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Post by liga on Mar 5, 2012 21:29:54 GMT
Thanks for the fast reply! And mahalo nui loa for the additional language lesson! That was so cool! Do you speak it fluently? I am watching some educational videos on the web and the kids speak so fast! Please don't feel rushed to find some photos, it is not urgent ( and the ferns have not yet started to grow! ahaha, we have last days of winter here too!) And in two days I am going home to visit my parents to Latvia, and she said it's 9 degrees Celsium below zero, brrr.... Oh, Liga is my name, I saw you wondered about that in ""! It is very traditional latvian name, but it has no meaning, our surnames do. So literally I would be - Liga the dragonfly by full name! Take care ( oh, I don't recall how you said it, promise I'll learn that!) It was very nice to get to know you! Hope to see many more pictures! Liga
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Post by liga on Mar 5, 2012 17:51:11 GMT
Hi! I absolutely adore your pictures! I came across your topic actually while searching about how to make leis and kupe'es, and you are the reason I stumbled upon this wonderful forum! ahahaha, actually my love for hawaiian islands started a month ago. I live in Italy, and Hawaii are directly on the opposite side of the world! While searching for this and that on you tube, I found the videos of Merry Monarch festival and I fell absolutely in love with hula and the islands dance traditions. Unfortunately, here in Italy you can't find anything in this area, so I am doing a lot of learning by myself. I gather videos on you tube, I am trying to learn some hawaiian to understand the songs and I am dreaming that some day I will be able to gather the enourmous sum of money to go across the ocean! Oh, sorry I got a little off topic! So, the big big question I wanted to ask you is about lei and kupe'e making. The only instructions I have found are for the ti leaf long leis, but how do you actually make those beautiful thick ti leaf leis so used in dancing? We don't have ti plant here in Europe, but we do have a lot of fern. Do you know how to make fern head lei? Could I possibly ask you this huge favor to put some pictures from the process of making one? I know the simpliest method we use in my native country (Latvia) for our midsummer nights celebrations weaving together different field flowers or acorn leaves for men crowns. I will add some links so you can see our traditional "leis" I won't attach them, cause the pictures are not mine and I don't know how it works with the copywright plicy! img1.eyefetch.com/p/50/858721-799f47e1-842b-4bed-8b09-58fc6bd6a551.jpgwww.ir.lv/upload/image_file/name/2010_06/9276/grf_1797-media_large.jpg?1276697896www.kasjauns.lv/lv/bildes/Latvija/00.2011/25.06.2011/Vaira-ligo2.jpgWarm greetings! A hui hou!
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Post by liga on Mar 5, 2012 17:26:32 GMT
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Latvia
Mar 3, 2012 11:50:21 GMT
Post by liga on Mar 3, 2012 11:50:21 GMT
I find myself between two realities - one Italian, my actual residence, and Latvia -my homeland. So I wanted to share some impressions on both of these wonderful nations! As an introduction, here you have a shor explanatory vid about Latvian history. Hope you enjoy it!
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Post by liga on Mar 3, 2012 11:45:46 GMT
ahahaha, you know I am from Latvia, and we have all our jokes about estonians (obviously our closest neighbours), and this was wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cann't wait to show it to my dad! you made my day!
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Post by liga on Mar 3, 2012 11:34:36 GMT
Hi everyone! I found by chance this forum, and I think this is a lovely idea to share pictures and useful information all around the world! Right now I am staying in Italy, in Florence, but originally I am from Latvia - just another state in Eastern Europe. I will eventually create another folder also for Baltic states - but right now I cann't update it cause I am not staying there, although I have a whole bunch of pictures to show you. Ok, today I add a pic of the heart of Florence - the river Arno and the banks of the cityscape. It was taken from the dam on the river towards the river bank. Hope you like it.
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