Festivals of Lithuania

A festival is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. In religion, a festival is also a set of celebrations in honour of God. Although Lithuania is rather a small country, it has lots of religious and state festivals. Lithuanians can be proud of their old customs which remained alive for thousands of years.
To begin with, our ancestors left a remarkable cultural heritage, which we can feel during all festivals, held in Lithuania. Lithuanians celebrate such religious festivals as Easter, Saint Johns day, Assumption Day, All Saints Day and Christmas.
One of the largest religious festivals is Christmas.It is celebrated on the 25th of December. Most of the familiar traditional practices and symbols of Christmas originated in Germanic countries, including the now omnipresent Christmas tree, singing of carols and the giving of presents to friends and relatives. Moreover, another very important festival is Easter. It also has deep Christian traditions, including eggs painting, the strongest egg competition and many others. Furthermore, another religious festival is Kaziukas day. Kaziukas fair takes part on the 4th of March. It is the day dedicated to the glorification of Spring. Wooden implements, ceramics and articles of straw are sold in markets, squares and streets.
Saint John’s day is a folk festival celebrated of 23 of June While versions of this holiday are celebrated throughout Europe many Lithuanians have a particularly lively agenda on this day. The traditions include playing songs until the sun sets, then floating grass...

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