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The first album from Vilkači, Ko kundziņi, has been released on the Lauska label.

Andris Straumanis

June 27, 2008

Vilkači, a group that performs folk music and re-enacts ancient fighting techniques, has released its first compact disc, Ko kundziņi, the culture management center Lauska announced June 27. The album includes ancient war songs as well as songs about christening, marriage and other events.

Led by Dāvis Stalts, the Rīga-based Vilkači was founded in 2000. Vilkači (Werewolves) should not be confused with another group, Vilki (Wolves), which also performs ancient war songs and recreates ancient lifestyles. However, as Stalts admits on his blog, the all-male Vilki served as inspiration for Vilkači. The group started with six, but now has about 20 participants.

Vilkači focuses on the 10th through 13th centuries and seeks to study and recreate how the ancient peoples of Latvia lived. Stalts describes Vilkači as a club divided along three interests: crafts, music and re-enactment of ancient fighting.

A video of the group performing “Ko kundziņi tu domāji” can be viewed on YouTube. The video also is included on the compact disc.

For more on Vilkači, visit the group’s page on draugiem.lv.

Andris Straumanis is editor of Latvians Online.

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