25,000-voice choir in Estonia

Imagine nearly 25,000 young people raising their voices in a gigantic choir, cheered by 100,000 spectators.

This happened in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, a former Soviet republic on the Baltic Sea, in July. The Singing Festival, performed every five years for the past 150 years, has come to mean victory over domination, oppression, and economic hardship. Begun in 1869, the festival is Estonia’s national statement, the symbol of the heart of a country that, against all odds, made it into the eurozone this year.