Vilnius Ethnic Culture Center

The dark period of late fall is being replaced by the time of the winter solstice. The repertoire of songs is changing as well, so this evening of singing will feature traditional Advent-Christmas songs, characterized by a peculiar poetic style, specific melodic intonations, restrained slow tempo and ...

Candle making is a traditional handicraft which used to be made by women and children during long winter evenings in the old times. Candles used to be an important and significant source of light. During the candle making workshop, you will learn how to make a candle from bee’s wax in a traditional Lithuanian way.

According to the old Lithuanian worldview, spirits - the souls of relatives who have left us - always live here, among us. Late fall was considered the time of the spirits, when those who are gone get closer to the living. Although the dead were not only remembered between October and November, they were the focus of attention at that time, when the fieldwork is done, the days are shortened and ...