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The music of Triskele bears several meanings,
thus resembling a symbolic ornament with influences from ancient
fenno-ugric heritage as well as later Christian cultural tradition.
Variety of sources characterizing living folk music form a harmonic
structure, passages from one source to another are barely noticeable,
resulting in Estonian folk music enriched by new, unusual colours.
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Tarmo Tabas –
vocals
Heikki-Rein
Veromann – vocals, flutes
Ergo-Hart
Västrik –
vocals
Toivo
Sõmer – oud, zithers, vocals
Jaanus Roosileht – fiddle, bowed harp, vocals
Janno
Mäe – drums, vocals
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The emergence of RELIGIOUS FOLK SONG is a phenomenon
that belongs, to a large extent, to the 18th century. A distinctive chapter
in it is the adaptation of Lutheran hymns which we come across mainly
in Western Estonia, in the areas where Estonian Swedes lived and nearby.
Similar adaptations of hymns can be found in Finland and Sweden. These
songs are folk melodies sung to the texts of the Lutheran hymnal, where
traces of this or that hymnal tune can be found. Only in rare cases is
it possible to recognize the hymn clearly, in most cases it does not match
the text, that is, the supposed model tune is not sung to the corresponding
text but another text has been used. The religious folk song is a unique
phenomenon in Estonian culture, this is one of the points of contact which
relates us organically to European cultural traditions. And so it is perhaps
one of the most accessible aspects of our culture.