Vaide is a populated place in Kolka parish

Kolka parish

- Villages of Kolka parish :* Kolka...

, Dundaga municipality

Dundaga municipality

Dundaga municipality is a municipality in Courland, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Dundaga parish and Kolka parish, the administrative centre being Dundaga.- References :...

, Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

. One of the twelve Livonian villages on Līvõd rānda - the Livonian Coast

Livonian coast

Livonian Coast is a territory of Latvia inhabited by Livonian people. It is located in Northern Courland and encompasses twelve Livonian villages...

.
Other names: Vayde,Vaides Ciems.
Poulin Klavin one of only a handful of native speakers of Livonian language

Livonian language

Livonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic languages. It is a nearly extinct language, with one of its last native speakers having died in February 2009. It is closely related to Estonian...

 was born in Vaide. Poulin would help establish the Livonian folk ensemble "Livlist". One of the first dachas on Livonian coast

Livonian coast

Livonian Coast is a territory of Latvia inhabited by Livonian people. It is located in Northern Courland and encompasses twelve Livonian villages...

 was established here in 1960-ties, thus later providing inspiration for popular clothing brand "VAIDE". There is also a private museum, a unique horns collection (Latvian

Latvian language

Latvian is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language...

:ragu kollekcija) assembled over 40 years by museum guide, a former head of Slitere National Park

Slitere National Park

Slītere National Park is a national park in Talsi district, Kurzeme Region, on the west coast of Latvia. Although formally established in 2000, it is based on former Slītere Nature Reserve, one of the oldest nature reserves in Baltic States...

. There is also an old cemetery next to a picturesque artificial pond.

See also

• Livonian people
  Livonian people
  The Livonians or Livs are the indigenous inhabitants of Livonia, a large part of what is today northwestern Latvia and southwestern Estonia. They spoke the Uralic Livonian language, a language which is closely related to Estonian and Finnish...