Riga, Latvia, Lacplesa day. A crowd with lit candles gathers around a choir by the Monument of Freedom to commemorate Lacplesa d

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Riga, Latvia, Lacplesa day. A crowd with lit candles gathers around a choir by the Monument of Freedom to commemorate Lacplesa day. Lāčpleša day is celebrated every year in Latvia on the 11th November to commemorate the defeat of Pavel Bermondt-Avalov that took place on this date in 1919 during the Latvian war of independence.

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Location: Riga, Rigas pilseta, Letonia
Photo credit: © Luis Dafos / Alamy / Afripics
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