Baltic Event Tours

 
Latvian Song and Dance Celebration tour‏
Latvian Song and Dance Celebration tour
 
 
Year 2013 will be significant for Latvia as around 40 000 participants will gather in our capital Riga for the XXV Song and XV Dance Celebration from the 30th of June through the 7th of July 2013. The tradition of the Festival goes back for 140 years and in 2003 together with Lithuanian and Estonian Song and Dance tradition it was recorded in the UNESCO list.
 
Riga Christmas tour
Riga Christmas tour
 
 
Latvians have always loved to tell stories and uphold traditions. Over the centuries, autumn and winter evenings created a special environment for new stories to be made up. Myths flowed together with memories, and new traditions emerged. One legend has to do with the tradition of decorating Christmas trees began in Riga 500 years ago.
 
Riga Opera Festival - Richard Wagner cycle‏
Riga Opera Festival - Richard Wagner cycle
 
 
The Riga Opera Festival, founded in 1998 by the Latvian National Opera has already become a valuable tradition. The festival is highly anticipated by both Latvian audiences and opera-lovers from abroad. To mark the 200th anniversary of Wagner’s birth, at the Riga Opera Festival 2013 will be presented the complete Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle.