{"id":1404,"date":"2024-11-07T11:18:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T08:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/?page_id=1404"},"modified":"2025-01-14T12:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:57:13","slug":"maras-trail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/exhibitions\/open-air-exhibitions\/maras-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u0101ra\u2019s Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Another way of getting from Folk Song Garden to Folk Song Hill is M\u0101ra\u2019s trail, which is 300 m long and crosses M\u0101ra\u2019s stream.&nbsp; An ancient tradition says that on the morning of March 25, which is M\u0101ra\u2019s Day, people must wash themselves in the stream, which flows toward the East, before the sun rises.&nbsp; Such people can expect to be strong and healthy.&nbsp; This belief led to the name of the small stream and the trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sides of the trail are surrounded by bird-cherries, meadowsweet, peonies and pennywort.&nbsp; There is also the sculpture \u201cSummer Solstice Stone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The sculpture \u201cSummer Solstice Stone\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Summer Solstice is a time when the Sun is at its apex.\u00a0 It represents the longest day and shortest night of the year.\u00a0 Latvians know the Solstice as John\u2019s Festival, and traditions related to the celebration can lead to discoveries about the mighty power of nature.\u00a0 It is specifically during this festival that one can feel how all living things gather up their strength, flourish in unaccustomed vividness, and are prepared to share themselves generously with everyone.\u00a0 God, nature and humankind come together in unity which creates harmony. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sculpture \u201cSummer Solstice Stone\u201d shows two young people enchanted by the Solstice and looking into the sky to seek out their fortune.\u00a0 Their youth is in line with the forces of life and fertility which emerge from nature.\u00a0 There are ferns around the sculpture, and folk songs tell us that they bloom just once a year \u2013 on the night of the Solstice.\u00a0 Anyone who finds a blooming fern gains fortune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sculpture \u201cSummer Solstice Stone\u201d was unveiled in 1993, and it is on the side of M\u0101ra\u2019s trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1637\" src=\"https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Maras-taka_vasara_marga-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Maras-taka_vasara_marga-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Maras-taka_vasara_marga-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Maras-taka_vasara_marga-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Maras-taka_vasara_marga-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Maras-taka_vasara_marga-2048x1536.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"1638\" src=\"https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/DSC5954-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/DSC5954-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/DSC5954-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/DSC5954-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/DSC5954-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/turaida-muzejs.lv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/DSC5954-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another way of getting from Folk Song Garden to Folk Song Hill is M\u0101ra\u2019s trail, which is 300 m long and crosses M\u0101ra\u2019s stream.&nbsp; 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