RIGA - Cemetery culture remains an important and integral part of life in Latvia. From generation to generation people continue to take particular care of the legacy of their departed family members and friends. Both Latvians and Russians share this tradition in common, but each nationality maintains a different cemetery aesthetic, the former a simpler and less adorned one. Likewise, burial ground traditions vary according to religion and differ from region to region within Latvia.Through summer until the beginning of September people come together to pray for their deceased relatives and f...
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