Estonian Expanded Logboat in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list Presentation by Aivar Ruukel at ICOMOS Estonia Conference “Coastal World Heritage and Heritage Communities” in Tallinn 24. August 2022

1. Estonian Expanded Logboat in
UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list
Aivar Ruukel
24. August 2022 in Tallinn
ICOMOS Estonia Conference
“Coastal World Heritage and Heritage Communities”

2. 2021 14th of December
the building and use of
expanded logboats in
Estonia’s Soomaa region was
added to UNESCO’s
Intangible Cultural Heritage
in Need of Urgent Safeguarding list

4. Soomaa - The Land of Bogs

5. Expanded Logboats in Estonia in 1920ies

6. The Story of Fifth Season .

8. Use of dugout boats in Soomaa

9. Use of dugout boats in Soomaa

10. Use of dugout boats in Soomaa

11. Use of dugout boats in Soomaa

12. “Hard” and “soft” logboats
Slusegård, Bornholm
Äänisjärv (Onega)

13. Evolution of the clinker boat

15. Ancient Waterways

16. Ancient Waterways

17. Used all over Finno-Ugric World

18. 1996 - 2000 Haabjas-building camps at
Saarisoo farm in Soomaa

19. Jüri Lükk
Jaan Rahumaa
Boatbuilders

20. Aleksander Olev
Boatbuilders

21. Martin Tolberg
Boatbuilders

23. Logboat building

24. #haabjas2UNESCO

26. #haabjas2UNESCO

27. Challenges

28. Challenges

32. Thank You!