A Teacher Janina with pupils/Mokytoja Janina ir jos mokiniai

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„WATER•WISE ~ enjoy, understand, value“

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Water in Lithuanian Traditions

Water is the beginning of everything.

In Lithuanian folk songs water is mentioned more often than fire.

Sacred places

they were by the water and all the rituals were started by drinking water.

Ritual bathing

was started in open waters during spring festivals and was finished in midsummer.

Water was considered to have special features before dawn.

Sprinkling with Water

This ritual helped to awaken vital capacity of nature.

Wreathe twining

By floating wreathes young girls used to tell their future.

Almost every folk song and story includes words connected with water: rivers, springs, seas, lagoon.