20/10/2025
🌿✨ Pirts – Latvia’s Untranslatable Heritage
The Latvian pirts has officially been recognised as part of Latvia’s Intangible Cultural Heritage — a powerful step in honouring one of the oldest living traditions of cleansing, healing and connection with nature.
At its core, pirts is not a sauna or a spa ritual — it is a sacred space where fire, water, plants and people come together in harmony.
It’s a tradition passed from generation to generation — intimate, family-based, and deeply rooted in the rhythm of the land.
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This recognition celebrates every person who still heats the wood stove, ties birch whisks, and carries forward the wisdom of the Latvian pirts.
Let’s keep this living heritage alive — with love, light, and steam.
Latviskā pirts iekļauta nemateriālā kultūras mantojuma sarakstā – mūžīgā tradīcija, kas apvieno uguni, ūdeni, augus un ģimenes rituālus.