{"id":42556,"date":"2021-09-08T12:50:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T09:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/event\/soome-ugri-paev-turaidas\/"},"modified":"2021-09-08T15:07:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T12:07:17","slug":"the-day-of-finno-ugrians-2021-in-the-turaida-museum-reserve","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/event\/the-day-of-finno-ugrians-2021-in-the-turaida-museum-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day of Finno-ugrians 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
Korraldaja: <\/strong>Riia L\u00e4ti Selts, Liivi Liit, Fenno-Ugria Asutus, Turaida muuseumreservaat\nToetaja:<\/strong> Mets\u00e4\/Forest<\/pre>
On  September 25 at 12.00, the Turaida Museum Reserve organizes  \u201cThe Day of  Finno-ugrians \u2013 2021\u201d, whose diverse activities will be dedicated to the theme of harvest. It will be highlighted in talks, stories, demonstration of crafts, songs, dances, and by visiting the exhibitions of the Turaida Museum Reserve. <\/p>
The<\/strong> theme<\/strong> of<\/strong> harvest<\/strong> has<\/strong> also<\/strong> a<\/strong> symbolic<\/strong> meaning<\/strong> \u2013<\/strong> as<\/strong> an<\/strong> assessment<\/strong> of<\/strong> the<\/strong> accomplished work<\/strong> in<\/strong> the <\/strong>research,<\/strong>preservation<\/strong> and<\/strong> inheritance <\/strong>of  <\/strong>Finno-ugrian culture.<\/strong><\/p>
The aim of \u201cFinno-ugrian days\u201d is to raise awareness of the culture of  Livs \u2013 Latvia\u2019s other indigenous population \u2013 in the context of  other Finno-ugrian nations, as well as to enable Latvians to feel the roots of their distant ancestry, to understand what is characteristic of Livs \u2013 Finno-ugrians in the cultural expression of Latvians.<\/p>
There are more than thirty Finno-ugrian languages in Europe, but their number decreases.  It is important today to preserve the languages and culture of ancient peoples, to recognise and understand what is common and interesting in their language, folklore, tradition, ethnography and in developments of daily life.<\/p>
Finno-ugrian ancestors are bound together by a common history spanning many millenniums. Around the 6th-7th<\/sup> millennium BC, they all lived in a compact area in the southern part of the Ural Mountains. As climate conditions improved, some tribes started travelling to the west of Europe, others to the north, integrating in their culture the anthropological and cultural characteristics of the population they encountered.<\/p>
One of the peoples, which belongs to the Finno-ugrian language family is the Livs. Specialists of the Turaida Museum Reserve are involved in research of their cultural and historical heritage.  The territory of the Museum Reserve is located in the central part of the ancient castle district of the Gauja  Livs.<\/p>
This year the celebration is organised by Specially Protected Cultural Monument \u2013 the Turaida Museum Reserve  in cooperation with the Riga Latvian Society and with the support of \u201cMetsa Forest\u201d Ltd  (Finland \u2013 Latvia).  Also cooperation is planned with the national embassies of Finno-ugrian people in Latvia (Estonia, Finland, Hungary). The organization of these festivals has been started in the Riga Latvian Society  in 2014 in cooperation with the association \u201cFenno \u2013 Ugria\u201d, which is also the organizer of the VIII World Congress of Finno-ugri\u0441 peoples in Tartu this year, as well as of the annual Day of Kinsfolk (H\u00f5imup\u00e4evad) in Estonia. The association \u201cFenno\u2013Ugria\u201d offers a variety of cultural developments each year from the Estonia\u2019s \u201cFinno-ugrian Days\u201d in Latvia.<\/p>
The event will  be available only to the vaccinated persons against Covid-19 or to the persons who have recovered from Covid-19.<\/p>
We hope that all what is planned  will take place, enabling to feel  the presence of other fellow men, but if the epidemiological situation gets worse, the celebration will take place in video formats and online.<\/p>
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