Song. Festival. Life

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The book Dziesma. Svētki. Dzīve: Stāsti par latviešu dziesmu svētkiem ārzemēs (Song. Festival. Life: Stories about Latvian Song Festival Abroad) provides an exciting insight into the cultural and social life of Latvian communities outside Latvia. The collection of 34 stories of memories by people of different ages reflect the joy of coming together and the social significance of Song Festivals and Culture Days in the diaspora, whilst taking care to preserve Latvian culture in Latvian communities living outside Latvia from the first Song Days in exile in Germany after World War II up to the present.

A gift for you friends and relatives in Latvia: Dziesma. Svētki. Dzīve: Stāsti par latviešu dziesmu svētkiem ārzemēs (Song. Festival. Life: Stories about Latvian Song Festival Abroad).

 

Authors of the compilation: Marianna Auliciema, Kristīne Jansone, Maija Hinkle, Ieva Vītola and Juris Zalāns. 2015. 228 pages.

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“This is the most beautiful, inspiring, truthful, and honest book even a bibliophile has had the opportunity to read in a long time.”

– E. Silkalns –

If you want to surprise your friends and relatives by sending them a copy of the book by mail, please write to: info@lapamuzejs.lv and send us the name and mailing address for the recipient.

Book reviews (in Latvian):

Iznēsātais zelta kviešu grauds. Published in Jaunā gaita (No. 283), 2015 winter

Čupošanās kopā. Newspaper Laiks, 23–29 May, 2015