LITHUANIAN CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS

Shrove Tuesday masks

FAMILY CELEBRATIONS

WEDDINGS
FUNERAL TRADITIONS

Compiled by Birutė Imbrasienė
Translated by Aldona Paičienė

WORK AND CALENDAR CUSTOMS


THE LITHUANIAN CALENDAR

New Year's day
Epiphany (January 6-th)
Shrove tuesday (seven weeks before Easter)
Ash Wednesday
St.Agnes (February 5-th)
The Lord’s revelation to Virgin Mary (March 25-th)
Palm sunday

Palms of Vilnius (April 14-th)

Easter

 Easter Woman (Velykė, Velykų bobutė)
 STROLLERS and SINGERS while collecting Easter eggs
(Lalauninkai)
 The Day of Hail (Ledų diena)
 Easter eggs (Velykaičiai)

St.George's day (April 23-th)
St.Mark's day (April 25-th)
Whitsunday (Pentecost) (Sekminės)
St.Jonh's day (June 24-th)
Herbal Holiday (Meadow grass celebration) (Feast of the Assumption)(August 15-th)
All Souls' day and Vėlinės (November 1-th - 2-th)
Christmas Eve (December 24-th)
Christmas (December 25-th)

Compiled by Nijolė Marcinkevičienė
Translated by Giedrė Ambrozaitienė

YOUTH TRADITIONS

Youth initiation rites
Youth life
Customs of leaving youth community
Literature

By Žilvytis Šaknys
Translated by FRAZĖ


 

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