A daina is a traditional form of music or poetry in the Baltic region. Latvian dainas often feature pre-Christian themes and legends, drone vocal styles and Baltic zithers (kokle). Daina may refer to: Daina Latvian folksong Daina Lithuanian folksong Daina Lithuanian cultural organization that functioned in (1899-1915) Category: ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... This article is about the art form. ... Population density in the wider Baltic region. ... In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout much or all of a piece, sustained or repeated, and most often establishing a tonality upon which the rest of the piece is built. ... Concert zither The zither is a musical string instrument, mainly used in folk music, most commonly in German-speaking Alpine Europe. ... Traditional Latvian music is dominated by folk songs called dainas, featuring pre-Christian themes and legends, drone vocal styles and Baltic zithers. ...

Dainas are very short, usually only one or two unrhymed stanzas, unrhymed and in a four-footed trochaic metre. Lyrically, dainas concern themselves with native mythology but, in contrast to most similar forms, does not have any legendary heroes. Stories often revolve around pre-Christian deities like the sun goddess Saule, the moon god Meness and, most notably, the life of people, especially its three most important events - birth, wedding and death (including burial). The first collection of dainas was published between 1894 and 1915 as Latvju Dainas by Krišjānis Barons.There are approximately 300000 collected dainas in written form. In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. ... A trochee is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. ... For other uses, see Hero (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Sun cults be merged into this article or section. ... In Latvian mythology, Saule (the sun) was the goddess of the sun and fertility, patron goddess of the unlucky, including orphans. ... An 18th century drawing of Khoikhoi worshipping the moon In mythology, a lunar deity is a god or goddess associated with or symbolizing the moon: see moon (mythology). ... In Latvian mythology, Mēness was the god of the moon and the patron of travelers and soldiers. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... KriÅ¡jānis Barons (b. ...

Notes

1.http://www.lfk.lv/dainu_skapis.html

External links

• http://www.dainuskapis.lv/ Virtual collection of Latvian dainas collected by Krišjānis Barons
• lt:Daina