Ligo is an annual Latvian festival celebrating the summer solstice. We travel somewhere closer to nature, drink beer, eating Ligo cheese, listen and dance to folk music like this one, make big free fires. Also big part of tradition is when a man and a woman are going together in the forest to find a fern flower. They never find it but what they do find is love. So if someone will ask you to help him with finding a fern flower you need to know that it is an euphemism for sex.
The name "Līgo" is from the word "līgoties" that means swaying in the rhythm of music or when the wind blows, then grass or trees sway in the wind gust. As it is the selebration - people are swaying and dancingin. Most of the folk songs sang in this solstice celebration contain this word.
Midsummer is the Latvian annual holiday celebrated during the summer solstice, the shortest night and longest day. The day before Midsummer is called Herbal Day, its evening is called Midsummer Night, the night is Midsummer Night and the next day is Midsummer Day. The national holiday Midsummer Day is June 24, a few days after the summer solstice. Part of the Latvian diaspora in Siberia - 19th century descendants of Latvian colonists celebrate John's Day on July 6 and 7. It is the largest and richest tradition of the Latvian nation, celebrated by all generations and all groups of society. Historically, Heritage Day is associated with summer solstice, but due to the mismatch of dates, solstice celebrations are sometimes separated from Midsummer's Day. One of the most important traditions of Midsummer is weaving wreaths. For women, the wreaths are woven from flowers, while for men, the wreaths are usually made of oak leaves. Witchcraft is often associated with the cult of fertility and the prevention of adversity.
I watched your four videos on Tautumeitas this morning. I am a Latvian born in the US. They are one of my favorite groups and I actually had the pleasure to see them in concert this fall and was able to meet them as well. They are a truly amazing Latvian group with deep roots in the Latgalian region in eastern part of Latvia. They have several songs which are sung in the Latgalian dialect. Just wanted to reply back to let you know that I enjoyed your videos and was amazed at how well you pronounced the words. I believe you already got the answers to your questions in the other comments, so I just wanted to say thanks for posting. You did a great job!
heres a funny one for you LIGO stands for "Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory". It is the world's largest gravitational wave observatory and a marvel of precision engineering.
Līgo is a lyrical sing along for the folk/traditional songs people sing for the summer saulstis or Jāņi in latvian. Līgo is basically a summer exclamation of celebrations(not necessarily joy or happiness, could also be a celebration of survived hardship)(other season celebrations different ones). Jāņi is a national holiday celebrated by almost everyone. Sources: me a Latvian
Adatāmi jumti, jumti - "roofs with needles", but in traditional song grammar. This is a bit chant song :) If you like percussion and want to hear latvian style percussion listen to "AUĻI" compositions.
Hi, I was so glad to see your reaction video. I'm french canadian and have an interest in folk music, culture and traditional clothing, but I'm also feminist and anti-racist. So, it's important to me that folk culture don't value archaic views on women, men and nonbinary people but progressive ways to keep, share and improve our cultures. I know that some of these folk movements are link to racists views on society, so I was looking for reactions and comment from people from other cultures. I hope that we can all learn from each other cultures and aim for justice and equality. Long live to your channel!
Līgo is a lyrical sing along for the folk/traditional songs people sing for the summer saulstis or Jāņi in latvian. Līgo is basically a summer exclamation of celebrations(not necessarily joy or happiness, could also be a celebration of survived hardship)(other season celebrations different ones). Jāņi is a national holiday celebrated by almost everyone. Sources: me a Latvian Ps: loved the video this is actually one of my favorite folk song covers.
Don't use google translate for latvian... :D it's a waste of time. It's hard to translate what "līgo" means, caus there is no one version even in latvian, but it is related with summer, movement of the Sun and wariability of world itself, swinging, harmony, joy and so on.
Hmm it's not Polish slavic old culture. This is folk from Poland: ruclips.net/video/hp4endJMu1E/видео.html , and an identical track promoting World of Tanks in Poland, a refreshed part on the map called Studzianki: ruclips.net/video/Kh9UC-GOwHA/видео.html. Regards
Um, please do not comment on this culture, you know NOTHING about it, it's DEFINITELY nothing like "Hawaiian/Polynesian". What a despicable thing to say. Typical though.
Great Goddess, what a disgusting comment. Please stop embarrassing yourself. EVERYONE is entitled to their own view on music. If you don't like it, go listen to someone else. Gods, what an asshole. )O(
Ligo is an annual Latvian festival celebrating the summer solstice. We travel somewhere closer to nature, drink beer, eating Ligo cheese, listen and dance to folk music like this one, make big free fires. Also big part of tradition is when a man and a woman are going together in the forest to find a fern flower. They never find it but what they do find is love. So if someone will ask you to help him with finding a fern flower you need to know that it is an euphemism for sex.
Ammm what is exactly Ligo cheese I know Jāņu cheese not Ligo
@@jankatv6783 Līgo means literally “To sway = You sway”
I realize it is quite off topic but do anyone know of a good site to stream new series online?
@Gregory Daniel i dunno I'd suggest flixportal. you can find it thru google :) -king
@King Billy thank you, I went there and it seems to work :D I appreciate it!!
The song is about how on the summer solstice women turn into witches and werewolves, and that the night belongs to them! Super witchy vibes
The name "Līgo" is from the word "līgoties" that means swaying in the rhythm of music or when the wind blows, then grass or trees sway in the wind gust. As it is the selebration - people are swaying and dancingin. Most of the folk songs sang in this solstice celebration contain this word.
Oh, that is so beautiful! )O(
Midsummer is the Latvian annual holiday celebrated during the summer solstice, the shortest night and longest day.
The day before Midsummer is called Herbal Day, its evening is called Midsummer Night, the night is Midsummer Night and the next day is Midsummer Day.
The national holiday Midsummer Day is June 24, a few days after the summer solstice.
Part of the Latvian diaspora in Siberia - 19th century descendants of Latvian colonists celebrate John's Day on July 6 and 7.
It is the largest and richest tradition of the Latvian nation, celebrated by all generations and all groups of society.
Historically, Heritage Day is associated with summer solstice, but due to the mismatch of dates, solstice celebrations are sometimes separated from Midsummer's Day.
One of the most important traditions of Midsummer is weaving wreaths.
For women, the wreaths are woven from flowers, while for men, the wreaths are usually made of oak leaves.
Witchcraft is often associated with the cult of fertility and the prevention of adversity.
I watched your four videos on Tautumeitas this morning. I am a Latvian born in the US. They are one of my favorite groups and I actually had the pleasure to see them in concert this fall and was able to meet them as well. They are a truly amazing Latvian group with deep roots in the Latgalian region in eastern part of Latvia. They have several songs which are sung in the Latgalian dialect. Just wanted to reply back to let you know that I enjoyed your videos and was amazed at how well you pronounced the words. I believe you already got the answers to your questions in the other comments, so I just wanted to say thanks for posting. You did a great job!
Ligo is like pagan Amen. That's what one wise man/ priest once told me.
heres a funny one for you LIGO stands for "Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory". It is the world's largest gravitational wave observatory and a marvel of precision engineering.
@@philipmcdonald3678 wow! Thanks for info!!!
Yeah a wise pagan would tell you to never, ever take advice on pagans from and definitely avoid putting us all in one sentence
Līgo is a lyrical sing along for the folk/traditional songs people sing for the summer saulstis or Jāņi in latvian. Līgo is basically a summer exclamation of celebrations(not necessarily joy or happiness, could also be a celebration of survived hardship)(other season celebrations different ones). Jāņi is a national holiday celebrated by almost everyone. Sources: me a Latvian
wow, fantastic! The kind of sound is it's very similar as that of the Tulia singers of Poland (eurovision)
Adatāmi jumti, jumti - "roofs with needles", but in traditional song grammar. This is a bit chant song :)
If you like percussion and want to hear latvian style percussion listen to "AUĻI" compositions.
Hi, I was so glad to see your reaction video. I'm french canadian and have an interest in folk music, culture and traditional clothing, but I'm also feminist and anti-racist. So, it's important to me that folk culture don't value archaic views on women, men and nonbinary people but progressive ways to keep, share and improve our cultures. I know that some of these folk movements are link to racists views on society, so I was looking for reactions and comment from people from other cultures. I hope that we can all learn from each other cultures and aim for justice and equality. Long live to your channel!
Līgo is a lyrical sing along for the folk/traditional songs people sing for the summer saulstis or Jāņi in latvian. Līgo is basically a summer exclamation of celebrations(not necessarily joy or happiness, could also be a celebration of survived hardship)(other season celebrations different ones). Jāņi is a national holiday celebrated by almost everyone. Sources: me a Latvian
Ps: loved the video this is actually one of my favorite folk song covers.
RUclips rabbit hole I go and this is where it takes me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
glad to be part of your youtube rabbit hole
ThisisJokyl989 precisely ;)
They are Baltic tribe people! I am Lithuanian American and so I consider myself Baltic.
Thats latvian. P. S. Thats my language
Don't use google translate for latvian... :D it's a waste of time.
It's hard to translate what "līgo" means, caus there is no one version even in latvian, but it is related with summer, movement of the Sun and wariability of world itself, swinging, harmony, joy and so on.
Līgo, līgo, līgo.....
You're first one to use Google translate 😅 everybody else always say something "I don't know what it means"
Long story short. Pagans celebrating solstice…till this day :)! 21.06 was in 2023. Beer,cheese, rituals around the fire and sex :))
Lookup song with English subtitles on RUclips.
Yeah, I always thought the beginning of the song sounds very Tahitian.
Shame on calling you Vikings if you do not know anything about Europe
Um, no, definitely not "Tahitian" in any way, at all.
Os dois roubando felizes sao a queles que tem vergonha na cara e procura seu lugar.
If you like this, you'll like Faun. They're a German pagan group with beautiful vocals and great rhythm work. ruclips.net/video/nLgM1QJ3S_I/видео.html
please, react to band Folknery - song "Karchata" ruclips.net/video/keGta1oAU2g/видео.html
Līgo,Līgo,Līgo
hihihi
Hmm it's not Polish slavic old culture. This is folk from Poland: ruclips.net/video/hp4endJMu1E/видео.html , and an identical track promoting World of Tanks in Poland, a refreshed part on the map called Studzianki: ruclips.net/video/Kh9UC-GOwHA/видео.html. Regards
Um, please do not comment on this culture, you know NOTHING about it, it's DEFINITELY nothing like "Hawaiian/Polynesian".
What a despicable thing to say. Typical though.
Great Goddess, what a disgusting comment. Please stop embarrassing yourself. EVERYONE is entitled to their own view on music. If you don't like it, go listen to someone else. Gods, what an asshole. )O(
Its polish
Ziggy Marbley It’s Latvian....
Latvian???
Ziggy Marbley, no it is not Polish
Līgo, līgo, līgo.....