“After hundreds of years, the time has come
 for all Latvians to come together
 in a national festival, to witness that
 borders, rivers and distance can never again
 separate countrymen from each other.
- R. Tomsons, Riga, Latvia on June 26, 1873

Latvians of all ages,
from all walks of life,
from near and far are joining together
today to renew the festivals
of our ancestors.
- Richards Tomsons, 
Riga, Latvia on June 26, 1873

This festival expresses not only our feelings,
but our hopes and aspirations,
and demonstrates our culture.”
- Richards Tomsons,
Riga, Latvia on June 26, 1873

Vēl es varu priecāties un mīlēt,
Vēl es varu zvaigznes zīlēt,
Vēl es varu priecāties un dejot,
Saulei pretīm mūžu ejot.
-G. Racis

"Dziedāsim, dancosim
- saules rakstus veidosim"

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