RIGA - In what could be called ‘the event of all events’ in Latvia, the XXV Nationwide Latvian Song and XV Dance Festival opened officially on June 30 in Riga’s Dome Cathedral with a multi-denominational service - and in the Small Guild with the start of the competition for vocal ensembles, reports LETA.
The week-long festival will have 62 concerts and other events, with 41 of them free of charge. The number of participants is 40,600 - 603 folk dance groups and 388 choirs. Latvian singers and dancers from foreign countries will be in record number - 1,300.
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