On November 4th, for the third time the Embassy of Latgale GORS will host the competition for secondary school students “Culture Canon Competition 2015-2016”. This title of this year is “Ideas and Values of Rainis and Aspazija in the Life and Happenings of a Modern Person”.

In order to promote the discussion about the heritage of Latvian culture, including the value of the culture and art, national identity and the collective memory of the society, Latvian Culture Academy is organizing the competition for students of the 10th - 12th classes of overall education schools, as well as students of the last study years of the art and music schools. The strategic goal of the Culture Canon Competition is to promote the conservation of the culture heritage, actualizing it’s value, draw the attention to the multiplicity of the society culture processes and the differences of the value systems, as well as promote the creativity and civil participation in the creation process of the Latvian cultural space.

The motto of the study year 2015/2016 is “Ideas and Values of Rainis and Aspazija in the Life and Happenings of a Modern Person”. Competition is a part of the 150th jubilee program of Rainis and Aspazija - “REMAIN WILL THAT, WHICH CHANGES!”. The annual partners of Latvian Academy of Culture in the process of organizing the competition are Ministry of Culture of Republic of Latvia and National Centre of Education.

The Goal of the Culture Canon Competition 2015:

The goal of the competition is to promote the interest in the literary creations of Rainis and Aspazija. The competition is the way to actualize the ideas and values highlighted in their creative work, connect them with the lifestyle, relationship, interest and goals of the nowadays, create the preconditions for the development of the creative skills of students in the field of arts, as well as popularize the study subjects of culturology, humanities and social sciences.

Tasks:

To ensure the participation of Latvian students in the conservation of the literary creation of Rainis and Aspazija;
To involve students in a deeper study process of the culture-historic heritage of Rainis and Aspazija; 
To identify the highlighted culture values and ideas in the literary works of Rainis and Aspazija that are recognized by the Latvian youth of the beginning of the 21st century;
To develop an understanding and promote a discussion about the culture and social heritage of Rainis and Aspazija in the cultural picture of 21st century;
To ensure actualization of the culture values and ideas of Rainis and Aspazija in the performances of performing arts;
To develop student’s skills, experience and expression of the creative ideas in the performing arts;
To promote the creativeness and collaboration skills in the process of creating a project;  
To create an additional content for the renewed Culture Canon website (LNB).

The competition is organized in three rounds. The first round is held in regions of Latvia. Latgale regional competition will take a place on November 4th at 11.00 at the Embassy of Latgale GORS. Everyone is welcome to attend at no charge.

The regional competition is supported by: the Embassy of Latgale GORS, Aspazijas māja, Cymuss, Ltd., union "Latgolys Studentu centrs", Ausmeņa kebabs, Ltd., Publishing House  "Zvaigzne ABC", “Kurmīši”, Latgales ziedi, Ltd., Skrīveru saldumi, Ltd., Daugavpils teātris, State Ltd..

Coordinator of Latgale region – Daira Lāce, event producer of the Embassy of Latgale GORS (daira.lace [at] rezekne.lv; 26980187).

Insight in the Culture Canon Competition of the previous year: KULTŪRAS KANONS 2014