After war
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Beliefs, old traditions, cooking and making drinks, etc.?
About Christmas. The rooms were cleaned, the icons were decorated, people made roses and used paper to decorate the lamps, Christmas tree was brought and people decorated the tree as they could. In …
Categories: Holidays and traditions, Regina Bramane
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Аbout the games and toys in the childhood
Story-teller: “I spent my childhood in herding. I herded alone. If there were some children, then they simply ran to me, but the basic game was tripakas or hide-and-seek. Oh, and then it didn& …
Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte
Categories: Holidays and traditions, Anton Slishan
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About the beer preparation
Story-teller: “You see, growing old I started to think that I should start making beer, whether I manage or not, since I have great experience. At first, I remember how my father made it, then …
Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte
Categories: Holidays and traditions, Anton Slishan
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Masks processions
Story-teller: “Pagan traditions? Līgo [Midsummer night] festivities! This is a pagan tradition! Now, it is not so much, but it is maintained, maintained, how, you see, how, you see, how, you …
Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte
Categories: Holidays and traditions, Anton Slishan
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Formation of the folklore movement in Upitе
“In fact, the folklore movement as such has existed here since the prehistoric times, this is clear. But its history as an organized folklore movement is newer. The first variant was in the …
Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte
Categories: Holidays and traditions, Anton Slishan
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Аbout belonging to communist
Story-teller: “When I attended school, there were no Octobrists yet, I, together with Leonards Lazdiņš, flatly refused to join the pioneers. He is now an artist in Rēzekne, he finished …
Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte
Categories: Man and authority, Anton Slishan
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The parable about ancient latgalets
Story-teller: “A grave was dug for one person and then a coffin was found. And, of course, everybody was shocked, that, what a coffin, if there were no mounds seen in the place they had dug. So …
Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte
Categories: Residence and weekdays, Anita Locmele
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The parable about the hidden treasure conducted and the old ancient settlement
Story-teller: “But then again there is a belief that treasure is hidden in the place, where the evil spirit often lures. However, scientists explain that there is something connected with …
Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte
Categories: Holidays and traditions, Anita Locmele
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About Dansk settlement
Story-teller: “We know, that Latgalians also were the raiders, and they needed that, I don’t know, slaves or what, or maybe there were a lot of deaths during some periods of diseases, I …
Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte
Categories: Residence and weekdays, Anita Locmele
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About parties, studies, wedding and husband
Story-teller: “In Rogovka. You know, I finished the pharmacists’ school, my mother was a strict, old-fashioned person, she did not let me go anywhere. There were no parties in Rogovka, …
Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte
Categories: Holidays and traditions, Antonina Melne
