Juozas KUDIRKA

THE LITHUANIANS

an ethnic portrait

Table of Contents

• Preface and Copyright Notice
• INTRODUCTION
• GENERAL INFORMATION
  • Origin
  • The name of the country
  • The language
  • Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania
  • Lithuanian surnames
  • First names
  • Ethnic regions
• EVERYDAY LIFE
  • Settlements and farmsteads
  • Food
  • Clothes
• CALENDAR CUSTOMS
  • Christmas Eve
  • Shrove Tuesday
  • Easter
  • Midsummer Day
• FAMILY CUSTOMS
  • Weddings
  • Funerals
• FOLKLORE
  • Verbal folklore
  • Musical instruments
  • Dances
• FOLK ART
  • Ornament
  • Crosses and chapels
  • Sculpture
  • Wrought iron artifacts
  • Large and small distaffs
  • Fabrics
  • Sashes
  • Palm Sunday flowers of the Vilnius region
  • Pottery
  • Easter eggs
  • Straw compositions
• CONCLUDING REMARKS
• Books on Lithuania in english

J. Kudirka "THE LITHUANIANS"

Copyright ©, 1996 Lithuanian Folk Culture Centre.