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Indianapolis Latvians

Welcome to the website dedicated to serving the Latvian Community in Indianapolis. This website provides information about the local organizations and events happening within the Latvian Community.

The majority of Latvians arrived in Indianapolis in the early 1950’s after World War II. After 60 years, the Community continues to maintain an active Latvian School, Church, Community Center and other various organizations which help to preserve the Latvian Language and Culture.

Registration to this website is not required; however, only registered members can post comments or replies and receive e-mail updated bulletins. Thank you and Paldies!

We are currently in the process of translating this website to the Latvian Language. We appreciate your patience. Thank you and Paldies!!

Indianapoles Ev. Lut. Draudzes Ziņas 2010 g. aug.-sep.

Friday, August 13 2010 @ 11:08 AM EDT

Contributed by: Andrejs Kancs

Indianapoles Ev. Lut. Draudzes Ziņas 2010 g. aug.-sep.

Draudzes Ziņas 2010 g. aug-sep

Apkārtraksts tiek izdots 6 reizes gadā. Redaktors ir prāv. Gunārs Lazdiņš

Latvian Ev. Lut. Church's Newsletter for Aug- Sept. 2010. The Newsletter is published 6 times a year.

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ILJA FundraisorJāņos

Wednesday, July 28 2010 @ 10:46 AM EDT

Contributed by: Andrejs Kancs

ILJA FUNDRAISER

During the annual Jāņu/ St. John's Day Festival, which was held on June 26 at the Latvian Community Center in Indianapolis, the Latvian Youth Association of Indianapolis (ILJA) cooked and served over 300 people at the Festival. ILJA served hamburgers, hot dogs, sauerkraut, potato salad and chips. It was hot and humid, well into the mid 90’s. ILJA would like to thank everyone who helped and supported us. We could not have done it without your help. Especially a big Thank you to the sauerkraut cooks, who prepared over 100 pounds of sauerkraut. ILJA is using the proceeds to help it organize the Annual American Latvian Youth Association conference which will be held in Indianapolis from November 25th to 28th.

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Jāņi/ St. John's Day Festival

Tuesday, July 27 2010 @ 10:55 AM EDT

Contributed by: Andrejs Kancs

Jāņi/ St. John's Festival

The annual Jāņu/ St. John's Day Festival was held on June 26 at the Latvian Community Center in Indianapolis. This year nearly 400 people of varying nationalities including Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Scottish, Polish, Swedish and the Viking society attended the festival. Activities included culture presentations & performances, an interactive Viking Village, a bounce house, games, dancing, singing and of course eating and drinking. It was a hot day, but luckily it did not rain. Traditionally, it rains during Jāņi, especially in Latvia. As has been the tradition the past few years, there has been a tug-of-war competition between the different nationalities. This year, like the past previous years, Team Latvia won. The judges estimated the combined Latvian team members’ weight at over 1,700 pounds. Looks like the hard training during the year of drinking and eating has really paid off. This year the Latvian Youth Association of Indianapolis cooked and served the food during the festival. Singing and dancing went well past midnight. We hope everyone had a wonderful time, and we look forward to seeing everyone again next year. Click here to see a few pictures taken during the festival

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Indianapoles DV Apkārtraksts 2010 g. jūl.-aug.

Friday, July 23 2010 @ 04:44 PM EDT

Contributed by: Andrejs Kancs

Indianapoles DV Apvienības Apkārtraksts
2010 g. jūl.-aug.

Indianapoles DV Apvienības Apkārtraksts 2010 g. jūl-aug

Apkārtraksts tiek izdots 4 reizes gadā. Redaktors ir Zigurds Kārkliņš

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Dievkalpojums ar Aijas Graham ordināciju

Wednesday, July 07 2010 @ 10:11 AM EDT

Contributed by: Andrejs Kancs

māc. Aija Graham ordinācijas Dievkalpojums

Dievkalpojums ar Aijas Graham ordināciju notika 2010 g. 19. maijā, Indianapolē LELBA pārvaldes paplašinātās sēdes laikā.

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“Jautrais pāris” 60th anniversary

Wednesday, June 23 2010 @ 04:53 PM EDT

Contributed by: Andrejs Kancs

"Jautrais pāris" 60th anniversary

Foto of current and past dancers

On May 8, 2010 the ensemble celebrated its 60^th anniversary with a performance, dinner, and dance at the Latvian Community Center of Indianapolis. The performance featured the ensemble’s children’s group with 20 dancers, the youth/young adult/adult group with 30 dancers, and the senior group, “Jautrais solis,” with 12 dancers. The Indianapolis Lithuanian Folk Music Ensemble “Biru Bar” accompanied several of the dances and provided dance music later in the evening. The audience of nearly 250 included many former dancers – from central Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota and California. After the performance a group picture was taken of all current and former dancers. A buffet dinner, raffle, and dance followed. An exhibit of “Jautrais pāris” memorabilia – posters, performance programs, newspaper articles/photos, honorary certificates, T-shirts, pins – was displayed in the Riga Hall. Attendees could also purchase copies of the “Jautrais pāris” 50-Year History publication and the 60^th Anniversary Memory booklet. Official group photos from previous years – magnified and placed on poster board – were displayed in chronological order on the walls of the National Hall. Decorative Latvian ornamental symbols cut out from orange and white art paper hung gracefully from the ceiling of the hall. The stage scenery featured two tall, Latvian ornamental ‘sun posts’, each with a round, illuminated yellow-orange piece in the middle, reminiscent of Baltic amber.

The “Jautrais pāris” 60^th anniversary DVD....

New IndyLV Site Implemented and Upgraded

Saturday, January 09 2010 @ 11:03 AM EST

Contributed by: Jānis Dzelme

New Indy LV Site is now Live

Thank you for your patience as we overhauled the IndyLV website. The new platform allows for greater functionality needed by the community to support activities, agendas, and promote sharing our lives among the community. It also just received an upgrade to resolve some minor bugs.

Here is a list of some of the functionality that the new site offers...

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Indianapolis Latvians

The majority of Latvians arrived in Indianapolis in the early 1950’s after World War II. After 60 years, the Community continues to maintain an active Latvian School, Church, Community Center and other various organizations which help to preserve the Latvian Language and Culture.

Indianapoles Ev. Lut. Draudzes Ziņas 2010 g. aug.-sep.

Indianapoles Ev. Lut. Draudzes Ziņas 2010 g. aug.-sep.