Tag: Lithuania

Lithuania: Holidays, Events, and National Customs Public holidays There are a number of public holidays that do not have a fixed date but are based on the location of Easter. Easter takes place on the first Sunday that follows the first full moon after the beginning of spring. Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, which…

The character of Lithuanian folklore is widely documented in popular poetry by dainos and pasakos and in rustic art proper by wooden crosses, fabrics and other household objects. The dainos (from the verb dainuoti “to sing”) constitute the most abundant harvest of lyrical expression and at the same time musical expression with which the people…