Autumn festivals

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CONTENT• Rituals

• Autumn Evenings

• Traditions

• Equinox

• All Saints Day

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RITUALS

• Calendar festivals and rituals is agreat opportunity for the folk man to break from everyday life and to think about the future. Great wisdom – every time to change daily routine‘s clothes.

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In the late In the late eveningevening, after , after all theall thefield workfield work,, a a household work started in a household work started in a farmhouse.farmhouse. A A get- get-together together evenings used to start inevenings used to start in October and October and November months. This custom was alive November months. This custom was alive in in eastern and south-eastern Highlands eastern and south-eastern Highlands till the till the end of end of XIX century. XIX century. In autumn and in some In autumn and in some cases in winter evenings, youth used to gather cases in winter evenings, youth used to gather in one of the farmhouses and bring some work in one of the farmhouses and bring some work for themselves.for themselves. Woman Woman used to used to spin, weave spin, weave belts, embroiderbelts, embroider or or knit knit fabric. Guys fabric. Guys used to used to make make ropes, carved spoons, flails, spindles, ropes, carved spoons, flails, spindles, childrenchildren - - pick wool, tor feathers.pick wool, tor feathers.

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In order not to get bored they sang songs, In order not to get bored they sang songs, were telling tales, riddles. Also used to make were telling tales, riddles. Also used to make breaks during wich they were dancing and breaks during wich they were dancing and

playing. Circles and dance themes included playing. Circles and dance themes included homework, love, matchmaking and so on.homework, love, matchmaking and so on.

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Fant liberation games such as Ring Deal, Oats Buying, Corns... were particulary popular during these evenings. Youth used to dance at that time fashionable dances. 1.Tomcat;2.Sparrow;3.Want to sleep;4.Katins black (Black Tomcat).

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There is no doubt that over the time new ways of celebration and traditions appeared. It is

obvious that autumn‘s harvest showed how will it go in winter and it also was a reason to

celebrate. Celebration of harvest meant that there will be lots of food and ability to pun ton some fat weight. Next celebration meant the

end of this period and began fasting..

TRADITIONS

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A time when day is equal to night. It is an autumn equinox and astronomical begining of the autumn.

From this day nights are becoming longer and longer. This day is the opposite to the spring equinox (March 21st) after which nights are getting shorter and show

the begining of the spring. During the autumn equinox, old pagan traditions are refreshed – a straw goat

sacrifice is prepared.

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As well as any natural change, this day for lithuanians is also sacred. People celebrate for their yield, thank god Zemininkas and sacrifice animals. Usually couple of animals: calf and heifer, a ram and a sheep, couple of goats, pig and boar, a rooster and a hen, goose and gander. They were all sacrificed to the god Zemininkas with such prayer‘s words: Our God, Zemininkas, we casrifice and thank you for the health, corns and wealth this year; you protected from the fire, iron and all our enemies locked down.

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At his period the main event is All Saints day. Funeral rites are based on the faith, that souls of relatives

continue to live next to the living and may help or hurt. From that a lot of traditions, magic acts and

precautions appeared. People also used to leave some food for the coming souls – mostly cheese and mead.

And when they buried they used to throw stones or three handfuls of earth into the grave and put on top

some rocks. Now various monuments are built. During this celebration people used to dress up differently in order souls not to recognize them, feast and break

dishes after all.

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Based on:

http://www.day.lt/sventes/straipsniai/rudens_lygiadienis

http://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lietuvi%C5%B3_tradicijos_ir_papro%C4%8Diai