Duration: 4:42 min
 Description: This is footage from Day 3 of this years Baltica Festival in Latvia. The Baltica Festival takes place each summer in one of the Baltic States so every third year it is in Latvia as it was this year. The Baltica Festivals I believe started in 1986 and were a major part of the movement that led to the Baltic States independence from the Soviet Union. The festival always takes place in a variety of locations in each of the host countries. This year it opened on a Th near the town of Sigulda Fri it was in Riga Sat it took place in different locations throughout the Latvian countrside and Su it closed with a concert and ceremony in the very picturesque town of Kuldiga. This is footage from Sat in the village of Kolka which is located on the coast at the point where the Baltic Sea and the Bay of Riga meet in the Kurzeme or Courland region of Latvia. More specifically this is footage of two groups from Latgale. Latgale is a region of Latvia that has long fascinated me it is considered by many to be the most rural part of Latvia and it shares a long border to the east with Russia. The Latgallian dialect is quite distinct from the rest of Latvian and Latgallians are considered a distinct group within the Latvian nation though there is a small small minority who consider the Latgallians a distinct Baltic ethnicity seperate from both Latvians and Lithuanians. I have heard many peopleie other Latviansclaim that one of the major points that makes the Latgallians ...

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