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Lithuania presented through ethnoculture

01-10-201108-10-2011

Alytus, Lithuania

Alytus

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Alytus town

In front of Alytus Panemunes Basic School

Visiting the school

Our school increased in 23 students for a week

Visiting Alytus town: teachers in the Town Park and the Youth Park

Students exploring Alytus town in multinational groups: 6 workshops

Exploring can be joyful...

Exploring Alytus mound in multinational groups: workshop

Exploring Alytus mound in multinational groups: the winners

Remained Lithuanian trades: black smitheryInterviewing Kazys Babravičius, the blacksmith

The synthesis of Paganism and Christianity in art pieces of K.Babravičius: suns, grass - snakes...

Remained Lithuanian trades: baking bread: workshop

Remained Lithuanian trades: baking bread

Remained Lithuanian trades: making candles with a hoop

Remained Lithuanian trades: cross making

Wood carving – an ancient Lithuanian trade

Four Lithuanian capital cities: Vilnius, the current capital

Visiting Vilnius: focus on Christianity: more than 40 churches

Four Lithuanian capital cities: Kaunas (1920-1939)

Visiting Kaunas: focus on Christianity: Museum of Devils

Four Lithuanian capital cities: TrakaiXV c.

Trakai Musical festival and Medieval Knights’ performances

Užutrakio Estate: a place to relax

Užutrakio Estate: a place to relax

Užutrakio Estate: a place to relax

Four Lithuanian capital cities: Kernavė XIII c.

Visiting Kernavė: a group of mounds

Celebrations: The Teacher’s Day

Celebration: folk dances

Lithuania through the eyes of visitors: soup for lunch

Lithuania through the eyes of visitors: Basketball – the second religion

What do visitors usually buy in Lithuania – amber?

Smart visitors buy “special helmets”

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