Do You Know the Country?

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Hitchhiking competition “KAS TUNNED MAAD?” (Do you know the country?)

In the summer of 2001 a new undertaking was born as an influential combination of local lore knowledge, interest in environment protection and healthy lifestyle – a hitchhiking competition “Do you know the country?” organized by Tartu Students’ Nature Protection Club. Start to the hitchhikers’ mixed pairs is given at the beginning of the week in Tartu, the Finish for the contest is on Viljandi Folk Music Festival Green Stage on Viljandi Singing Ground on Thursday July 29 at 8p.m.

At the completion of the hitchhiking contest a folk music group Inju KEK – their members all belonging to Ring (the Nature Protection Club) – will perform. Inju KEK has so far won no prizes at any music contests but all members are eager to perform and determined to continue their holy mission. Inju KEK has given four successful performances and in many cases the band has not been interrupted with dance music CDs. It may happen that the hitchhikers will be invited to talk in music about what they saw and heard on their way.