The folk dance group „SAIME” was founded in October 2001 in the Latvian Ethnographic Open-air Museum in Riga. The aim and the model of activity of folk dance group „SAIME” is – joining folk dance enthusiasts of different age and former experience, to provide regular Latvian folk dance performances in the Open-air Museum during summer season, to introduce the visitors of the museum with the art of Latvian folk dancing е tc.
There are about 30 dancers, taking part in the activities of the folk dance group, aged between 25 to 40..
The folk dance group „SAIME” does not have a long history, nevertheless, it has taken part in several important international folkloristic events in Germany, Sicily, Belgium,Slovakia, Korea, Sweden etc.
