Saturday, March 17, 2012

40-TIES PAUKŠČŲ DIENA

The people of Lithuania respect the nature. They have a lot of celebrations associated with animals, plants and birds. March 10 is the day of celebration of 40 birds. In Lithuanian language it is 40-TIES PAUKŠČŲ DIENA.  Community of Palūšė invited us to celebrate together.






On Saturday at 11 00 a.m. we went to the lake shore.  The weather was not very good…Rain and fog…That did not stop local people. Adults and children were gathered on the shore. They were playing snowballs, riding on a horse-drawn carriage and sledding. The men stretched the tent, set up a table and chairs. Everyone could eat a sandwich and drink some strong men drink or hot tea.  Throughout the celebration a musician was playing national melodies with the accordion.

On the ice, the men were preparing traditional fresh-soup from carp. Unbelievable! In addition to other ingredients they added to the fresh-soup may be 500 grams of butter! And they were not afraid to spoil their body shape :) Fresh-soup was canceled! We liked it very much! All guests tasted the hot soup and went to install bird houses in the woods. It is believed that on 10 March 40 species of birds return  in the area from wintering, so people make birdhouses for help. We were very surprised when saw wind-surfing on ice. This is awesome! Especially the children watched the surfers with admiration. Sportsmen unloaded their equipment from cars on the ice and a long time they were getting ready to slip under sail. Unfortunately, they did not show beautiful surf, because there was no wind, but the children were delighted. They tried to surf on the ice and were laughing. :)












At the end of the celebration , they were competitions. The winners received delicious sweet prizes. We were not  involved, but our reward it was a great mood and a visit to this useful and fun celebration!


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