Last Saturday, Lukas picked us up and we all (Lukas, I,
and our Turkish volunteers Berna and Gokhan) went to celebrate Lithuanian
national pan-cake day. As I was told, this is a holiday to chase winter and
welcome spring, but that sounds funny... the second half of February is yet to
come and we are saying good-bye to winter in Lithuania?! That’s so naïve! : ))
Anyway, everything there - people, food, music, dance,
costumes, spirit, general atmosphere – was amazing! I took several pictures and
here they are:
I really love pan-cakes, but the way they had been
cooked on that day made them even tastier. Ladies wearing very funny, colorful
dresses and make-up were preparing them on the field, so you could be watching
how your pan-cake had being cooked.
I think it’s a worth of underlining that all the
sweets and snacks were free. In Georgia, we also have this kind of national
holidays but you have to pay for everything and, usually, to pay even more than
you would pay some other regular days.
My favorite part was dancing! Traditional instruments,
joyful songs and friendly people made the day unforgettable. No matter what age
or gender, everyone was dancing and laughing together.
Well, there were some really shameful parts for me as well. One man, with whom I was kind of dancing Lithuanian dances, insisted me to dance Georgian one. I really don’t know how to do that, because Georgian folk dance is complicated and needs a long practice. But the man was very strict and impossible to be resisted. So, I did… If any of you was there that evening, watching me dancing, please, don’t think that’s how Georgian dance looks! :D
But then I looked at Gokhan who was also trying to
show his national dance and I realized that I had nothing to be worried about...
:D
It’s not easy to express all the emotions by words,
for better understanding, you should see some more pictures here.
And, of course, special thanks to Lukas! :)
Lali
