Latvian Song and Dance Festival

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:festival
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Latvian_independence_movement
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Latvia
gptkbp:culturalSignificance	Symbol of unity
gptkbp:duration	about one week
gptkbp:eventType	Folk dancing Choral singing
gptkbp:features	dance performances orchestral music folk art exhibitions folk costume parades mass choir performances
gptkbp:firstHeld	1873
gptkbp:frequency	every five years
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Latvian Song and Dance Festival
gptkbp:influencedBy	19th-century European choral movement
gptkbp:inspiredBy	Latvian diaspora festivals
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Latvian
gptkbp:lastHolder	2023
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Riga
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:Latvian_Radio gptkb:Latvian_Television
gptkbp:notableEvent	150th anniversary in 2023
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Mežaparks_Great_Bandstand
gptkbp:notableSong	gptkb:Saule,_Pērkons,_Daugava
gptkbp:notableWrestler	gptkb:Gatves_deja
gptkbp:numberOfEvents	over 60
gptkbp:officialWebsite	https://www.dziesmusvetki.lv/
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:Latvian_National_Centre_for_Culture
gptkbp:participants	over 40,000
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Estonian_Song_Festival gptkb:Lithuanian_Song_Festival gptkb:Baltic_Song_and_Dance_Festival_tradition
gptkbp:scheduledMonth	2028
gptkbp:significance	National identity
gptkbp:targetAudience	hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Imants_Kalniņš gptkb:Singing_Revolution gptkb:Mežaparks
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6