Литовский праздник песни: 100 лет традиции

Lithuania’s song festival, Dainų šventė, celebrated its 100th anniversary in July this year. It stands as Lithuania’s paramount cultural phenomenon, involving tens of thousands of Lithuanians and respective diaspora choirs from around the world. Yet despite sharing akin festivals, the presence of choirs from the another Baltic countries is simply a uncommon sight to see.

An old female blows kisses at the procession from her flat window. She is dressed in national costume and an array of amber beads. Among the crowds lining the streets, another aged ladies in akin dress sit on benches, besides frail to march the 3 kilometres from Vilnius’s Cathedral Square to Vingis Park, the festival grounds, but keen to be part of the Lithuanian Song Festival parade.