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• Relevance of ideas of Janis Rainis to civil participation and society integration discussed

Latvijas Avize reports about a discussion organised at the House-Museum devoted to the memory of two famous Latvian poets Janis Rainis and Aspazija. Participants discussed that some ideas highlighted by Rainis during the 1920-ies may be relevant to the present situation, such as his insistence on importance of individual initiative and civil participation in social processes. The term Latvijiesi was also discussed as a civic notion which describes the people of different ethnic affiliations (including minority identity) united by their deep emotional and intellectual links to Latvia.