Cast
Anna Scemelinska
O
Ontans Slisans
Narrator
M
Margarita Sakina
A
Aloizs Bukks
O
Otilija Supe
MovieDocumentary
Teicēja Anna Ščemeļinska
20080h 52mDirected by Raitis Vulfs
Anna "Buksa" Scemelinska (1925 - 2011) was a Latvian folksinger. She learned her song repertoire and singing style from her parents and villagers. She sang in the Rekova Church Choir in 1956, and has also been a member of the Rekava Ethnographic Ensemble from 1980. Her mother sang religious hymns ,"godzinkas", while Anna sang traditional dainas. The singing was like the rest of her life: in harmony with nature. Marked by hard work and deep religiosity, her songs are a kind of Eastern European blues or gospel. Singers like Anna Scemelinska are storytellers. Their folk songs comprise legends, history and experience from life.
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