Love you Germane! You added historic meat to the bone of my fledgling understanding of complex Latvian culture. Much appreciation and extremely valuable for my research. The more I learn, the more my heart bursts with pride!
Thank you for sharing our culture and language! My mum grew up in Latvia before she moved to Bavaria after independence. I grew up speaking mostly Latvian with her before I went to school and forgot most of the language. Eventhough I speak really basic Latvian nowadays, I love this country with my whole heart. Your channel helps me with getting a bit better in the language :)
Sveiki and paldies for your comment! It is very heartwarming to see you say you love Latvia and are working on maintaining the connection. It is such a success on the part of your mum to have “placed” love for Latvia in your heart :))))
Another unofficial anthem while we still were under USSR was "Pūt vējiņi", when a choir sang it back in 1980s in LU Lielā aula (the great hall of the University of Latvia) everyone stood up. Sometimes I was in the choir, sometimes in the public.
Totally agree! Saulė ☀ Perkūnas ⚡ Dauguva! Paldies Māsa, I can't listen this song without crying, this Song Should be national Athem! 🇱🇹 ♥️ 🇱🇻! Lai dzīvo Latvia! Lithuania 🇱🇹 always supports our Brothers and Sisters! Mes esame viena tauta! Fight for this song to be national Athem!
Sveiki! Happy birthday, Latvija! I am at the moment away from home (Riga) to work in Sweden, but if everything works as it should, I will beback home in a week. Thank you, Anete, for yet another very nice video. I love look at your videos when away from home. They are both informative and entertaining. Keep up the good job!
Paldies for this! I moved to Latvia a few months ago with my Latvian parents and this is my first time celebrating Latvia's birthday not just here, but at all! Vēl priecīgus svētkus!
Im getting married and planing on have latvian colors so thats how i dicovered that the latvian red is Carmine red! i love it!!! and i love your videos make understand latvians better!!!
@@irregularLatvian well .. its gonna be in summer in rezekne ! you are on the list already :) !!! will be nice to have a video or advice abt latvian wedding traditions!! :)
Sveiki! I‘ve never thought of learning something about Latvia or the Latvian language. But here I am and I enjoy every video! :-) Best greetings from Switzerland 👍🇱🇻🇨🇭
I was half expecting you to sing your anthem!!! And be dressed in your national colours...thanks for the cultural lesson. Look forward to the magic (belt) lesson. Please dress like Hermione to do it....haha. Thanks!!!
I've never been to Latvia but I wear my grandfather's ring which my father gave me when I turned 16 (called him pomping Ojars). I've spotted and met fma few Latvians because I noticed a Namejs. When my son becomes a man he will be given my father's Namejs .I love the story behind that ring.
As I started watching all of your Videos, Understand that I Understand more Latvian as I thought. I'm waiting Videos, that you campare languages and traditions music etc Lithuanian 🇱🇹 and Latvian 🇱🇻!
I would say the difference in the color of the Austrian and Latvian flags is that Austria went with fresh blood, and Latvia went with dried blood color
When you mentioned Aliexpress, fun fact, I was ordering some flags there, and when packages arrive, they always have a sticker of Latvijas Pasts (Iʼm from Serbia). Maybe then itʼs time to order a sarkanbaltsarkans.
@@irregularLatvian Well, those were flags of various countries (Brazil, Russia, France, India, Philippines, etc...). I don’t exactly know where they are produced (probably China) and how all that logistics works, but it looks like they are at least passing through Latvia. Anyways, when I get Latvia’s flag, I’ll let you know how well the manufacturers did the job 😉
Love you Germane! You added historic meat to the bone of my fledgling understanding of complex Latvian culture. Much appreciation and extremely valuable for my research. The more I learn, the more my heart bursts with pride!
DAUDZ LAIMES LATVIJA, UN LAI DIEVS SĒVTĪ LATVIJU!
you have done wonders since the beginning of your channel! Keep going!! Liels paldies!! xoxo
Thank you dear so much!!! :)))))))
Thank you for sharing our culture and language! My mum grew up in Latvia before she moved to Bavaria after independence. I grew up speaking mostly Latvian with her before I went to school and forgot most of the language. Eventhough I speak really basic Latvian nowadays, I love this country with my whole heart.
Your channel helps me with getting a bit better in the language :)
Sveiki and paldies for your comment! It is very heartwarming to see you say you love Latvia and are working on maintaining the connection. It is such a success on the part of your mum to have “placed” love for Latvia in your heart :))))
Daudz laimes dzimšanas dienā Latvija!
Learned so many new things on an Important day, thank you ❤❤
From India And Happy Independence day to Latvia 🇱🇻🥰 Love you Latvia❤
Another unofficial anthem while we still were under USSR was "Pūt vējiņi", when a choir sang it back in 1980s in LU Lielā aula (the great hall of the University of Latvia) everyone stood up. Sometimes I was in the choir, sometimes in the public.
Good point! Perhaps there are many unofficial anthems? Can you think of any more?
@@irregularLatvian Lec, saulīte! (R. Tiguls) has been popular in recent years.
Don't forget Lāčplēsis, another symbol important to Latvia! Thanks for sharing your perspective and daudz laimes, Latvija!
True! I should make a video of him as well :)
@@irregularLatvian That would be great! (Pumpurs was once a suitor to my great great aunt, Lize Ratminders. She married Matiss Kaudzitis instead.)
This is the folktale of a man killing a bear?
@@DanaBerkisDTBERKIS Slaying the bear is only the beginning of the heroic deeds in the national epic.
Happy Birthday Latvian Folk! Lithuania 🇱🇹 ♥️ 🇱🇻!
Happy birthday Latvia.
Totally agree! Saulė ☀ Perkūnas ⚡ Dauguva! Paldies Māsa, I can't listen this song without crying, this Song Should be national Athem! 🇱🇹 ♥️ 🇱🇻! Lai dzīvo Latvia! Lithuania 🇱🇹 always supports our Brothers and Sisters! Mes esame viena tauta! Fight for this song to be national Athem!
I always cry too when I hear it. I guess it’s a biological Baltic reflex :))))
@@irregularLatvian 👍
Sveiki!
Happy birthday, Latvija!
I am at the moment away from home (Riga) to work in Sweden, but if everything works as it should, I will beback home in a week. Thank you, Anete, for yet another very nice video. I love look at your videos when away from home. They are both informative and entertaining. Keep up the good job!
Very happy to read your comment, Boris! :) I hope everything works out as you planned and you will continue watching my videos also from Latvia! :)))
Paldies for this! I moved to Latvia a few months ago with my Latvian parents and this is my first time celebrating Latvia's birthday not just here, but at all! Vēl priecīgus svētkus!
That’s amazing! Welcome to Latvia :)) I hope you’ll love it here
Im getting married and planing on have latvian colors so thats how i dicovered that the latvian red is Carmine red! i love it!!! and i love your videos make understand latvians better!!!
Ohhh that sounds like it will be a beautiful wedding! Congratulations! :)))
@@irregularLatvian well .. its gonna be in summer in rezekne ! you are on the list already :) !!! will be nice to have a video or advice abt latvian wedding traditions!! :)
Wonderful and informatic! happy 102..
Very nice. Paldies
A good freind nation of Iceland, small countries should help each other
I couldn’t agree more! :))
Sveiki! I‘ve never thought of learning something about Latvia or the Latvian language. But here I am and I enjoy every video! :-) Best greetings from Switzerland 👍🇱🇻🇨🇭
Sveiki and welcome! Happy to have you here :))))
Amazing video, happy birthday to Latvia 🇱🇻 really interesting, I learned so much, thank you! :)
Thanks for your comment and happy Latvia day to you too! :))
I was half expecting you to sing your anthem!!! And be dressed in your national colours...thanks for the cultural lesson. Look forward to the magic (belt) lesson. Please dress like Hermione to do it....haha. Thanks!!!
Haha! Hmm... I do have a traditional costume actually.. with a funny story of how I acquired it. :)))
Right, that's it...you need to do the next video wearing this traditional costume...!
I've never been to Latvia but I wear my grandfather's ring which my father gave me when I turned 16 (called him pomping Ojars). I've spotted and met fma few Latvians because I noticed a Namejs. When my son becomes a man he will be given my father's Namejs .I love the story behind that ring.
I adore this channel, you do an amazing job.
Paldies!! :)
As I started watching all of your Videos, Understand that I Understand more Latvian as I thought. I'm waiting Videos, that you campare languages and traditions music etc Lithuanian 🇱🇹 and Latvian 🇱🇻!
That would be so Cool! I should recruit A Lithuanian expert :)
I would say the difference in the color of the Austrian and Latvian flags is that Austria went with fresh blood, and Latvia went with dried blood color
Hahahaha! Also A good theory :) the austrian guy didnt die, but the Latvian did.
Yeah, absoluteli! While officially that colour is called " karmīnsarkanais" in Latvian or "maroon" in English, just look at it - it's stained blood!
The Austrian flag is stained with arterial blood, and the Latvian with venous...
Hahaha! I love the replies on this!
Great video as always. In English we call this colour burgundy :)
:)))
Can you make piparkūkas please.
Liels paldies skudriņa... jā esmu pacilāts.
Lieliski! Tad lai šodiena visiem priecīga! :)))
I like that Latvia has the same marketing strategy as the Xbox! 5:49 Also i hope you're feeling a bit better :)
Hahahaha good one! :))))
When you mentioned Aliexpress, fun fact, I was ordering some flags there, and when packages arrive, they always have a sticker of Latvijas Pasts (Iʼm from Serbia). Maybe then itʼs time to order a sarkanbaltsarkans.
Oh that’s wonderful to know that they’re not just producing it somewhere abroad. It must be because it’s so hard to get the correct tone :)
@@irregularLatvian Well, those were flags of various countries (Brazil, Russia, France, India, Philippines, etc...). I don’t exactly know where they are produced (probably China) and how all that logistics works, but it looks like they are at least passing through Latvia. Anyways, when I get Latvia’s flag, I’ll let you know how well the manufacturers did the job 😉
Latviešu valoda arī tiek pieskaitīta pie nacionālajiem simboliem.
Can you explain iet rotaļās, please.
Okay! :)
You look like you'd be blast to eat sprats and drink stoli with. Good sense of humour. Cheers
You forgot about Lido food...
True, true... oh! That made me want to go there so much.. I wish they would expand into a worldwide franchise :)
@@irregularLatvian I wish they would too, would love to have one here in Aus🇦🇺
8:05 More pratical to lose one's national identity 🤔🤔🤔
I wish I were Latvian. Would be nice to be part of a smaller culture like that instead of being part of the huge English speaking mass.
A pity that Latvia support Catalonia movement, specially because historically It has nothing to do. No one has opressed anyone.
Is it just me or do all of us Latvian women braid our hair on the right side?
Yes they do! Must be an unspoken bond :)
Malacis... 🙃