get to know latvia
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Get to know LATVIA
Laima Ķevere, Katrīna Valaine
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Geography
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Latvia is a democratic , parliamentary republic Legislative power is in the hands of the single
chamber Saeima, which has 100 deputies Latvia joined the Europe Union and NATO in
2004 In 1st January 2014 Latvia will join euro zone
Government & Politics
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President of Latvia
Andris Bērziņš, President of the Republic of Latvia, was elected on 2 June 2011 by the Parliament for a four-year term.
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The maroon – white – maroon flag of Latvia is
one of the oldest in the world and dates back to a battle near Cēsis in the 13th century.
Red colour of our flag sometimes is called latvian red.
National Symbols of Latvia
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Symbols
The National Anthem
God bless Latvia,Our dearest fatherland,Do bless Latvia,Oh, do bless it!Where latvian daughters bloom,Where latvian sons sing,Let us dance in happiness there,In our Latvia!
The Coat of Arms
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Name: Lats Code: LVL Symbol: Ls The lats was reintroduced in 1993 and has
been one of Europe’s most stable and secure currencies.
Lats is 4th valuable currency in the world.
Currency
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Population
Latvians are the indigenous people of Latvia.
2.4 million. Latvia’s present ethnic
mix is largely a result of massive post – war immigration, which resulted in a decline in the share of ethnic Latvians from 77% in 1935 to 52% in 1989.
Ethnic composition: 59,3% Latvian, 27,8% Russian, 3,6% Belorussian, 2,5% Ukrainian, 2,4% Polish, 1,3% Lithuanian, 3,1% other
nationalities.
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The people of Latvia
The people of Latvia are hospitable and cheerful; friendly and open towards visitors, and able to get on with anyone, as throughout the centuries they have gained a vast culture heritage
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Lasrgest religious confessions
Evangelic Lutheran Roman Catholic Russian Orthodox Since the 16th
century Reformation, the Lutheran church has played a leading role in Latvia.
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Cities
Rīga 2014 Capital city of Latvia, 2 parts – Old and
New Rīga, About half of
population – russians,
Tourism and economic center,
In 2014 Riga is Europe’s capital city of culture.
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Cēsis Ventspils
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Liepāja Madona
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Jelgava
Daugavpils
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Latvian is a Baltic language that belongs to
the Indo- European language family. Its only linguistic relative Lithuanian, and is
considered to be among the oldest and last changed of all living Indo- European languages in the world.
It is estimated that 1,5 million people worldwide use Latvian as their primary language.
Language
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Nature
Over 44% of Latvias territory covers forests.
Over 27 thousand species of flora and fauna thrive in natural settings that are still relatively undisturbed by man.
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Latvia’s weather features a temperate
maritime climate, with mild summers, moderate winters and frequently high levels of humidity and precipitation.
Climate
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The average temperature in summer: 15.8°C (in the capital 16.1°C),
Summer: June - August.
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Autumn
Autumn of Latvia is especially gorgeous. In this season we are celebrating the date of the proclamation of Latvia`s independence in 1918.
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Winter: December - February.
The average temperature in winter: -4.5°C (in the capital -3.8°C).
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Spring
Spring of Latvia comes often with a thorough flood.
Sometines even in April there is snow.
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Latvian foods
Among Latvia`s traditionally most popular foods are caraway cheese, gray peas with bacon, bacon-filled pastries and special rye bread prepared to ancient recepies.
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Famous people
Musicians Pēteris Vasks Mariss Jansons Gidon Kremer Inese Galante Mārtiņš
Saulespurēns Elīna Garanča
Big personalities Arvīds Blūmentāls Aleksandrs Laime
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Eduards Liedskalniņš
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Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov
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Jacob Davis
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Latvian Traditions
Birthday Celebration Name Day
Celebration New Year's Day Meteņi Ūsiņi Jāņi Māras diena Miķeļi Mārtiņi Christmas
National Public HolidaysNew Year’s Day – 1 January
Good Friday – April Easter Monday – April May Day – 1 May Ligo Day – 23 June St John’s Day (Summer
Solstice) – 24 June National Day (Proclamation
of the Republic) – 18 November
Christmas (Winter Solstice) – 25 to 26 December
New Year’s Eve – 31 December
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In Latvia we celabrate 1st day of school - 1st september.
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We are celabrating graduation of school.
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Jāņi is celebrated on the summer solstice on
23 and 24 June. This pagan-like holiday is almost more popular
in Latvia than New Year's Eve and Christmas.
‘’Jāņi’’- the most Latvian holiday
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Womens traditional costume costs about 1060
EURO! Mans costume costs about 800 EURO!
National costume
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Singing, dancing, and culture in all its forms
are part of the day to day life in Latvia. The celebration brings together around 40,000
participants – choir singers, dancers, orchestral musicians.
Its uniqueness is recognized to be a national treasure by UNESCO.
Song and dance celebration
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Ice hockey
Sports
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Skeleton
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Javelin
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BMX
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Lubāna
Lubana is small town with 2000 inhabitants in Latvia
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Lubana is located 200 km south east from the capital city Riga
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Lubana is named after Latvian largest lake Lubans which is 25 km far from our town
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Every year in summer people who live by the riverside celebrate festival of the river Aiviekste
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Lubana Secondary School
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In Lubana Secondary School there are 206 students and 36 teachers
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School traditions
The first school day on the 1st of September
Teachers day Christmas Token celebration Colour week Song contest Prom night Sports day Health week Valentines day
‘’Fukši’’ Patritism week 10th grade evening Clean-up day Charity concerts Dance contest
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Folk dance group “Žuburi”
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Interesting facts
The capital of Latvia, Riga is the largest city in the Baltic States and is famous for some of the best Art Nouveau architecture in Europe.
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According to a worldwide survey, Latvia ranks 2nd best in the world in the global Environmental Performance Index.
95% of all worlds amber is found in cost line of Baltic sea.
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Ask.fm is made in Latvia
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Limp Bizkit drummer was latvian. After Finland, Sweden and Slovenia, Latvia has
the 4th highest portion of land covered by forests in the European Union.
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Obrigado!