History
Lithuania’s centenary program includes over 1,000 events in 2018
Over 1,000 events are planned in Lithuania and another 70 abroad next year when the country will celebrate the centenary of its restored statehood. […]
Song Festival
Society
Lithuania’s song festival – education in Soviet-era living conditions
The Song Celebration, a massive traditional song and dance festival that concluded recently, was not only an opportunity for Lithuanians home and abroad to gather together but also a chance for the young generation to see the conditions under which their parents once lived. One part of the guests was terrified by Lithuanian dormitories; another part of them, however, looked at it as education. […]
Culture
Artistic director of Lithuanian Song Celebration receives award for inspiring community
At the final concert of the Song Celebration in Vingio Park, Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis presented the badge of honour “Carry Your Light and Believe” to Vytautas Miškinis, composer, artistic director and chief conductor of the Song Celebration. […]
Culture
Folklore Day of Song Celebration 2014 to start with Bread Ritual
More than 300 loaves of bread will be distributed to residents and guests of Vilnius city in the Cathedral Square on 4 July. The Folklore Day of the Song Celebration 2014, which will start with the symbolic bread-bringing ritual, will fill the capital with a variety of old traditions, and flood the streets of Vilnius city with the melody of folk songs. […]