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Collection	Volunteer Photos
Photo Title	Celebration of the Ligo and Jani Day Festival
Photo Description	This photo was taken during my training summer 2000 in Valmiera, Latvia. This photo shows the Latvian tradition of jumping over a fire for good luck throughout the next year on the shortest night of the year. Latvia celebrates the Summer Solstice as Ligo and Jani Day beginning the night of June 23. The tradition is to stay up all night, eat, drink, dance and sing with friends and family. Women often wear flower wreaths in their hair and men wear oak leaves.
Contributor	Katherine Prentice
Region	Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Country of Service	Latvia
Service Dates (Beginning)	2000
Service Dates (Ending)	2002
Sector	Education
Decade	2000s
Keywords	Youth Celebrations
Resource Type	Photo
Format	JPG
Date created	2010-06-30

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