A number of events in Daugavpils will honor the Latgale Song Festival / Day

Two exhibitions will open the series of festival events – one will be on view at the Daugavpils Local History and Art Museum (Riga Street 8) and the other in the House of Traditions of the Unity House (Rigas Street 22A). At the exhibition exhibited at the museum The song unites! From May 28, you will be able to see historical testimonies, handouts, photos, video projections that have been preserved from the Song Festival of different times will also have the opportunity to see a folk costume, the owner of which has participated in the 1940 Song Festival in Daugavpils. In turn, the house in the exhibition on May 30 Through the symtgada handmade… You will be able to get to know both hundreds of years of dowry – patterned socks, blankets, acorn wreaths, folk costume embroidery, as well as tracking the path, like linen and barely shelled wool tops and how they are together.

Towards the culmination of the holiday, May 31 15.00 Daugavpils Design and Art High School Sun school The first Latgale folk costume show will take place in the yard (Saules Street 8), which will feature beautiful Latgalian ancient costumes, ethnographic folk costumes, which tells about the tradition of wearing clothing in the 18th and 19th century. In total, about 50 participants will participate in the show, both individually, in pairs, and even a native, which reflects the ethnographic heritage of four generations of Latgale.

Following the day at 18.00 Sun schools The courtyard will host a concert of Latgale folk dance and music. The most energetic and cordial dances of Latgale will be delighted by the Latvian stage folk dance groups from the August Daugavpils, Daugavpils, Riga and Festival Orchestra at Ata Auzāns. Entrance to the event is free.

In turn, the culmination of the Latgale Song Festival celebrations will reach June 1st at. 17.00, when more than 3,600 singers, dancers, brass bands and accordionists will participate in a big concert in the Renewed Hive Stage Renewed Hive Stage Give me strength! It will be an opportunity to enjoy the most beautiful and powerful songs of Latvia and Latgale authors, dances and music with the best soloists of Latgale – Ilona Bagel, Andris Baltaci, Dainis Skutelis, etc.

The chief conductors of the Song Festival include conductors from Latgale and the leading Latvian chief conductors, such as Romans Vanags, Mārtiņš Klišāns, Arijs Šķepasts, etc. Dance Chief Janis Erglis. The artistic director of the concert Evgeny Ustinskov. Entrance to the event is free.

According to the concert director Sandra Osīte: « Singing in Latgale has always been the power we have tried to weave and pass on song, dance and music to this festival. And we very much hope that the inspiration and Latgalian code that will record with each Song Festival participant.

Latgale Song Festival events are organized by the municipal authority of Daugavpils National Unit house In cooperation with the Latvian National Culture Center, the Society Latgale Ethnographic Embassy, Daugavpils Local History and Art Museum and Daugavpils Design and Art High School Sun School.