This portal was created by Līvõ Kultūr sidām (The Livonian Culture Centre) and offers a wide range of information on the Livonians, their culture, language, and history. Here you can discover the places the Livonians have lived, their cultural monuments, the location of their most important archives, and also about new Livonian-related events and exhibitions. You can learn about Livonian traditional and contemporary culture as well as become acquainted with their community organisations and most important personalities. The UL Livonian Institute section contains information about this institution as well as Livonian-Estonian-Latvian dictionary which is updated on an ongoing basis and which is supplemented with word forms and data from the Livonian language corpus. This section also contains the Livonian place name list, a list of Livonian borrowings in Latvian, and other resources for learning about and studying Livonian. The Library section contains a collection of articles, links, and videos on Livonian topics grouped by category.
We wish you success learning about Livonian culture!
1903 – Oskar Stalt, one of the founders of the ensemble Līvlist was born. Died in 1992.
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1950 – Ieva Ernštreite, an English teacher, interpreter and translator was born.
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1978 – initiated by Maija and Pauls Valcis the ethnographic collection Rāndali in Mazirbe Boarding School was opened.
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1924 – Marta Rudzīte, a linguist was born. Died in 1996.
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1900 – Oskar Loorits, a prominent collector of the Liv folklore and researcher, was born. Died in 1961.
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