It's a small country, I know . . .

[voluptuary_manque]

But to be Latvian is to sing.





Skyforger!

 

[Liar]

This guy would probably argue that to be Latvian is to dance.

 

[3113]

But to be Latvian is to sing.





Skyforger!

I knew Latvia was a little behind the times, but I didn't know they were still in the age of Vikings!

 

[TE999]

A Viking/metal/Celtic band...who'da thunk it...they sound like a cross between Iron Maiden and the Irish Rovers singing sea chanteys.

The band members appearance reminds me of the barbarians in that credit card commercial "What's in your wallet?"

Interesting music, though.

 

[Dragonlipz]

Most cool and thanks bear

 

[3113]

[singing] "If you're going to Lat-vi-a, be sure to wear some Viking Gear on your head...."

 

[Tio_Narratore]

and then there's that Latvian joke that I wrote a few years ago for some Latvian friends. They liked it, declaring it to be the "best, if not only," Latvian joke they ever heard.

At the European Games one year, the 1K race came down to a final between the Latvians and the reindeer herders of the far north. Each side was hoping for a decisive victory, hoping their team would finish at least one circuit of the track ahead of the others.

So, while one team's fans chanted,

"Let's lap the Lapps, Letts,"

the other fans replied,

"Let's lap the Letts, Lapps."

 

[al_Ussa]

Wow. That's actually pretty cool. I've always been interested in how artists around the world have re-invented traditional/national culture and exposed it to the rest of the world. The Baltic and Eastern Europe seems to be a hot bed of that...

Check out Terrafolk from Slovenia doing a folk metal cover of "You Are My Sunshine."