network is active through our facebook page >>

    • The KULDRUM festival in Blekinge

      See pictures and films from the festival 10-14 nov 2021

    • Lähme seda teeda mööda,

      seda teeda tipulist,

      ja tehtud teeda mööda,

      velle raiutud radasi,

      kust on enne orjad käinud,

      orjad käinud härjad läinud,

      mis on jäänud jälgedelle,

      mis on sammuli sadanud

      kulda jaanud jalgadelle,

      hõbe sammule sadanud,

      kes oli hullu noppis kulda,

      ma põlnd hullu nopsin kulda,

      kulda sain ma kuuetäie,

      hõbedat sain hõlmatäie,

      vaske vana vaka täie

      viisin ma kulla kodoje,

      viisin kulla memme näha

      hõbedase õe näha,

      vase vana naeste näha

      memm panni kulla kuivamaie,

      alla kaane kasvamaie

      kuivis kuu kuivis kaks,

      kuivis kuu kolmandalle,

      natukese neljandalle,

      veidikese viiendalle,

      mõne pääva pealekauba

      Kullast sündis neitsikene

      Let's go walking together
      Walking on the forest road
      The road where the slaves have walked
      The road where forefathers went
      What is left in the footsteps?
      Gold is left in the footsteps
      Who was the crazy one to pick up the gold?
      I was the one, who picked up the gold
      I put it to grow
      It grew a month and it grew two
      And grew a day or two
      And then it became a woman

      (traditional song from Estonia)

    • PROJECT SCHEDULE

      Upcoming activities 2021 and 2022

      15 Oct - 13.00-16.00 (CET time)

      Closed session

      Professional storytellers and folksingers from Estonia, Sweden and Latvia share knowledge and experiences.
      ONLINE
       

      15 Oct - 17.00-20.00 (CET time)

      Open session

      Meet the storyteller and tradition carrier Lidija Jansone from Kuldiga, Latvia, who will present the tradition of singing dainas in connection with rituals and ceremonies. ONLINE

      11-14 Nov
      Blekinge, Sweden

      Storytelling meetup

      Join in a four day long conference in Blekinge, Sweden, where storytellers and folksingers from Estonia, Sweden and Latvia meet to share practices.

      11 Feb - 13.00-16.00 (CET time)

      Closed session

      Professional storytellers and folksingers from Estonia, Sweden and Latvia share knowledge and experiences.
      ONLINE

      11 Feb - 13.00-16.00 (CET time)

      Open session

      Meet Estonian storytellers and folksingers on the theme "Every thing has a story". About the different "languages" of storytelling.
      ONLINE

      22 Apr - 16.00-18.00 (CET time)

      Closed session

      Professional storytellers and folksingers from Estonia, Sweden and Latvia share knowledge and experiences.
      ONLINE

      22 Apr - 18.30-21.00 (CET time)

      Open session

      Meet Swedish storytellers and folksingers on the theme "drama in storytelling and singing". With the tradition of May singing as a living example.
      ONLINE

      8-12 Jun
      Kuldiga, Latvia

      Storytelling meetup

      Join in a four day long conference in Kuldiga, Latvia, where storytellers and folksingers from Estonia, Sweden and Latvia meet to share practices.

      27-31 Jul
      Viljandi, Estonia

      Storytelling meetup

      The final session will be held as a festival in the festival of Viljandi Folk Music Festival. Workshops in regilaul, dainas, medieval ballads. Singing games, concerts, singer and storytelling meetings. Launching of the network platform.
       

    • A Baltic Sea Project

      Through funding from Nordic Culture Point the project will run

      between 1 of August 2021 and 31 of August 2022

      Contact us to discuss storytelling! kuldrum.project@gmail.com

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