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Latvian Cultural Calendar

Why 18th of November is important day for Latvian

people?

Because 18th of november is Latvian Republic Proclamation Day and this day is important for latvian people because at

this date Latvia became independent republic.

Why 11th of November is called „Day of Lāčplēsis”?

Who is Lāčplēsis?

Because Lāčplēsis is Latvian National epic hero. At that day in 1919 Riga was

liberated from German army. Excelled participants of this battles were awarded with order of Lāčplēsis.

Since them every year people gather around President's Castle to place a

candle as a keepsake for those people who died for Riga liberation.

What holiday is celebrated at 31th of December by Latvian people? How

do they celebrate it?

It’s traditional holiday, called New Year. Every year people celebrate

this holiday: they cook a lot of delicous, tasty food, drinks and

celebrate all night, sitting around the table and eating together

with all family. At 24:00 they go to make a fireworksand a salute. Also they dress Christmas tree.

What is the traditional holiday in Latvia? When is it celebrated?

This holiday is called Midsummer Eve (Līgo Day). In nature it is the longest day and

the shortest night in Latvian summer. For the Midsummer celebration, the mistress

makes cheese, but the master brews beer. All the celebrants are treated with them. The most colorful Midsummer traditions are the līgotne-songs - Midsummer folk songs with a characteristic refrain - līgo, līgo. Midsummer celebrations can not be imagined without Jāņi-fires.The Jāņi-fire is

made at the top of a hill.

How do Latvians celebrate Easter holidays?

On Easter morning people wake up before the rising of the sun, and to obtain health and

beauty, they hurried to wash their faces in a spring or a stream running east. Easter rituals is the hanging of the swing and swinging. Awaiting Easter, eggs were colored with onion skins, rye shoots,

chamomile, or hay cuttings. Eggs are given for swinging, and eggs are knocked together to see which one survives

cracking, as according to belief, the one whose egg shell was strongest, will live

longer.

What holidays are international?

International holidays are New Year and Easter.

Latvian sport

Nowadays most popular sport in Latvia?

Ice hockey is the most popular sport in Latvia.

In what kind of sports Latvia took part at Olympic games?

1.Alpine skiing2. Biathlon

3. Bobsleigh4. Cross-country skiing

5. Ice hockey6. Luge

7. Short track speed skating8. Skeleton

What kind of sports is most developing in Latvia?

Golf is a rapidly developing sport in Latvia.

What kind of sports traditions are in Latvia?

Sigulda luge track, the most unique object of Latvian sports infrastructure,

was completed in December 1986, and since then it has regularly

attracted participants of the highest level in international competitions.

Experts recognised it as one of world’s technically most complicated and

interesting courses, so that competition results are not at all

predictable.

Traditional Recipes book

How much herring do you need to prepare the “herring in the

jacket?”

1 salted herring

The vegetables have to be boiled?

yes

Do you need sour cream as an ingredient?

yes

Do you have to chop the onions, or dice them?

You have to chop the onions

Latvian Festival

1. About 15 thousand dancers and 18 thousands

singers gather at this festival.What kind of festival

is that?

2.The name of the band , which is very popular in

Latvia as well in Europe.This band was the first

participant from Latvia at Eurovision festival and it took third place in 2000

year

3.Who is the most popular music composer in Latvia?

4.Are latvian traditional dances performed by a

single person?

Latvian culture

Legends and tales of Latvia

Who was the first writer who collected and published

ancient folksongs?

It was Krisjanis Barons

Who usually tops the list of Latvia's greatest writers.

It is Rainis (Jānis Pliekšāns)

Who was Andrejs Pumpurs?

Andrejs Pumpurs was a latvian poet, who has

written a poem “Lāčplēsis”

Who is Lāčplēsis?

Lāčplēsis is the main character of Latvian

national epic. He is a hero.

Thank you for attention!!! :D