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Maavalla Koda (literally ''House of the Native Land'', short for Taarausuliste ja Maausuliste Maavalla Koda, ''Estonian House for Taaraist and Native Religion Followers'') is a religious organisation uniting adherents of the two kinds of Estonian native religion or Estonian Neopaganism: Taaraism and Maausk.Ahto Kaasik.
Old Estonian Religion
''. Maavalla Koda.
Maavalla Koda was registered as a union of religious associations (''koguduste liit'') in
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in 1995. The initial constituent members of the union were three local registered religious associations, Emujärve Koda (representing adherents from the south of Estonia), Härjapea Koda (with members from the north of the country), and Tartu Supilinna Koda (formed in the university town of Tartu). Later, Tartu
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a Koda has been renamed Emajõe Koda (after the river
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), and the newer association of Maausk adherents of the island
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, Maausuliste Saarepealne Koda, has been admitted to Maavalla Koda. On the Estonian military NATO-standard
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, adherents of Taarausk and Maausk are identified with the abbreviation EST. A
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noting festivals of the Estonian traditional religion is published annually by Maavalla Koda. The current focus of activity of Maavalla Koda is on traditional natural sacred sites in Estonia, with the aim of mapping and doing folkloristic research in order to preserve and perpetuate the local traditions relating to these. Along with the
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, Maavalla Koda co-operates in a government programme initiated to ensure the documentation and protection of natural sacred sites in Estonia.


Management

Maavalla Koda is run by a board of three members – an Elder (''vanem''), a Warden (''vardja''), and a Secretary (''kirjutaja''). The board is elected by the Assembly of Maavalla Koda comprising representatives of local associations.


Elders of Maavalla Koda

* Addold Mossin *
Kalle Eller Kalle Eller (pseudonym Kalle Istvan Eller; 7 May 1940 – 10 January 2023)Anzori Barkalaja * Andres Heinapuu * Ahto Kaasik


Uralic Communion

In 2001, Maavalla Koda was one of the founders of an umbrella organisation, the Uralic Communion, founded in order to facilitate co-operation among adherents of Uralic native religions. Other founders of the Uralic Communion included * the
Mari native religion The Mari religion ( Mari: Чимарий йӱла, ''Čimarii jüla''), also known as Mari paganism, is the ethnic religion of the Mari people, a Volga Finnic ethnic group based in the republic of Mari El, in Russia. The religion has undergone ch ...
organisation Oshmari – Chimari, * Sorta, a research-oriented organisation of
Mari native religion The Mari religion ( Mari: Чимарий йӱла, ''Čimarii jüla''), also known as Mari paganism, is the ethnic religion of the Mari people, a Volga Finnic ethnic group based in the republic of Mari El, in Russia. The religion has undergone ch ...
, * Mariz Kemal, leader the Erzya native religion celebration , and * the Association of Finnish Native Religion.Declaration of the Uralic Communion
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External links

* {{Official website Religious organizations based in Estonia Modern pagan organizations established in 1995 Folk religion 1995 establishments in Estonia Modern paganism in Estonia