The Dumpis pottery workshop - Info

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Craftsmen Latvia, Vidzeme, Madonas novads

The Dumpis pottery workshop

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  Must register in advance!
Baiba un Einārs Dumpji
Tālr. +371 29187910
Madonas novads
Mētrienas pagasts
"Brīvnieki" – "Kolbergi"
LV-4865, Latvia

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5 days

Ancient trade routes distributed not just products, but also knowledge, culture and everything that was new and unknown.  Pastor Ernest Glück, for instance, may have already started work on a translation of the Bible into Latvian when he travelled from the Daugavgrīva fortress near Rīga to Alūksne.  There he finished his masterpiece and planted two oak trees alongside the manse that are still there.  Glück also established the first school in Vidzeme for Latvian children.  He was a pastor, translator, author and teacher.  Thanks to him, the Hernhutian movement of brethren flourished in Vidzeme after the Great Northern War.  It directed spiritual and political development and brought Latvians closer to their national awakening.

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