ORAL HISTORY: MIGRATION AND LOCAL IDENTITIES - Academia

Migration as a Catalyst for ValuesFig. 3:Fusion Latvian and Russian vernacular architecture style.Most houses are decorated with intricately carved, often blue,window frames. Gates are often adorned with Latvian symbols, butoccasionally also with Disney figures. Bodies and interiors are dizzywith bright primary colors and floral patterns. Traditional Latvian andRussian needlework dresses up bedsteads (fig. 4).40Fig. 4:Needlework on bedsteads