Baiba Sipeniece-Gavare is finally celebrating Midsummer for real

When Baiba was a little girl, she felt that Midsummer was celebrated in some wrong way. “Everything happened as follows: during the day there was a festive mood, everyone was driving in the maidens, bouqueting the house, waiting for the holidays. Everything was very nice, but then came the evening, and everyone in Jaunpils, where I live, went to the park. There was a giant bonfire. Well so huge that even a pair can’t jump. A brass band played on stage. But not for long – until they started fighting because they got drunk. Someone, under the influence, tried to jump over the fire and, of course, fell into it. The other adults on the edges of their stands slowly took on a different physical condition. And the children wandered around and didn’t feel really good about it, because they had to see how the adults were gradually changing their human appearance, “Sipeniece-Gavare remembers for the magazine” Rīgas Viļņi “.

“There was really nothing out of the Midsummer atmosphere. The most resilient in the morning could go pick up the kopecks from their pockets and benefit from it. But I didn’t – I always broke it,” Baiba said, admitting that she understood that she wanted to celebrate this holiday differently.

“It simply came to our notice then. The last sight of the scanner days always sounded in my ears, and it seemed – why aren’t we so cool? That was my dream. And when I got married, I got to fill it. My husband has a wonderful country estate. When I arrived there, I realized that this is the place where you can really celebrate Midsummer. “

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“And so it happened. Every year we now come to that country house – more or less a group of swindlers. The day is planned – the girls mix the dough, bake pies, the house smells, the little girls are shown this dough kneading, baking art. for girls, girls go for flowers, pin wreaths, it’s all accompanied by songs … It’s so beautiful! And then comes the evening itself, everyone who has it, dressing up in folk costumes.We go around the fields, waiting for the sun, there are all things to do – naked race, girls “It’s really my favorite holiday! And it’s a great pleasure that the child also announces that her favorite holiday is Midsummer.”

Baibai now, of course, has her own national costume. At first she rented it for work, but later she was ashamed – why not herself? “And I thought, really, why not? Let’s make it! Asked which county. I was misunderstood – a father from Zemgale, a mother from Kurzeme. I didn’t want to be tied to a specific place, I said – let’s take the nicest! I live in Jurmala, work in Riga, come from Jaunpils. What county is there? ” smej Baiba.

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“I started measuring those costumes and we got to Bart. And then it closed for me – as a child, my mother did not buy a doll Baiba. And no one gave it to me – it cost 11 rubles, and it was expensive for the third child in the family. But I wanted a doll Baiba, she was in Bārta’s costume, and it seemed so beautiful … I remember that in the folk dance ensemble “Daile” the main soloist Baiba Jekšiņa danced Gatves dance on the back of Bārta’s costume, and I wanted it that way. Dress them up, dance them dance … That’s the dream I had. Little girls and also little boys need to be allowed to dream. Because dreams come true. So I was in folk costume, and in the show “Dancing Off”, when I also had to dance, I asked what I would like to dance, and I answered – Gatves dance. And it all came true. ”

Baiba does not work in Jāņi – once she agreed to hold an event during this time and realized that she would never do it again. “People need to learn to divide priorities. The family is important, and everyone should be together on the holiday. ”