LITHUANIAN CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS

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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