Active and talented Onujan family in the village of Zīmevka

When driving to THE village of THE Suzmevka parish OF Kantinieku, there are flowering fields and green forest stands until the road indication informs that the farm “Earth” is nearby. When you turn into the family estate of Onuijan, you seem to be in the oasis where the landscape is particularly attractive, cleaned and buried with natural charm. The owners Anita and Valdis are exciting the story of their families over a number of generations, showing a park where each tree has been planted by a family representative.
The onujan family, with daughters Christine, Cynthia and Tatjana, operate in their farm “Earth”. The farm is not large, but the family works with full return and love for the native land. On this active and confronted family in 2011, when the natural disasters were pressed for three weeks without electricity, the film “life without electricity” was taken.
Valdis Onuijan acquired the speciality of the artist at the College of Art in Rēzekne. The property name of the owner of the house was created at the house. There are also many other Latgale holdings and private houses, including a border mark OF Kantinieku parish, roadside crucifixes, road directions, exclusive furniture. The Museum of Varakalans has created the image of “Holy Victor” and “Virgin Maria”. Self-training has learned the painting that is his hobbies. The exhibitions of his painting were organized BY Sakstagala parish IN the “Colnasate” museum, Rikavas at school and cultural house, Galens, etc. V. Onujan paintings are in private collections of many local parishes and Latvian residents, as well as travelled to Sweden, Norway, Australia, America and other countries.
Anita is a very hospitable housewife and welcome every visit. These houses are welcome to attend school groups from Sakstagala J. Kaida primary school, Rikavas primary school, family of friends and relatives. Children like rural freedom, because there is an opportunity to swing into the trees of the park tree, to run through the ball and to bake the sausages in the fire, to burn the field delicacy, as well as to admire the magic of the master of the master. The owners also have the idea of engaging in tourism by creating a thematic village in the picturesque village of Zealand, where tourists with Latgale rural cultural environment and cultural heritage could be presented, taking care to preserve and promote it.
Daughter Tatjana Jçkabpils, in “Accounting and Finance College”, acquires the profession of accountant as necessary for the economy. The younger daughters Cynthia and Christine learn Sakstagala J. KCo at the elementary school and attend a Viļānu art and music school where the acordeone and the violinist are learning. Momma Anita and her daughters are singing and playing theatre, so they participate IN THE Sakstagala parish theatre, and all four are singing in Etnographic ensemble “Rikava”, often participating in Latgale ethnographic open-air museum in Latgale Festival, are participants of the song festival and international folklore festival “BALTICA”, as well as participate in local views and events.
With his wife, Anita and daughters, Valdis Onuijan is not only devoted to rural works and art, but the family, the People's and Christian traditions. All actively participate IN THE lives OF Rikavas Roman Catholic congregations, are participants in festive processors. God bless this family in all the work and the realization of the ideas.
Rita Baranovska
LLCC Rēzekne Bureau Rural Development Consultant