#latvian culture

[theaskew]

Jēkabs Bīne ‘Latvian Patterns’, Sējējs, 1936.

#art #artwork #latvian art #latvian artwork #latvian patterns #latvian symbols #latvian culture #Jēkabs Bīne #tattoo ideas #ideas for tattoos

[kokobiz24]

#Latvian Cuisine #Wanderlust #Urban Exploration #Riga Photography #Art Nouveau Riga #Historic Riga #Baltic Beauty #Hidden Gems Riga #Latvian Culture #Riga Travel

[upmala]

A very nice article on everyday Latvian culture, such as foraging, singing, getting together to get something done, that seemed obvious to me, but only as water does to a fish.

#latvia #baltic states #latvian culture #we’re basically cottagecore gnomes

[unhonestlymirror]

"Mārtiņdiena"

In the past, it was a pagan festival marking the end of the agricultural season.

"Martiņš" has parallels in the ancient Indian tradition: "Mārtanda" was one of the names of Vivasvat, the Sun deity. The literal meaning in ancient Indian is "born of a dead egg".

It is possible that in both ancient Indian and ancient Latvian folklore, Mārtanda/Mārtiņš symbolised the change of seasons, the transition from autumn to winter, and with it the dying sun.

In spring, "Ūsiņš" was the messenger of the rebirth of the spring - sun. Therefore, Mārtiņš and Ūsiņš were considered to be the sons of god - the deities of the season.

Mārtiņš and Ūsiņš are both related to horses, they are the guardians of horses, which is why it was important to take care of horses on both Ūsiņš Day and Mārtiņš Day. If the owner took care of the horses, it was assumed that Usiņš and Martins would take care of them too.

Mārtiņi fell during the "veļi" season, so as before, so now, sitting around a rich, festive table, it's important to remember loved ones who are no longer with us and to talk about how the harvest has been.

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By @Forest_Mother

#Latvia #Latvian culture

[dpedeciswriter]

Latvian Song and Dance Festivals

Latvian Song and Dance Festivals

The XV General Song and Dance Festival is happening in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA this weekend and I’m not there. I feel sad and deprived. I’m lucky to have happy memories of many previous festivals. Only war was able to prevent the celebrations from happening in Latvia. Song and dance unite us as a people. The first song festival took place in Rīga over a period of four days during the month of…

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#Latvian culture #Latvian Song Festival

[folkfashion]

Latvian women, Latvia, by Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka

#latvian #latvia #europe #eastern europe #folk clothing #traditional clothing #traditional fashion #cultural clothing

[madam-of-lithuania]

Here's my another art work from my art school 🏫 💖 ✨️ 💓 💛 💕

I gonna call this painting Saulė The Goddess of the Sun

Saulė is The Goddess of the sun from my Baltic Lithuanian culture mythology and also Latvian mythology too

#lithuanian artist #baltic artist #european artist #beginner artist #wannabe artist #small artist #small art account #my artwork #my art #traditional art #acrylic art #my culture #baltic mythology #lithuanian mythology #latvian mythology #lithuanian hetalian #hetalian

[blackboard-monitor]

a thing i really dislike about the lack of nuance in american understanding of racism is that they seem to think it’s totally fine to portray people from another culture as incorrectly, ignorantly and offensively as they please as long as those people are white

#i especially see a lot of really hateful portrayals of slavic and eastern european cultures #see for example latvians in brooklyn 99 #i don't know if this is a result of the cold war #or of white americans thinking they get a free pass because of their european heritage #or what #but it isn't funny and it's just as offensive as racial stereotypes of people of colour #mine #racism

[divinum-pacis]

(Photograph by Reinis Hofmanis for Latvia Travel)

“Each year, Latvians mark the solstice by celebrating the Jāņi Festival, which dates back to the Middle Ages. This is one of the most interesting ways to experience historic European summer solstice traditions.

This celebration takes place this year on June 23rd and 24th and is celebrated by creating floral wreaths, heading out into nature, lighting bonfires, traditional singing and dancing, drinking beer, and eating Jāņi cheese (a sour cheese made with caraway seeds). It’s a perfect celebration of nature and the changing of seasons, mixed in with some unique cultural experiences.”

#religion #culture #latvian #summer solstice #jani festival #latvia #europe #divinum-pacis

[meistoshi]

trilingual alola fam beach house is so real to me

#a family switching from language to language & selectively sprinkling in words/phrases of different languages is smth that can actually be s #& it IS personal ^_^ #me n my mom constantly switch latvian & english & she's still trying to get me to practice russian by talking to me In russian #little ehee ehoos #ooc. pkmn is autistic culture.

[alteredsilicone]

fun fact - i dont even really eat a lot of popular Latvian dishes but I sure as hell like imagining my OCs eating them

which is funny because a lot of Latvian food is basically Peasant Food(tm), so imagine making an OC thats a noble eating potatoes and leaves

it be like that

#talking to myself #havent tried herring in a dress #have tried summer soup but it REALLY depends on how its made #what else #ok i can eat literal buckets of rasols i got that going for me #inb4 what even is a latvian dish because our food culture mingles a lot with wider eastern europe / russia #peas and pig fat #the ultimate peasant dish

[theaskew]

Anna Dāŗziņa tautastērpu ilustrācijas. | Anna Dāŗziņa folk costume illustrations.

#Latvia #Latvian history #Latvian culture #Latvian folk history #Latvian folk costumes #folk history #folk costumes #folk costume #Anna Dāŗziņa #illustrations

[prettyentertaining]

went to the national history museum of riga and got so unexpectedly inspired by the clothing exhibits? like the photos are awful BUT all i want to do is wear a lovely soft wool dress and little round brown suede slippers and gold wire rings on every finger. and i'm so obsessed with the structured waistcoat too, and the brooch at the neck!

#fashion #really want to sew another wiksten shift dress and it'd look so nice in that colour red #my NYC-looks blurb: 'oh yeah i'm really inspired by latvian iron age clothing cultures at the moment :)' #textiles

[upmala]

never have i wished to know polish so badly as now when i am watching 1670. the english subtitles are good at conveying some of it and, knowing russian, i can kiiinda imagine how things were phrased originally, and a lot of the humour is in the props and the music and the visual compositions, and i’m already laughing tearing up giggling slapping my table, but still. if i could understand polish this show would kill me with how good it is

#1670 #1670 netflix #this is already one of my favourite shows and i’m at ep 4 #i’m latvian btw #cousin-ish culture #it’s so good! #IT’S SO GOOD #netflix budget for polish show by polish people about poland #personal drivel

[unhonestlymirror]

With surprise, I learn that Belaruthian zubr is considered a Polish zubr on the internet for some reason

#zubr to Belaruthians is kind of a sacred animal #actually almost every animal is sacred to them but zubr is 20X #okay so Poland has bigger amount of zubrs overall but Belarus has more 'free' zubrs #...okay. at least someone is free in belarus #so it's more like a Polish-Belaruthian zubr then idk #like the pink soup is Latvian-Lithuanian (although it also exists in Belaruthian and Ukrainian cultures lol)

[meistoshim]

clemont isn't breathing

#hi sorry ive been periodically sent into hysterics since 7am by the same pokeani comic #my coworkers: whats so funny #me internally: how do i explain clemont cant breathe to a bunch of 40+yo latvians........... #▐█ ▌ ◇ — ( pkmn is autistic culture. )