"Gauja" Christmas Concert

Today in the local cultural centre there was a concert and dancing event for waving Christmas. This time, most of the dances were performed by kids. But also there was the dancing group "Gaujas" as well. This event was more familiar, as we could imagine. And several dances and songs I already saw were perfomanced. Still cool, however. Let´s start commenting some of the moments. The dances are not "only for Christmas" because they are just the folk typical ones:

The first to act: the children group. They acted as good as the older persons!

Each photo is a dance performance. Except these three wich are the same performance. Notice the typical clothes and...that female hat!

I can assure that the male clothes have close relationship with some spanish folk clothes, those from Madrid. I will explain in another performance which is very, very similar.

The kids again, doing movements more synchronized, right to be easier for them to remember.

Youngster group.

Here it is! The male clothes remembers me the "madroño" style from one of Madrid´s folk! probably due the urban background.

These were two of the presenters. The "squirrel" (left one) was the main presenter in the event. Remind that it was a familiar event. I didn´t understand them very clearly due I know almost nothing of latvian but people laughed sometimes so something funny they said, at times. This directs me to the idea that in this land people have an affair for nature and common animals.

Here´s a sheep joining in the show...

...and then! after the dances here comes the child time! Several other animals such a cow made different games and songs for the children in the place.

And at the end Santa Claus came! sadly I don´t have pictures avaliable for the moment but Santa Claus came with sweets for the children! and well, Christmas came. Yes.

Isn´t that curious that in a folk dancing event later Santa Claus comes as the closing act? yes, dancing and singing in Valmiera is something very loved.