Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 14 o Hune 1987, te huritau o te
1941 deportations, te rōpū tika tangata "Helsinki-86", i whakaturia i te tau i mua, whakaritea iwi ki te whakatakoto putiputi i te Freedom Monument (tohu o Latvia o te mana motuhake, i whakaturia i roto i 1935). Ko tēnei te tīmatanga o te National Awakening. Heoi, ko te Latvian Song and Dance Festival o 1985 i whakaingoatia i etahi wa mo nga kaiwaiata e tono ana me te whakatangitangi i te waiata "Gaismas pils" na Haralds Mednis i whakahaere i muri i te kaupapa nui. Ko te waiata, e korero ana mo te whanautanga o te iwi Latvian koreutu, he mea nui ki te hakari, i tangohia mai i te tuhinga me te kaihauturu, kaore i pai ki nga mana o Soviet, i whakarerea i te konohete kati, engari ko te mahinga, i tukuna ora i runga i te Riga Television, i haere tonu.