Latviešu Folkloras Krātuves 1600. kolekcijas materiāli: jaunās (padomju) svētku tradīcijas [Materials of collection No. 1600 of the Archives of Latvian Folklore: new (soviet) festivity traditions]

The aim of this paper is to describe a set of texts on the so-called new (Soviet) holiday and festivity traditions, to study their genre and content varieties, briefly expound the process of celebrating these holidays, using as the basis (Latvian [State] University) students’ folklore collections in the Archives of Latvian Folklore collection No. 1600, who, along with the classical Latvian folklore and ancient traditions, have attracted attention to, fixed and described those traditions and ways of celebrating which the ideologists of Latvian SSR had tried to establish since the 1950s. By this, the source, which until now has received scant attention but can provide the researchers, students and all persons interested in it with considerable knowledge about folklore, culture, traditions, history, religions, music, literature and other branches of science, is brought to the foreground.