61. History, Heritage, And Culture Of Lithuania TIDBITS. lithuania CIRCA 1200 AD. Saint Queen Jadwiga of Poland Thestory of Queen Jadwiga's marriage to Jagiello, King of lithuania. http://www.angelfire.com/ut/Luthuanian/indexn8.html

TIDBITS LITHUANIA: CIRCA 1200 AD A small pagan and illiterate barbarian people, of extraordinarily conservative habits and disposition, inhabiting perhaps the most remote deeply forested corner of Europe, suddenly found itself assailed by a more numerous and technologically advanced enemy in a situation of total war. The only alternative to successful defense would be death or the most abject form of slavery. Within one man's lifetime, the same people faced another brutal invasion from the opposite direction of a numberless horde of oriental brigands who had already defeated every army, reduced every city, and humbled every principality they encountered. The Lithuanians, being unlettered, left no contemporary chronicles of their battles. We have German accounts of the destruction of the Knights of the Sword near Sziauliai in 1236, and the long struggle against the Teutonic Order up to the time of its final defeat in 1410. We know the Lithuanians succeeded militarily against the Mongols where Poles, Germans, Hungarians, and Russians all failed, because Lithuania continually expanded her own territories from the time of the invasion [1241] for the next century and a half. The pagan Lithuanian princes liberated the Christian peoples of Belarus and the Ukraine from the Tartar yoke and organized them into a defensible state. The growth and decline of the Lithuanian Empire has been compared by historians to a small brook which suddenly overflows its boundaries and inundates a vast area then, after a time, suddenly recedes to its original size.

62. LITHUANIAN CULTURE lithuaniaN culture. They say that culture is the mainstay of thesurvival of lithuania. The state, which was powerful during the http://www2.gol.com/users/lithemb/eng/culture.html

LITHUANIAN CULTURE They say that culture is the mainstay of the survival of Lithuania. The state, which was powerful during the Middle Ages but later weakened, was reborn with the same name in the 20th century, solely thanks to the fact that its main ethnic group, the Lithuanians, had managed to preserve their national identity, in other words their culture, language, literature, art and traditions. Lithuanian ethnic customs and traditions are reflected through rural architecture, clothing, dances, songs, legends and tales. The unique method of Lithuanian singing, the sutartine , is known all over the world. The unique tradition of a national song festival, which takes place every five years, is alive in Lithuania. The festival brings together hundreds of thousands of performers and listeners. The folklore festivals keep gaining in popularity every year. The international folklore festival, Baltica, is also well known. A carnival-type religious holiday, Uzgavenes (Shrove Tuesday), which marks the start of Lent (40 days before Easter), found its way to the cities from the villages and became a big occasion for children. Since the 14th century, the 24th of June has been celebrated in observance of the Feast of St John, or Rasa Day. Lithuanian arts became particularly abundant under the conditions of the independent state, between the two world wars. Lithuanian stained-glass art, paintings and sculpture may be ascribed to the most outstanding manifestations of that period. Religious art is an important part of Lithuanian art, too. Most examples of this art have survived within churches of all styles and epochs. Another aspect of religious art can be found in the Lithuanian countryside tradition. Carved wayside crosses and statuettes of Christian saints of wood, most frequently wooden (oak), still stand in the central regions of Lithuania, in the open air, adorning the landscape.

63. Library Of Congress / Federal Research Division / Country Studies / Area Handboo Introduction; Chapter 3. lithuania Country Profile Country; Geography; Society;Economy; Health and Welfare; Religion; Language and culture; Education. Economy http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/lttoc.html

LITHUANIA - A Country Study Search Lithuania Include word variants Use only words as entered. Please note: The current Country Study was previously in a multi-country volume. Chapter numbers reflect those used in the printed book. This Table of Contents does not show the following chapter numbers because the chapters are in separate electronic files: Chapter 1. Estonia Chapter 2. Latvia Lithuania Foreword ... Glossary

64. Russian Culture In Lithuania Trumpa vieðnagë I parodos foje. XIX XX. Pavel Kukolnik, Russian culture inLithuania is a constituent part of polyphonic culture activity of the country. http://www.rkc.lt/paveldas/trump/rusculte.html

Russian Lithuanian Trumpa vieðnagë XIX - XX Pavel Kukolnik R ussian culture in Lithuania is a constituent part of polyphonic culture activity of the country. This activity is characterized by professional types of modern city culture namely - theatre, ballads and author music, fine arts. Two stars of Russian Theatre - Vera Komissarzhevskaja and Vasily Kachalov - were connected to Lithuania. Painter Ivan Trutnev was the head of a drawing school and had trained brilliant pleiad of famous artists. Particular spot takes literature. The authors with different aesthetic and confessional orientation created Russian literary works. The authors differed also by their birth. Among these authors Pavel Kukolnik - native of Austria, Vasily fon Rotkirh - offspring of a German knights' clan, Alexander Navrotsky - native of Peterburg, Alexander Zhirkevich - descendant of nobles of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Multifarious in genre and in themes fables, poems, tales and stories, essays and memoirs constitute a rich library. Between two world wars a large contribution had been put into development of culture of Lithuania by artist Mstislav Dobujinsky, by opera singer and stage manager Theophan Pavlovsky, by writer and journalist Arkady Bukhov, by historian of culture and philosopher Leon Karsavin, by historian Ivan Lappo. Viachiaslav Bogdanovich and Dorothey Bokhan, poets Vasily Selivanov and Konstantin Olenin were noticeable In Russian literary live of Vilnius. Vasily fon Rotkirh.

65. Russian Culture In Lithuania The summary for this Russian page contains characters that cannot be correctly displayed in this language/character set. http://www.rkc.lt/paveldas/trump/ruscultr.html

English Lithuanian XIX - XX Parodos schema Informacija

66. Lectures Library Jewish Vilna Lithuania Vilnius Yiddish Course the vibrant color and humor of bona fide Yiddihs culture, and of Dr. Shimen Alperovitch(President, Jewish Community of lithuania) Today's lithuanian Jewish http://www.yiddishvilnius.com/summer/oguest lectures.htm

67. Travel Lithuania - Everything For Traveling To Lithuania! Adam Mickiewicz was formed by the cultural tradition of the GDL his native tonguewas Polish, but he identified himself with lithuania, its culture, and its http://www.travellithuania.com/country/professional_culture.php

Travel Vilnius, Travel Klaipeda - Travel Lithuania ! Professional Culture The diversity in Lithuanian culture was formed by the multi-ethnic legacy of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL), a national culture which re-awakened at the end of the 19th C., one which revived as a result of various exchanges in the inter-war period, and the influence of the modern culture of Europe. Cultural life during the inter-war period rallied in Kaunas. New national art institutions and artists' associations were formed there. The Kaunas Art School, with the most prominent artists of the time as teachers, was established in 1922. The school administration would send both perspective instructors, and talented students abroad to train and to study. Forward leaps in technology, unrestricted borders, and a continuously quickening tempo of life formulated art deco, a modern international style conforming to the most important postulates of mass culture. Modern office buildings, and homes for the new functionaries and intelligentsia in Kaunas required furniture, household items, and art works. Such things were usually imported from abroad, but their contemporary form had a huge effect first on the local style of advertising, and later on many other spheres of life. During the inter-war period, art deco brought a real revolution to Lithuania and its predominantly agrarian lifestyle. Even Juozas Zikaras, a sculptor with moderate views, took to portraying a modern Madonna. In his bas-relief, a short-haired woman wearing a finely-plated dress and high-heeled shoes holds an infant who is playing with her long necklace. Art deco was also easily popularized because its principles corresponded to a so-called "national style".

68. Travel Lithuania - Everything For Traveling To Lithuania! makers were the careful tenders of a distinctive feature of the national culture. isVincas Svirskis, who lived and worked in central lithuania; during his http://www.travellithuania.com/country/folk_culture.php

Travel Vilnius, Travel Klaipeda - Travel Lithuania ! Folk Culture Due to the people's sedentary way of life, Lithuanian folk culture was founded first on archaic mythology, and later on Christianity. Religious feeling - their beliefs - underlay the way people behaved, their daily life, education, and culture. In a wooded country, timber was naturally the material used for household items, work tools, and the construction of buildings. Hollowing was the oldest process used in the making of wooden troughs, tubs, mortars, buckets, platters, ladles, spoons, etc. Small boxes and various measuring containers were woven out of birch bark and Lynden bast. The most ordinary work tools and household items - spoons, chairs, beds - were embellished with carvings; distaffs for holding bundles of flax or wool while spinning were decorated with the finest engravings in geometric, floral, and animal silhouettes. Lithuania's ancient pottery traditions continue to this day. For centuries, clay has been used in the making of dishes for holding, carrying and preparing food, vases for flowers, and a variety of toys. Jugs and jars are decorated with birds, deen geometric figures, etc. Vessels for bringing food out to the fields were made of two clay jars connected by a handle. Earthenware dishes were wrapped in woven birch bark to keep them from breaking. A profusion of place names like "Ruda" ("Ore"), "Rudiskiai", and "Kalviai" ("Smiths") indicates that there were many ironworks in this country. Local smiths provided the people with various work tools, weapons, etc. In time they learned to forge ploughs and harrows, to bind wheels, and even repair various types of farm machinery. Craftsmen produced fine door locks, chest bindings, crosses, and candle holders.

69. Culture Links Cultural Heritage lithuanian Folk culture Centre lithuanian Monasteries and ConventsWooden Church Architecture Crests and Sacral Arts in lithuania The Baltic http://www.vilnius.lt/culture/links.htm

Home page Culture Institutions Culture Events Culture Highlights ... Site map Culture Links Theaters Lithuanian theaters Keistuoliai theater Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Oskaro Korsunovo theater ... Art Lithuania-Theater Cinemas Lithuanian cinemas Entertainment-cinemas Shownet Lietuva ... Art Lithuania-Cinema Music National Philharmonic Society Lithuanian State Simphony Orchestra St.Christopher Chamber Orchestra Vilnius Municipality Choir "Jauna Muzika" ... Art Lithuania-Music Museums Lithuanian Museums National Museum of Lithuania Lithuanian Art Museum Lithuanian Art Museum ... Europos Parkas Art Lithuanian art Silentium Alkavirtual exhibition Angis ... ArtLithuania-Art Applied Art Architecture Crazy Animals Druvis Menuleja ... Art Lithuania-Applied Art Photo Lithuanian photography Fragments Photo pictures of Lithuania Vilnius photo review Theater gallery A.Barzdzius gallery A.Kalvaitis gallery ... Art Lithuania-Photography Poetry Lithuanian poetry in Englishtranslations Culture Heritage Lithuanian heritage Lithuanian culture heritage portal Lithuanian culture heritage Centre of Cultural Heritage ... Zemaitija-Samogitija Events Events in Vilnius International events Vilnius Days Vilnius Summer Music ... Project "Millennium Light"

70. Lithuania Cultural / Education Policy Foreign Policy. Relations between the European Union and lithuania. DomesticPolicy. Economic Policy. Education and culture. History. Latest News/Archive. http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/www/en/laenderinfos/laender/laender_ausgabe_html?

71. Youth Culture Festival In Lithuania Youth culture Festival in lithuania. March 2000. The year 2000 inlithuania is the Youth Year, and a big Youth culture Festival is http://valhalla.norden.org/eng/info_uk/projects_uk/kulturlejre_uk/lithuani.html

Youth Culture Festival in Lithuania March 2000 The year 2000 in Lithuania is the Youth Year, and a big Youth Culture Festival is being planned in this connection as the main event of the Youth Year. The festival is due to be held in Vilnius on July 5-7th. Groups of young people from other countries will also have an opportunity to take part in the festival; youth culture experts from abroad are welcome as well. Some of the activities of the festival that could be mentioned here are: presentation of arts installations, modern dance and music performances, literature and poetry, alternative fashion show, exhibitions of modern art and presentation of video and digital art. On July 8th the festival will be concluded by a conference which is addressing politicians, members of the local Youth Council, teachers, educators as well as representatives from other countries who are working with similar culture festivals. To guarantee the quality of the festival a one-week preparatory seminar will be held in May.

72. Lithuania Online: Government in Spain Embassy of lithuania in the USA and Mexico Embassy of the USA in lithuaniaEuropean Commission Delegation to lithuania French culture Center, Economic http://www.on.lt/hgov.htm

Lithuanian version Government Institutions new, non-English site, Ctrl+F quick search President of the Republic of Lithuania Seimas - Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania Prime Minister Constitutional Court Ministry of Agriculture Agricultural International Trade Agency ... National Land Service - GIS, planning NMA - SAPARD and national agricultural funds Organic Farming Certification Body Plant Protection Service Rural Credit Guarantee Fund State Non-Food Products Inspectorate ... Europe House - non-profit ornanization Leonardo da Vinci Socrates - EU programmes PHARE - Education and Training Reform Programme, PHARE Programming Resource Center online, SPF - small-scale cooperation projects fund, Special Preparatory Programme for Structural Funds Central Financing and Contracting Unit Pedagogical Psychological Center Methodological Center for Vocational Training ... DELOA - rural women intervention project Lithuanian Labour Exchange Programme of Returning to Lithuania of Deportees Social Integration of Foreigners Granted Asylum Social Policy Unit ... SODRA - State Social Insurance Fund Board The Tripartite Council Ministry of Transport and Communications Communications Regulatory Authority Directorate of Civil Aviation ... State Control - state audit institution State Medicines Control Agency Drug Information Center State Land Cadastre and Register State Property Fund ... Counties, districts

73. WebGuest - Open Directory Regional Europe Lithuania Top Regional Europe lithuania Society and culture (37). Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual(2); Genealogy (26); History@ (3); Organizations (0). Personal Homepages (4). http://directory.webguest.com/index.cgi/Regional/Europe/Lithuania/Society_and_Cu

74. Bits Of Culture - Lithuania Language Map. Bits of culture. PointTo-Talk Booklets. Additional Resources.BITS OF culture - lithuania. Languages. Geography. Cultural Values. http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/interpreters/b_lithu.asp

BITS OF CULTURE - Lithuania Languages Geography Cultural Values Health Care Values ... Interesting Facts Languages Lithuanian, Polish, Russian Geography Cultural Values Health Care Values Diet Interesting Facts

75. Videos On Lithuania, And Vilnius, Lithuania - Central Texas Videography Information about tapes and how to order them. Titles include videos on lithuania, and Vilnius.Category Shopping Entertainment Video Videotape Travel...... This video on lithuania, one of Europe's Baltic states, visits more than thirtylocations in lithuania, focusing on lithuanian culture, lithuanian history http://centxvid.home.texas.net/

Lithuanian cultures, Europe, Baltic States, Vilnius, Lithuania, videos, Lithuanian history, Lithuanian arts, Lithuanian people, tourism in Lithuania, capital of Lithuania, educational videos, travel videos L I T H U A N I A Into The New Millennium New 1999 Release! Click here for Authoritative Commentaries on these videos Click image to view some samples from the video This video on Lithuania, one of Europe's Baltic states, visits more than thirty locations in Lithuania, focusing on Lithuanian culture, Lithuanian history, Lithuanian art, the Lithuanian people and tourism in Lithuania. This tour throughout Lithuania includes Moletai, Aukstaitija National Park, Rokiskis, Birzai, the Hill of Crosses near Siauliai, Nida, Klaipeda, Kaunas, Druskininkai, Kernave, Rumsiskes, Trakai, and many other outstanding locations. This video tour reveals the distinctive character of the Lithuanian people, with intriguing Cultural, Ethnographic, Artistic, and Historical phenomena at every juncture. Duration of video: 100 minutes V I L N I U S A World Center of Culture New 1999 Release!

76. AriadNe/Culture & Recreation/Lithuania - Other Interesting WWW Pages In Lithuani Ariadne The European and Mediterranean link resource presents /culture Recreation/lithuania - Other interesting WWW pages in lithuania. http://ariadne.iief.de/index.php3/Culture & Recreation/Lithuania

The European and Mediterranean link resource for R esearch, S cience and C ulture Search Submit News Help Other interesting WWW pages in Lithuania Lithuania Find: Match: Any of the words All the words Search within this section only CURRENCY IN LITHUANIA Lithuanian monetary unit is Litas (Lt). 100 cents make up 1 Lt. 4 Lt make 1 USD. possible unreachable Lithuania This is an index to Lithuanian information and servers reachable via Internet, which are known to compiler. This location is really recommendable ! possible unreachable Lithuania (Republic of) Destination information on airport, customs, currency, transportation, tourist attractions, hotels, consulates, emergency no., public holidays, tickets to save money. possible unreachable

77. DINO - Language: Englisch - Regional - Europe - Lithuania - Society And Culture You are here DINO Language Englisch Regional Europe lithuania Society and culture Society and culture, Sprache/Language. Categories, http://www.dino-online.de/dino_page_d84e8fbeeb634706966b26bd7dabfb6b.html

Suche Profi-Suche Katalog Video ... Produkte Suchen: Web-Seiten Video Audio Bilder Produkte Schon gewusst? Hier suchen Sie in 2 Milliarden Webseiten. Live-Suche: Was suchen andere Dino-Besucher? You are here: DINO Language Englisch Regional ... Lithuania Society and Culture Society and Culture Sprache/Language Categories Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Genealogy History Organizations Personal Homepages Related Categories DINO - Language: Englisch - Regional - Europe - Society and Culture DINO - Language: Englisch - Society - Religion and Spirituality - Buddhism - Centers and Groups by Region - Lithuania Websites A Foyer of a Virtual Exhibition of Lithuanian Cultural Heritage - A panoramic view of a site where Folk and Elite Culture, Baltic Archaeology, Landscape and Architecture, History, Ethnic Minorities, Art, Intellectual life, Religion are considered in depth. A visitor can choose here a short guided tour or long excursion. http://daugenis.mch.mii.lt/alka/foje.en.htm [Verwandte Websites] Anthology of Lithuanian Ethnoculture - Extensive information on folklore and traditions, national costume, religion and mythology, traditional foods.

78. NEWS About Estonia, Baltics, Central And Eastern Europe, World It enables one to read soc.culture.estonia; it includes some articles written byT.Tammet and points to several other servers and materials NEWS about lithuania. http://www.ciesin.ee/NEWS/

NEWS about Estonia, Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe, World Index NEWS about ESTONIA NEWS about LATVIA NEWS about LITHUANIA NEWS about BALTICS ... NEWS from the WORLD NEWS about ESTONIA Estonian News Agency (ETA) /registration needed) Baltic News Service (BNS) (payment required) The Baltics Online daily news Latest from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia Estonia - List of Network Resources Estonia-Wide Web: Media E-LIST News and discussion list dealing mostly with Estonia and related topics (politics, culture, economy, etc.) Primary readership consist of Estonians abroad and at home. Languages used are Estonian, English and sometimes German or other. E-LIST is not a listserver-based newsgroup. All subscriptions should be sent to E-LIST volunteer editor, Jaak Vilo Please send subscriptions to his personal e-mail address at Jaak.Vilo@cs.Helsinki.FI Also, E-LIST is mirrored by news.kbfi.ee/ee.elist soc.culture.estonia The page for soc.culture.estonia is constructed by T.Tammet. It enables one to read soc.culture.estonia; it includes some articles written by T.Tammet and points to several other servers and materials. NEWS about LATVIA Latvia - List of Network Resources News of Latvia Baltic News Service (BNS) LETA News ... Latvian Regional Newsgroups NEWS about LITHUANIA Lithuania - List of Network Resources NEWS FILE LITHUANIA is published bi-weekly by INFORMATION AND PRESS DEPARTMENT Ministry of Foreign Affairs J.Tumo-Vaizganto 2, 2600 Vilnius, Republic of Lithuania. Tel.: (370-2) 620684, (370-2) 621455 Fax : (370-2) 618689 Telex : 261218 URM.

79. [ Synaxis Baltica 2002 ] Every year during the Seimas plenary session, the Minister of culture delivershis/her annual report on the state of lithuania’s culture. http://www.synaxisbaltica.lt/news/visaginas_report3.html

PREFACE I. SYNAXIS BALTICA CONCEPTION I.1. Ryga meeting report I.2. Participants ... VIII. LIST OF PARTNERS Transit_Academy Visaginas - Vilnius 2002 REPORT III. CULTURE POLICY IN LITHUANIA New trends A new phase in the development of the national culture started with the political and social movement for Lithuania’s independence S?j?dis during the second half of the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1990, the Lithuanian Cultural Congress took place. It set the guidelines for national cultural development, adopted resolutions setting forth the strategic trends for cultural development, and launched a debate on the state cultural policy. In the mid 1990s the discussions on cultural policy issues were related to the creation of the Principles of Lithuanian Cultural Policy - the document, geared to specifying long-term goals and tasks of the Lithuanian cultural policy, as well as cultural development guidelines. Heated debates over the cultural policy involved artists, philosophers, politicians, and persons with cultural education. Discussions were focused on such issues as democratisation of culture, protection of the national cultural heritage, guaranteeing freedom and diversity of creative activity, cultural self-governance. However, preparation of this document was a complicated and time-consuming process. The Lithuanian Cultural Congress 1996 was provided with two versions of this document, but neither of the two was adopted. The Principles of Lithuanian Cultural Policy were adopted by the Government of Lithuania in May 2001.

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