The myths of Mazsalaca
Jul 15, 1999
Katya Cengel
All legends," Inese Berzina says, "have real events behind them." And Berzina knows them all.Berzina is a Latvian tourism official in Mazsalaca, a small town near Valmiera, about 125 kilometers from Riga. She knows every story behind the town's 27 cherished legends inside out.For example, there's the story of Saletsa, daughter of a rich baron who once lived in the rural Latvian countryside. Saletsa, Berzina explains, would secretly rendezvous with her lover on the estate grounds when her father ...
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