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The Head of the University of Latvia Livonian Institute receives an international award
Valts Ernštreits, Head of the University of Latvia Livonian Institute, has received the Ilmapuu (World Tree) Award from the Kindred Peoples’ Programme of the Ministry …
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The 6th international conference “Livonica. Livonian language, history, culture
The Livonians, though one of the smallest nations in Europe, have had a significant role in the languages, history, and culture of the Baltic Sea …
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4th Livonian singing festival
This festival will gather many Livonian singers from all over Latvia as well as choirs. In the main concert, music from composer Ugis Praulins will …
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The 6th International conference “Livonica. Livonian language, history, culture”
The location and dates of the conference: Rīga, August 26–27, 2019. The conference organisers: University of Latvia Livonian Institute, University of Tartu Institute of Estonian …
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The UL Livonian Institute visits colleagues in the nordic countries
In June 2019, UL Livonian Institute director Valts Ernštreits visited the institute’s colleagues in the Nordic countries – activists, keepers, and researchers of Sámi and …
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The Livonian Culture Day and Livonian Community House 80 years
The Livonian Culture day and the 80th birthday of the Livonian Community House will be celebrated on the 2nd and 3rd of August this year. …
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Livonian Culture day
The Livonian Culture day and the 80th birthday of the Livonian Community House will be celebrated on the 2nd and 3rd of August this year. …
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Twenty speakers, but three poets: writing in Livonian
Livonian is a Finno-Ugric language related to Finnish and Estonian. Once, hundreds of years ago, it was spoken throughout much of Latvia, but over the …
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“Trilium / Trillium” receives the annual Latvian literary award
On Monday, March 25th in Rīga, the nominees for the 2019 Annual Latvian Literary Award were announced at the bookstore “NicePlace Telpa”. The lifetime achievement …
Livonians
Names Livonians refer to themselves as rāndalizt (coastal people) and their language as rāndakēl (coastal language). Territory Livonians are among the smallest-numbered surviving Finno-Ugric peoples. …
Finno-Ugric Media
On this page we have collected media channels and publications that write about life in the Finno-Ugric areas. The links open in a separate window.