Hey, guys! Do you remember - in the beginning of my Erasmus, in my room, still with Mario and Carlos we made a traditional Lithuanian fest. We eat pancakes and after all – we were burning a lady. So, last weekend there was the same festival in Lithuania. In English normally this festival should be called The Mardi Gras.
Normally during this festival we go to some traditional villages all over Lithuania and we eat pancakes and burn ladies. Ladies we burn are called More. It symbolizes winter. It’s kind a festival to say goodbye for the winter and welcome spring. During the “burning ceremony” we shout: “Žiema, Žiema, bėk iš kiemo” (it means: “Winter, Winter, go away from us”).
So, just to remember – some photos from that… :)
Normally during this festival we go to some traditional villages all over Lithuania and we eat pancakes and burn ladies. Ladies we burn are called More. It symbolizes winter. It’s kind a festival to say goodbye for the winter and welcome spring. During the “burning ceremony” we shout: “Žiema, Žiema, bėk iš kiemo” (it means: “Winter, Winter, go away from us”).
So, just to remember – some photos from that… :)
The big burning lady More
One of the traditional villages Rumšiškės
Having dinner with friends in this village near the old Lithuanian hause
Near the oldest Lithuanian church
Having fun. Traditional Lithuanian hause for bees... :)
6 comments:
Oh, looks cool and crowded.
Even if when u say "we go to some traditional villages all over Lithuania and we eat pancakes and burn ladies" it sounds a bit hard, u burn ladies!!!
Haha, nice fest. Here during carnival, in some villages, they burn a guy. But no pancakes :-(, i prefer ur fest :-D
Big kisses!!!!
Burn burn, even if is "ladies"!! Looks like to be very very very cold over there
Believe me - really cold... :)) You really have to drink some strong alkohol not to freeze... :))))
Laura!!! In Poland we'v got almost the same tradition!! We burn a grass dolly (big one) and we put it into the river or into the lake and we say "Bye, bye winter". The dolly symbolize winter... but we don't eat pancakes :P:P
When are we gonna meet in Lithuania?? :P
So just come!!! :)) I'm waiting for you!!! :) Mayby till the summer I will have my own flat - so there will be really enough place! :)
Thank you for these ethnological informations!!!
lIKE ANANAO, i laughed a lot with "burn ladies", it is really funny! In Bulgaria, they burn "gypsies" in fact that depends of the country!
cool photos also!
Soon on the blog participate to the election of "MISTER DUCK BLOGSPOT 2009" !!!!!soon big kisses
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