#2 Latvians Used to Turn the Summer Solstice Celebration into a Street Battle

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#2 Latvians Used to Turn the Summer Solstice Celebration into a Street Battle

Jun 5, 2022 · 13m 5s

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The way Latvians celebrate summer solstice has not changed a lot in the last hundred years. With one BIG exception. It no longer has the element of surprise… in a...

The way Latvians celebrate summer solstice has not changed a lot in the last hundred years. With one BIG exception. It no longer has the element of surprise… in a form of an ambush in the darkness. Yes, you read it correctly. This time of the year was when Latvians used to attack each other in the street for fun. This peculiar summer solstice habit that has now disappeared from the memory was once known as the legendary Battle of Sweet Flags.

Link to the blogpost in Latvian: https://pirmssimtgadiem.blogspot.com/2021/09/ulmanlaiku-asinainie-jani.html

Music used in this episode

Serge Pavkin: Long Farewell
Huma-Huma: Eureka
Serge Pavkin: Field Grass

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