Most important of all, he gave you a sense of national identity. You can be proud of your country again.

最重要的是，他给了你国家认同感。你可以再次以你的国家为荣。

Singing has always been a crucial means of maintaining a sense of national identity in a country which for hundreds of years was controlled variously by Germans, Swedes and Russians.

拉脱维亚几百年来一直受到各种外来势力如德国，瑞典和俄罗斯的统治，对于这样一个国家，歌声总是一种维系民族认同感的重要手段。

Samba, the country's dominant musical style, was used by politicians in the 30s in an attempt to create unity and a sense of national identity in this vast multiracial state.

桑巴这一全国主要的音乐形式,在30年代被政客使用以在这个巨大的多民族国家试图创造团结和民族身份的感觉。