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Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum

Randy Sloan July 14, 2014

Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum exhibition of Northern Russian culture.

I asked if the embroidery strip of cloth was placed above doorway for good luck or to ward off evil spirits. The amused docent said it was to keep exhibition visitors from hitting their head on the low portal.

In Brief Observations Tags russian, feelingstupid, humor, Latvia, travel
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