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Jāņi is an annual Latvian festival celebrating the summer solstice. Although, astronomically the solstice falls on the 21st or 22nd of June, the public holidays—Līgo Day and Jāņi Day—are on the 23rd and 24th of June.
View history; General What links here ... Jani may refer to: Jani (given name) Jani (surname) Jani, Iran, a village; Jāņi, a Latvian summer solstice festival; Jani ...
Jāņi cheese (Latvian: Jāņu siers) is a Latvian sour milk cheese, traditionally eaten on Jāņi, the Latvian celebration of the summer solstice.Nowadays the cheese has become one of the symbols of Latvian culture.
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Latvian Song and Dance Festival in Latvian folk costumes. There are two distinct types of Latvian national costume, based on the historic period in which they arose: the "ancient dress" period from the 7th to 13th century, and the "ethnic" or "ethnographic dress" period from the 18th and 19th centuries. [2]
Riga Latvian Society founded. [17] 1869 Polytechnic built. [4] Riga City Art Gallery opens. [11] Latvian Museum of National History founded. 1870 – Kunstverein founded. [11] 1873 – Latvian Song and Dance Festival begins. 1877 – Tornakalns – Tukums II Railway begins operating; Brasa Station opens. 1878 – Imperial city self-government ...
Māras or Māra Day (Latvian: Māras diena; sometimes referred to as the Great Māra Day or Mother Day) was a Latvian festival, devoted to Māra, an ancient deity, and was celebrated on 15 August. According to the solar calendar, Māras marks the midpoint between Jāņi , which is summer solstice , and Miķeļi , which represents the end of the ...
Krišjānis Barons, 1910 Latvian Song Festival, 2008. Latvian national awakening could start after the emancipation of serfs and growth in literacy and education rates. Educated Latvians no longer wanted to be Germanized. In 1822 Latviešu avīzes the first weekly in Latvian began publishing. In 1832 weekly Tas Latviešu Ļaužu Draugs began ...