Latvian Song and Dance Festival

**Latvian Song and Dance Festival** () nyɛla amateur choral mini waa zaɣa kara la yini ka nyɛ binshɛli din mali anfaani bin be Latvian kali mini ʒilɛli biɛhigu puuni.

Di nyɛla Baltic song festivals zaɣa yini, di nyɛla din lahi be UNESCO Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity yuya ni tum yuuni 2008.

*All-Latvian Song Festival* nyɛla bɛn puhiri shɛli tum yuuni 1873, bɛ tooi puhiri li mi yuma anu kam, ka Latvian Dance Festival nahingban shɛŋa daa pahi yuuni 1948. Bɛn puhiri chuɣu ŋɔ saha shɛli ŋɔ ka festive parade gba nyɛ din niŋda.

Kalinli kamani 40,000 waa wariba nyɛ ban laɣindi puhiri chuɣu ŋɔ. "Folk songs" mini "choir songs" nyɛla bɛn yiinda shɛli chuɣu ŋɔ puhibu ni amaa saha ŋɔ yila nim gba nyɛla bɛn zaŋ shɛli pahi.

Tum yuuni 1960, yaɣili ŋɔ shikuru yuli booni  nyɛ luɣ'shɛli bɛn puhiri li.

## Taarihi

### 1873–1940: Origins, independent Latvia

Kali yila zaŋ n-ti chuɣu ŋɔ puhibu nyɛla din piligi 19th century, European tiŋgbana nim ni di nyaaŋa ka Baltic Germans gba daa piligi li. Tuuli soli shɛli bɛn daa doli piligi chuɣu puhibu Latvian nyɛ Song days, Dikļi yuuni 1864.  Yili yiindiba kalinli kamani 1,003 mini orchestra ŋmɛriba pihita nyɛla ban pahiri tuuli chuɣu ŋɔ puhibu ni. Yim koŋko ka chuɣu ŋɔ puhi Jelgava yuuni 1895 ka bi puhi Riga.

Din daa niŋ ka bɛ daa na kpihim chuɣu ŋɔ puhibu World War I miniLatvian War of Independence nyaaŋa, chuɣu ŋɔ daa ti puhi la Latvia yuuni 1926 yuma anu kam gbaai yihi yuuni 1933 bɛn daa zaŋ li na yuma ata ni di lu zahim 60th anniversary zaŋ n-ti yila chuɣu (Song Festival). 

### 1940–1985: In occupied Latvia and exile
Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 mini World War II nyaaŋa, churi puhibu daa nyɛla din daa tuɣi Latvian SSR ka chuɣu ŋɔ daa na kuli niŋdi yuma anu nyaaŋa amaa ka chuɣu ŋɔ daa puhi yuuni 1973 din daa yɛn che ka di lu n-ti di centennial anniversary n-ti pahi yuuni 1977 ni di lu zahim "diamond jubilee" zaŋ n-ti  October Revolution, lala churi ŋɔ zaa nyɛla din jɛndi The First Latvian National Awakening.

Chuɣu ŋɔ kali tuma daa nyɛla din tuɣi Latvian diaspora, World War II nyaaŋa. Di nyɛla din daa tuui labi piligi Germany pɔi ni United States, Canada n-ti pahi Australia. Saha ŋɔ lala Latvian Song mini waa wabu churi (Dance Festivals) ŋɔ nyɛla din niŋdi yuma anahi bee yuma anu nyaaŋa, di puhibu tooi taɣirimi gindi United States (15th edition daa niŋ la yuuni 2022 tiŋ yuli booni Minnesota) mini Canada (15 editions tum yuuni 1953 ka 16th nyɛ din yɛn niŋ tiŋ yuli Toronto silimin gɔli July yuuni 2024). 

Yuuni 1985 edition nyɛla din daa mali yaa  ka ŋun daa be di tooni nyɛ . Yili shɛli din daa yɛri "rebirth of a free Latvian nation", nyɛ bɛn daa zaŋ shɛli pahi chuɣu ŋɔ puhibu yila ni amaa ka daa.bɛ zaŋ li wa waa bee yili buta zuɣu (yuuni 1960, yuuni 1965 n-ti pahi yuuni 1977), ka bɛ daa lee yili yuuni 1980 edition din da niŋ ka Annija Vītola be din ni.

### 1990–present: Restored Latvian independence
Yuuni 1990 edition nyɛla din daa niŋ Singing Revolution saha, din daa nyɛ tuuli chuɣu ŋɔ puhibu restoration of the independence of Latvia nyaaŋa ka daa lahi tuuli chuɣu ni bɛn yili "national anthem" mini flag of Latvia n-ti pahi yila yilibu bɛn daa  kpihim "Soviet occupation" saha. Di daa lahi nyɛla niriba pam ni chaŋ chuɣu shɛli.

24th chuɣu ŋɔ daa nyɛla din puhi silimin gɔli July yuuni 2008. Di daa nyɛla din niŋ Mežaparks Great Bandstand mini Daugava Stadium din be Riga. 25th chuɣu ŋɔ nyɛla din daa niŋ silimin July yuuni 2013.

Ticti nim kalinli din yiɣisi  95,250 nyɛla din be ni kuhira n-tiri 26th Festival's. Chuɣu ŋɔ nyɛla din daa niŋ silimin gɔli July dahin yini dali hali ni o dabaa anii dali ka di daa lee 100th anniversary of Latvian independence ka daa chani ni "65 events" ni kalinli din yiɣisi 500,000. Di naaibu ni, yili yiindiba kalinli kamani 16,000 nyɛla ban daa kana din ni ka sing-along yuŋ din daa paya na daa mali salo kalinli din yiɣisi 67, 000 ka di daa lee chuɣu shɛli din nya kalinli pam. 

27th edition nyɛla din daa niŋ silimin gɔli July yuuni 2023, ka di daa lee chuɣu shɛli din zali taarihi sesquicentennial jubilee anniversary mini diamond jubilee zaŋ n-ti Latvian Dance Festival. Tuuli n-daa bala chuɣu ŋɔ taarihi puuni ka yili ni Livonian lyrics daa pahi. *Lībieši nāk* (Latvian: 'Livonians nyɛla din yirina) ka yili ŋɔ yaɣili din pahiri ayi nyɛ  *Nācēji*   mini  daa nyɛ bɛn yili shɛli ka waa Grand Choir Concert *Tīrums. Dziesmas ceļš saha*. Chuɣu ŋɔ nyɛ din daa nya kalinli pam pahiri ayi ni kalinli din yiɣisi 40,560.

## Lihimi m-pahi
*Estonian Song Festival
*Lithuanian Song Festival

## Kundivihira

## External links

*Latvian Nationwide Song and Dance Celebration.
*Latvian Song and Dance Festival at the Latvian National Encyclopedia 
*Latvian Song and Dance Festival repository 
*Song and Dance Celebration Law. *[[likumi.lv]]*
* When Many Become One