The Song Celebration and the diaspora's own festivals
A century of the Lithuanian Song Celebration, its UNESCO listing, the diaspora song and dance festivals, and how choirs abroad prepare and travel to take part.
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Egle Matulis
Egle lives in Melbourne, sings in a folk ensemble and cooks for more Christmas Eve tables than she can count. She writes about traditions, food, song and craft.
Uzgavenes and the spring holidays Lithuanian families keep abroad
Masks, pancakes and the burning of Morė, then Lent, Palm Sunday verbos and Easter eggs: the Lithuanian spring calendar, and how families abroad keep it.
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Kucios abroad: keeping the Christmas Eve supper far from home
The twelve meatless dishes, the hay under the cloth, the empty place and the straw fortunes of Kūčios, with a shopping and cooking plan for families abroad.
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