The folk dance festival "Latvian children lead the dance"

The folk dance festival "Latvian children lead the dance" will take place in Jūrmala on June 2.

3,663 dancers from 174 collectives are preparing for the festival, representing all cultural and historical regions of Latvia.

The folk dance festival will be opened with a traditional procession of the participants. The march will start in the Dzintari forest park at 10.00 and the participants of the festival will go along Jomas Street up to Horna Garden. Further, the procession along Omnibusa Street, crossing Jūras Street, will go to the sea.  

At 11.00 in Majoru-Dzintari seaside, on the section from Omnibusa Street to Turaida Street, the campaign "Svētku smilšu sakta" will take place - dancers will make sand figures in the shape of a brooch in Liedaga.

From 13.00 to 16.00 there will be concerts of the festival participants in the city. In the Dzintari forest park, in the Horna garden and in front of the Kauguru Culture House, the dancers will perform their favorite folk dances selected by the collective itself.

At 17.00, a grand concert of regional dancers "Kajin', vējin' - boom!" will take place in Kauguru Park. At the concert, it will be possible to see miniature performances, performed by dancers from Gulbene, Bauska, Tukums, Balvi, Talsi, Saldus and Ludza regions, Riga and Jūrmala. Creative workshops will be open at the event site - accessory and card making and woodworking workshop. Sports activities will take place, there will be an opportunity to take a snapshot as a memory from Jurmala.

The folk dance festival "Latvian children lead the dance" has been taking place since 1990, this year it will be held for the 24th time. The festival has grown into an ambitious event that takes place almost every year in one of the cities of Latvia, and several thousand children participate in it.