Vilakas During the Latgalian festival “Upītes Uobeļduorzs”, a stage built of straw rolls burned down in the region, the festival organizer Andris Slišāns confirmed to the portal “Delfi”.
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The fire broke out during the festival, when there were about 200 people on the stage in Upīte, Šķilbēni Parish. They were all evacuated in time.
Asked whether he considered the burning to be an accident or malice, the director of the Intīte Cultural Heritage Center Upīte noted that the burning had started on the side where there were no electronic devices, wires or other obvious sources of fire.
VUGD received a call for fire at 22.35 and when they arrived at the scene, the stage was already burning in the area of about 100 square meters, according to the information provided by the service to the news agency LETA. A man who tried to fight the flames with a fire extinguisher was also handed over to the doctors.
The unique straw roll stage was built this summer in Upīte sports field.
“Upītes Uobeļduorzs” is the oldest Latgalian music and poetry festival, and this year, for the first time in its history, it took place outdoors. “Kozmen, the host of programs and events, is entrusted with the management of the festival, but the Latgalian musicians and writers will include” Dabasu Durovys “,” Laimas muzykanti “,” Unknown Artist “, Anna Rancāne, Ligija Purinaša, Ilze Sperga and others, as well as special guests. group “100th debut”, “previously announced its organizers.
“The beginnings of the love poetry and song festival“ Upīte Uobeļduorzs ”can be traced back to 2002, and it is the oldest Latgalian festival in the world so far. The author of the event is Latgalian writer Antons Slišāns Dedicated to the festival to promote and preserve the Latgalian language, “writes the representatives of the Cultural Heritage Center.
