Lithuania

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Population

2 794 000

From 2004

From 2015

Heritage

Traditional clothes

Folk songs

Celebrations

Traditional food

Sports

The largest cities

Kaunas

• The second largest city in Lithuania
• Population: 415,700
• First mentioned in 1361
• For twenty years Kaunas was a provisional capital of Lithuania (1918 - 1940)

Vilnius - Capital city

• The largest city in Lithuania
• Population: 542,287
• First mentioned in 1323
• The Gediminas Castle and the Cathedral are its major symbols
• Vilnius has the largest Baroque old town in Eastern and Central Europe

Klaipėda

• The third largest city in Lithuania
• Population: 177,823
• First mentioned in 1252
• Ice-free port on the Baltic Sea
• The city is unique for its Old Town which is example of German architecture.

Tytuvėnai

Basic information

• Ineta Gričiūtė
• Lithuanian
• 19 years old
• Just finished school

Hobbies

• Photography
• Volleyball
• Traveling
• Reading
• Cooking
• Music
• Meet new people

Mother

Father

Brother

Great grandmother with Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė

Sister

Thank you! :)

Long-lived people

Average life expectancy is 73.7 year

Polite

Quiet and calm

Basketball is our second religion

People

and

Lifestyle

ARVYDAS

SABONIS

Gold medal in

the London Olimpics 2012

Education

Goalball team-Gold medal in Rio Paralympics 2016

Our hero -

Rūta Meilutytė

North

Official language -

Lithuanian.

It is the oldest language in the world, which is still used.

Roman catholics 86 %

East

West

South

Šakotis - traditional round cake

Šaltibarščiai -

Cold soup

Black bread snack

Black bread

Zeppelins

Traditional drink "Gira"

Vėdarai

It's better not to know how we prepare it

Cranberry kissel

Pancakes from potatoes

Multipart songs - "Sutartinės"

65 200 km2

What do you know

about Lithuania?

On this night

people believe

in magic,

especially

girls

St John's day

24th June

All Saints' day

Bonfire is an important ritual on this day

Jumping over the fire

1st November

Užgavėnės - End of winter festival

Christmas Eve- quiet dinner with family and and closest relatives

Burn the symbol of winter -

Morė"

Use masks

Eat much

24th December

7 weeks before Easter

Short history

• The Baltic States came after ice age 10 000 BC
• At 14th century we were the largest state in Europe
• We were occupied one time by Nazi Germany and two times by Russia.
• We were the first to declare independence from Soviet Union (Russia)
• We celebrate 2 independence days: the 16th of February (1918) and 11th of March (1990)

Gediminas Tower

It is the first capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania mentioned in historical chronicles. The hill forts of Kernave are unique in the entire Baltic sea region, as they are five on just one location.

• The Curonian Spit Oasis

Unesco world heritage site it has Parnidis dune which rises up to 52 metres and the whole Curonian spit oasis is on national park.

Kernavė - archeological site

The unique oldtown of capital Vilnius

Symbol of defiance and a pilgrimige main site. More than 100000 crosses have been planted on this hill. The tradition began during the 1831 uprising.

The hill of crosses