The Setomaa region in South East Estonia, bordering Russia, will be the focal point of the Finno-Ugric world that links 25 million people in 2015, as Wednesday afternoon, the opening ceremony of the Finno-Ugric Culture Capital 2015 takes place in the village of Obinitsa, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.

Over the Culture Capital Year, over 35 culture events take place in Setomaa, the main idea of which is to transfer the ethnic culture from older to younger, masters to masters and everyone interested.

"The previous Finno-Ugric Culture Capital was Bõgõ village in Udmurtia. Culture Capitals are usually big cities, but the Finno-Ugric Culture Capital could be a village. Since true Finno-Ugric people are mostly rural people and carrying the older tradition is mainly related to village and rural life," said the mayor of Culture Capital Evar Riitsaar.