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Setomaa Foodways

Setomaa

Ethnolinguistic

The Seto, Orthodox rather than Lutheran, speaking Seto, astride the modern Estonian-Russian border: sõir — a caraway curd cheese — fish, mushrooms, and a festival calendar following the Orthodox year. ⚠ Their own community, not a regional variant of Estonian.

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Communities and languages

  • Seto community documented

Languages: Estonian

What is recorded

  • The Seto are Orthodox, speak Seto, and live across the Estonian-Russian border. They are recorded as their own community rather than as a regional variant of Estonian foodways. documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

  • related to Russian Foodways documented

    Orthodox faith, a border running through the community, and a shared calendar.

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