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Brigita Ozolins, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Fine Arts, University of Tasmania

National pride and sorrow: attending the 150th Latvian Song and Dance Festival as the daughter of refugees

Ilmārs Znotiņš and The Latvian Centre of National Culture

“With song we have achieved freedom. With song we have gone to war. With song we have been victorious.”

These were the words of the newly elected president of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, at the closing ceremony of the 150th Latvian Song and Dance festival, held from June 30 to July 9.

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