Krišjānis (“kree-SHAWN-ees”) Barons designed a giant cabinet to collect over 150,000 texts of this type of folk song. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this traditional type of Latvian folk song, which is often accompanied by the kokles zither.
ANSWER: dainas [accept tautas dziesmas]
[10e] The daina folk songs of this country are closely related to the Latvian daina. This southern neighbor of Latvia and Latvia are the only two where a language of the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family is official.
ANSWER: Lithuania [accept Lietuva or Lietuvos Respublika; accept Republic of Lithuania]
[10m] Latvians sing songs with a refrain of līgo on this holiday, which they call Jāṇi (“YAWN-yee”). Kupala Night celebrations, which inspired Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, are performed as part of this holiday.
ANSWER: Midsummer [or Midsummer Eve; accept the summer solstice; prompt on summer festival or summer holiday; prompt on St. John’s Day or St. John’s Eve or Feast of St. John]
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