On July 31, participants of the Support Measures for Persons Under International Protection III project continued to get acquainted with the Latvian cultural canon.
On Saturday, participants visited Ziemeļblāzma culture palace where they had the opportunity to climb the observation tower and see Riga from a different point of view.
Later, we went to the park’s tea house to hear Iranian man Bashir tell about his experience and life in Latvia, and to ask him questions. After that, Dita Butule, educator at the Krišjānis Barons Memorial Museum, introduced the Latvian cultural canon – Latvian folk songs, the Dainas! Afterwards, we went together to the Mangaļsala pier, which was the first time most of the participants had seen it. The weather was kind to us and everyone enjoyed Latvia’s beautiful nature where our Daugava River enters the Baltic Sea. The event ended at the seaside, where the youth team of the European Solidarity Corps Solidarity Project “Oriented On Orientalism” talked about their project, offering to participate in a Latvian conversation café, an emotional support group, and a celebration of festivities of different cultures. The young people had prepared an activity for the participants about Latvian folk songs, asking them to arrange the lines of folk songs in the correct order, giving them the opportunity to get to know the content of the songs not only in Latvian, but also translated in English.
Participants received sweet gifts for completing the task: sweets and chocolates made in Latvia.
People from Syria, Iran, China, Belarus, Russia, Latvia, Palestine, and Cameroon took part in the event.
Support Actions for Persons Under International Protection III project is implemented with the support of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and is co-financed by the European Union. Grant agreement No. PMIF/9/2020/3/02