Meanings
- A region in southeastern Estonia.
When comparing Setomaa and Lutheran south-eastern Estonia, no principal differences in the occurrence of village cemeteries and holy sites in natural places is observed.
2004, Jörn Staecker, The European Frontier: Clashes and Compromises in the Middle Ages; International Symposium of the Culture Clash Or Compromise (CCC) Project and the Department of Archaeology, Lund University, Held in Lund October 13-15 2000, →ISBN2 more examples
Especially short is the temporal gap between the present and the traditional pre-literate society in Setomaa district in the south-easternmost corner of Estonia (figure). Historically, Setomaa does not belong to the realm of Western culture and it has never been a part of Livonia.
2006, Anders Andrén, Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives: Origins, Changes, and Interactions: an International Conference in Lund, Sweden, June 3-7, 2004, Nordic Academic Press, →ISBN, page 141Demographic crisis and a decline in active Orthodox participation in Setomaa figured in as well, since the enchantments of this akathist derived from Setos, Estonians, and Russians knowing and recognizing the special melody and its connection to the Petseri monastery.
2015, Jeffers Engelhardt, Singing the Right Way: Orthodox Christians and Secular Enchantment in Estonia, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 215
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