Recession’s Tammy Flu: Folk Dance Flash Mobs
Sep 18, 2009
Never believe the hype? Or, in this case, the hyped-up diss. With the jaw-dropping GDP contraction in the Baltic States making the rest of the world feel better about their economic woes, the global press has been rife with depressing stories from that part of the world, especially Latvia, which is doing even worse than its neighbors. Newspapers talk about stores closing, glum residents, doom and gloom, and a general party pooper vibe. Few mention that Latvia’s capital Riga hosted a flamboyant Blond Parade this May to cheer up the city’s residents. Seems that others are busy lifting the Baltic spirit. The dynamic editors of Jaffa Mag, Latvia’s cool countercultural rag (which comes out even less frequently than B.East!) organised the country’s first Folk Dance Flash Mob in the center of the Old City. As my mate from Amsterdam said when watching the video, ‘Quite a few cuties there.’ Cuties or not, check it out here.
Tags: Arturs, cuties, Folk Dance, Jaffa, recession, Riga
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