SongSpace is an exhibition on Latvia’s song and dance celebration tradition at the Mežaparks Great Bandstand. It combines a replica festival flag, personal memories, recordings and multimedia installations.
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The flag at SongSpace is a copy, and that distinction matters. The original Līgo flag is fragile and remains in the Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation. A carefully made replica at this exhibition lets visitors encounter a symbol carried at the head of the Latvian song festival procession while the original is protected.
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- SongSpace was created for the first Latvian Song Festival’s 150th anniversary.
- The Līgo flag displayed here is a replica; the original is held by the Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation.
- SongSpace is an exhibition of the National Museum of Literature and Music at the Mežaparks Great Bandstand.
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