After war

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  • Аbout development of a profession and work

    Story-teller: “At those times those holidays were not so celebrated. Līgo [Midsummer night festivities], school finishing, I finished the secondary school in Rogovka, I was born and grew up …

    Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte

    Categories: Study and work, Antonina Melne

  • Hunger in Latgale after World War II

    Story-teller: “Yes, I remember, the year forty-seven, that was the year when we ran short of bread already in spring. We both with my father went to Zemgale, The sister’s brother lived in …

    Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte

    Categories: Holidays and traditions, Andrey Rancan

  • About the sister after the World War II

    Story-teller: So, this is how we found her in the end, you see. The war was going on. But here, only, wait, the year forty-fourth, we received the letter in forty-five, we got in on some day in May, …

    Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte

    Categories: Residence and weekdays, Antonina Ludborza

  • About holidays and traditions

    Story-teller: “But at the New year … So then, at the New year’s eve we always poured lead [to learn the future]. The youth … We can say, that no year passed and, no New Year& …

    Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte

    Categories: Holidays and traditions, Antonina Ludborza

  • About "black" potter's craft

    “The black pots – it is neither specific glaze, nor particular clay. Simply the process of firing is slightly different. They are in the same way, you’ve seen, that there are dishes, …

    Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte

    Categories: Study and work, Peteris Gailums

  • About kindling of the furnace in potter's craft

    Story-teller: “So, and it is stoked there, from that side, in front at the lower end there is the furnace, lower, lower, lower, err, the furnace is at the lower end. But in the beginning that …

    Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte

    Categories: Study and work, Peteris Gailums

  • About potter's work

    Story-teller: “The dishes should be absolutely dry to put them into the kiln, just like this. If they are like these ones and they are put into the kiln, they will certainly break. And then, …

    Researcher: Dr. philol. Gatis Ozoliņš, Daugavpils Universitāte

    Categories: Study and work, Peteris Gailums

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