Being an International Folklore Festival, the Baltica events looked beyond the borders of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Special guests included this traditional band from our homeland (well, Minnesota - close enough). While they were slated to participate in formal events later in the day, they put on a quick impromptu show -- including banjo, washboard, and clogging -- at a sidewalk cafe we were sitting at. They had the crowd of traditional-Latvian-garb-wearing locals clapping and singing along. And I guess that these vaguely old-timey looking clothes are as close as we Americans have to a "traditional costume." Well, maybe not the dreadlocks. But you should have seen the old-timey suspenders a couple of the guys were wearing. It was totally unexpected, and totally great.
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