Latvia

Latvia preserves the song festival, dainas folk poetry and Suiti traditions.

Music & dance Language & oral Textile & dress Food & cooking

Knowledge in this place

Song and dance celebration

Song and dance celebration

The mass choral festival shared with Estonia and Lithuania, inscribed by UNESCO.

Suiti cultural space

Suiti cultural space

The drone-singing and customs of a Catholic community, inscribed on the urgent list.

Dainas folk poetry

Dainas folk poetry

Short oral folk verses gathered by the hundreds of thousands.

Language & oral

Lielvarde woven belt

Lielvarde woven belt

A long red-and-white belt woven with rows of ancient symbols.

Textile & dress

Latvian rye bread

Latvian rye bread

Sour dark rye bread baked from long-kept sourdough cultures.