Last days in Rezekne: 100% Latgalian (Part I) // By Carmen Encuentra // Be the first to comment!

Amazing place to be suprise and getting caught for the enchanted of latgalian traditional cuisine and handicraft
We are talking about Mols!!!

Mols, mākslas salons – bārs, this is meanning pub and art saloon, is located in Latgales iela 22/24 (Latgale Street) in the heart of Latgale, Rēzekne!!!

“Mōls” is exclusive with the dishes being cooked according to the ancient Latgalian recipes.

The interior lets to feel the antiquity and cosiness: the fire-place, ceramic dishes, and paintings on the walls and a very friendly rabbit." (rezekne.lv)

 

In our last days in Rezekne, we spent a nice morning in Mols, as you can see! 



In the entrance to Mols, you can see the flag of Latgale region, in the historical Latgale street with the characteristic red bricks buildings.

Views of Latgale Street, with the Jesus Cathedral in the background.

Inside Mols you can find a nice shop where you can buy many creations made by locals crafters. The stars of this beautiful crafts are the wool socks and the famous triangle winter gloves, they are masterpieces!
 

Rēzekne is an important location for those interested in Latvian pottery. Latgalia’s pottery masters are particularly known for using the techniques of their forebears to create brightly colored pottery in a range of shapes. Also, Latgale black ceramics are well known....

Intenational Youth Camp "Europe, all inclusive" in Shierke Baude, Germany // By Carmen Encuentra // Be the first to comment!

In a beautiful village in the mountains, Schierke (Germany), participants from Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania and, of course, Germany, all together to participated in the Intenational Youth Camp in Shierker Baude, in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It tooks place  from 27 July till 10 August 2014. The topic of the camp was "Europe, all inclusive".

I am really happy to have been participant in the camp. We had working groups of Graffiti, Photography, Timeline, Music, Healthy lifestyle, Crafts, simulation of conference in the European Parlament, discussion with politicians about results, coffe with seniors, study trips, interesting and funny national evenigs,cliff walk and climbing, excursions Wernigerode, Magdeburg, Leipzig, Quedlinburg, Brocken Mountain.

Thank you to the super Latvian team: Sarmite, Anna, Nikolav, Alise, Elizabete, Marta Madara, Kristiana, Anas (volunteer fron Jordan) and our fantastics leaders Iveta and Ilze!!!

I will never forget our team singing the Daina (traditional Latvian song) "Bedu manu lielu bedu": Ram-tai ram-tai ra-di-ri-di-ri-di ram-tai ri-di ra-la-la

I have a lot of memories to tell you and show you! So in another post I will continue :)

Here a resume with some photos of amazing moments :)

Here a beautiful photo with all the participants in the Town hall with a timber facade from 1498 in Wernigerode.

Youth summer camp "The world of languages" / Campamento de verano: "El mundo de los idiomas" // By Carmen Encuentra // Be the first to comment!

The summer is here and workshops in Zeimuls take holidays till new school year in September. Zeimuls open its doors in summer to host several summer camps for children and youth and celebrate some events. The timetable in summer in Zeimuls is from 8:00 a.m till 17:00 p.m.
With the support of Rezekne City Council in the summer of 2014 are going to take place 14 summer camps.
El verano ya esta aquí y los talleres en Zeimuls se cogen vacaciones hasta que empiece el nuevo curso en Septiembre. Zeimuls abre sus puertas en verano para celebrar algunos eventos y para acoger muchos campamentos de verano para niños y jóvenes. El horario de verano en Zeimuls es desde las 8:00h hasta las 17:00h.
Con el apoyo del Ayuntamiento de Rezekne este verano van a tener lugar 14 campamentos de verano.

My coordinator's project, Linda Vanaga, presented a summer camp that it was approved, but Linda couldn't be the leader, in this case Inta, she works in Zeimuls, was in charge of the camp with the help of Laura, a girl who participate actively in the center as volunteer.
I made the poster of the camp, as you can see the camp it is to learn English for youth!
Mi coordinadora de proyecto SVE, Linda Vanaga, presentó un proyecto y fué aprovado, pero Linda no pudo ser la líder del campamento, asi que en este caso fue Inta, trabajora en Zeimuls, quien estuvo a cargo del campamento con la ayuda de Laura, una chica quien participa activamente en actividades en Zeimuls, donde también trabaja su madre.
Realicé el poster para el campamente, como podéis ver es un campamento para ¡aprender inglés para los jóvenes!

Festivals "Muzykys Skrytuļs" // By Carmen Encuentra // Be the first to comment!

Cada año se celebra el Festivals "Muzykys Skrytuļs", en Liksna, en la región de Latgale, y como en esta región tienen un dialecto, Latgalian, el programa del festival está escrito en Latgalian.

Every year it is celebrated the Festivals "Muzykys Skrytuļs" in Liksna, in the Latgale region, and in this region they have a dialect, Latgalian, and the program of the festival is written in Latgalian.

¡Durante 3 días muchas actividades y conciertos y todo gratis! El primer día del festival era un etno festival, donde participaba el Grupo de baile y banda de música popular "Dziga" de la casa de la cultura de Rezekne y algunos SVE fuimos en el autobus con el grupo al festival.

Al llegar ya se podía notar un ambiente 100% Latgale, con sus puestos con sopa tradicional, pan negro, cerveza casera,...y en los alrededores se podia disfrutar de un paseo y poder ver varias originales esculturas o lugares para relajarse o para divertirse diseñadas por diferentes artistas.

During 3 days there were a lot of activities and concerts and all for free! The first day of the Festival there were an Etno concert, where took part The dance group and folk band "Dziga" of Rezekne Culture House and some of EVS went by bus with them to the festival.
When we arrived, there were a nice 100% latgalian atmosphere, with stand of soup, black bread, homemade beer,...and around the place it was possible to enjoy for a walk of the original scultures or places for relaxing or enjoying.