In Pārventa Park, Kuldīga, a Cultural Potato Harvest Festival and the opening of a new environmental object will take place today.
It is planned that the clean-up will take place from 9 am to 12 pm This year it is planned to sell all the harvested potatoes together with the “Abava” family winery.
At 12 o’clock, musicians Jānis Holšteins-Upmanis and Jānis Strapcāns of the Imants Ziedonis Foundation “Easy” will delight visitors with a musical surprise and the opening of the art installation “Even bigger table above my table”. Immediately after the concert, families with children are invited to participate in creative workshops together with the teams of “Ziedonis class” and “Kartupeļu Lauka Radio”.
Salnāja said that this year, in the fiftieth year of Ziedonis’ book “Kurzemīte”, the team of “Kartupeļu Lauka Radio” was looking for outstanding Latvians in Kurzeme. Following the values expressed in the book, work on unprecedented radio content continues.
“Like all of us, this year has been full of unplanned turns for the potato field and the radio team. Although we did not celebrate the potato flower festival together this summer, I am glad that we can be with Kuldīga residents and city guests during the harvest. As Ziedonis said, this is not for us. , the number of activities that took place, but about people ‘s stories and experiences in Kurzeme, “said Emīls Lukjanskis, the head of” Kartupeļu Lauka Radio “.
He is pleased that there is a “Radio Magazine” at the finish line, and an object will be opened in Kuldiga, which will serve as a picnic place, library, art installation and a place for larger and smaller cultural activities. “We will continue to celebrate the great people of Latvia at the field of cultural potatoes next year as well,” Lukjanskis promised.
The art installation “Even bigger table above my table” was created with the support of the program of Kuldīga municipality and Rural Support Service. Next year, it is planned to supplement the content of the newly created installation and the potato field itself with various interactive elements, continuing to develop it as a new cultural place in Kuldiga. At the beginning of October, the “Radio Magazine” created by the “Kartupeļu Lauka Radio” team will be published, which will report on important people, places and events in Kurzeme.
The field of cultural potatoes in Kuldīga, in cooperation with Kuldīga County Council, was first planted a year ago, confirming Imants Ziedonis’ timeless work “Kurzemīte”.
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