Old Town Transport
Jul 21, 2008 City
Almost every European capital has its horses taking tourists around, so has Riga. Nice old-timers!
Scaring Birds
Jul 12, 2008 City
A helicopter circling around Riga during Song and Dance Festival. I didn’t know we had such things!
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Break
Jul 9, 2008 Festival
Participants of Song And Dance Festival taking a break at one of the Riga’s open-air cafes.
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Faces Of Song And Dance Festival
Jul 8, 2008 Festival
Here’s some happy faces from the Song And Dance Festival. Enjoy!
Proud Patriot
Jul 7, 2008 Festival
A guy proudly marching with the emblem of his town.
The march was organized that first came all the masters of the festival, then all participants from different Latvian regions, then participants from Riga. But right after the masters went dancers who had to participate in the concert starting at 17:00 because the march ended at about 18:00. It took 7 hours for all participants to march. I was thinking - which number was bigger - one of spectators or participants?
Song And Dance Festival
Jul 6, 2008 Festival
Today officially starts the world-famous Latvian Song and Dance Festival. It takes place here once in four years, like the olympics and football World Cup. :)
This is great! People from all places of Latvia come to Riga and fills it with songs and dance for more than one week. It starts with the march of participants (in the picture above) and ends with the great concert next Saturday. So, next week more photos from the event!
By the way, you can still go to the march. It started on 11:00 and will end only after few hours!
Tags: dance, march, Song and Dance Festival, songs