Thousands of Latvians and members of its diaspora from around the world travelled to Toronto this weekend to celebrate the history and culture of this small country on the shores of the Baltic Sea, ...

Folk dancers from Bulgaria perform during the IX International Folk Dance Festival "Sudmalinas" in Riga, Latvia, on July 9, 2019. The dance festival held from July 9 to 14 this year aims to bring ...

When Grand Rapids hosts the Latvian Song & Dance Festival next July, it will mark a historic milestone not only for a city ...

“With song we have achieved freedom. With song we have gone to war. With song we have been victorious.” These were the words of the newly elected president of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, at the closing ...

Every five years, Riga hosts a traditional song and dance festival that draws over 30,000 people—mostly Latvians, and many from expat homes all over the globe. This year is one of those years, and ...

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