#Latvian folk

[theaskew]

Lyrics Bai​ļ​u maize

Izvijas upe kā rēta ielejai cauri Mēness, izdzēris upi, pazūd līdz rītam

Stundas pārvieto nākamās stundas gadsimtiem tālu Aukstumā sarāvies embrijs tavus sirdspukstus klausās

Pārnakšņot nogulies smagi starp mēmajiem kokiem Melns gruzdēs tavs siluets pērnajā zālē

Sapnī māte tev baros bailes kā maizi Mācīs, kā aizpeldēt tālu, kā akmenim nogrimt

Kā akls taustoties, izskalots smilšainā krastā Dūņu mēles gar kājām glaužas un ievelk

Ziemeļu puslodes ledājos atbalso kliedziens Meklē atspulgu, ēnu, zīmi no kāda

Sapnī māte tev baros bailes kā maizi Mācīs, kā aizpeldēt tālu, kā akmenim nogrimt

English Translation Bread of Fear

The river winds like a scar through the Valley The moon, having drunk the river, disappears until morning

Hours move the next hours centuries away Cold-contracted embryo listens to your heartbeat

Lie heavily among the dumb trees overnight Black in grizzlies your silhouette in last grass

In a dream your mother will feed you fear like bread Teach how to swim far, how to rock down

Washed up on a sandy bank like a blind grope Mud tongues clatter and tuck in at the feet

An outcry echoes in the glaciers of the northern hemisphere Looking for reflection, shade, sign from someone

In a dream your mother will feed you fear like bread Teach how to swim far, how to rock down

Songwriter: Marta Kreituse

[folkfashion]

Latvian woman, Latvia, by Suiti

[songs-of-the-east]

Medieval Latgalian Folk Costume, Lativia

[thefugitivesaint]

Nikolai Kochergin (1897-1974), ''The White Deer- A Latvian Folk Tale'' by Fainna Solasko, 1973 Source

[nofatclips-home]

The Baltic Sister @ Viljandi Folk Music Festival X Petites Planètes

Cuckoo song

Sese sodu sodina

Tumsīnā, vakarā

[lindamarieanson]

Linda Ansone - Sit, Jānīti, vara bungas (Latvian Folk Song)

[unhonestlymirror]

Clothes of Kurzeme (Curonia)

[folkmania]

Traditional Latvian belt patterns

[zeller2004]

[theaskew]

Latgallen Young Maiden and Soldier 12th Century. (Source: Latvian Folk Costumes (Levads latviešu tautas tērpu vēsturē), 1936)

[thestarlitnights]

bur man laimi is like the antithesis of dark folktronic eurovision entries that make me wanna reject modernity and run into the forest. it's a light upbeat whimsical folk entry that ALSO makes me want to run into the forest

[jupiter-balls]

TAUTUMEITAS WON?? MY TAUTUMEITAS?? 🥹😭

[folkfashion]

Latvian women, Latvia, by Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka

[nonenglishsongs]

Folksy Friday | Auļi, Suitu sievas, Suitu vīri, Suitu dūdenieki, Ilža, Otto Trapāns, Tarkšķi, Vilkači - Ozoliņi (Latvian)