Mokornulga leelokoor was established in February 2007 – the idea started at a traditional women’s party - paabaprasnik. The choir was named by sootska Hõrna Aare, who thought that the Mokornulk region should become famous for its singing. At the time there was a young girls choir “Tsibihärbläse” and a choir of older women “Helbi Seto Choir”, and our ages fell right in the middle. We invited women together and started singing. In the beginning, our children were singing with us, then they moved into young maidens choir and now they are coming back to our choir. We have also tried to bring men to sing and sometimes they came, but eventually they formed their own choir - Seto Miihi Summ – and they perform traditional Seto men’s songs. Half of our singers grew up in Setomaa, the rest have been living here for a long time. Our most beloved village holidays are the Seto winter holiday - talsipühä, Easter, Obinitsa church’s most important holiday - paasapäiv (the Day of Transfiguration of Our Lord) and the village parties of Lepä, Tobrova, Härmä, Uusvada and Helbi. We proudly wear and honour the jewellery and traditional clothing of our ancestors. We pass on the Seto culture not only with songs, but also our everyday life is woven around traditional Seto food, language, holidays and customs. Keeping Seto culture alive and passing it on is really important to us. Getting together brings us great joy and it is even nicer when children also come along. We get together as often as needed, sometimes more, sometimes less, but still at least several times a month. We have learnt our lyrics and melodies from our grandparents, from older choirs, from the museum, and we also write a lot of lyrics ourselves.