Friday, May 7, 2010

Student Days

The last week of April was Student Days here in Tartu.

Tartu Studentdays is a festival brought to you twice a year: in spring and in autumn! Tartu Studentdays festival offers participants and visitors a unique programme full of culture and entertainment! The programme allows you to rest your spirit and partake in the enjoyment of student life. Tartu Studentdays represents student’s spirit, their positive energy and optimism. Twice a year, these festivals gather people to come and find their inner student and to share an amazing experience with the students of Tartu. The activities are filled with enjoyment for participants and spectators alike to ensure there is fun for everybody.

There were many activities throughout the week like song festivals, boat races, flying machine contests, dances, costumes parties, and even snowball fights.


The Song Festival took place in a huge hill...the same hill that is used as a popular place to sled in the winter. The entire hill was covered with people eating, drinking, and singing while a live band was playing.

They had a contest to see who could build the tallest stack of beer crates without falling.
The highlight of the week was the boat race on the river. People come from all over Estonia to watch the boat races.
The participants were supposed to race upstream and then downstream, but instead everyone just floated around trying to soak and sink the other boats.
The international students' boat.

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