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FEBRUARY 2026

A Bread Oven Built From an Anthill (Edith Siemel)

Mato Grosso, Brazil

Aleksandrs Ziemeļs’s wife, Edīte (Edith Louise Bray Siemel), stands by a bread oven built from an anthill.

Photo from the collection of the museum “Latvian’s Abroad”. 

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