1. By Dominykas Rudelis and
Domantas Jankauskas
Gedminai main school

2.  Introduction
 Stork Festival
 Jokes’ or Fool’s Day
 Palm Sunday
 Easter
 May Day
 Mother’s Day
 Pentecost

3.  Spring festivals and traditions from ancient times
have been associated with the preparation of
the agricultural works.
 Spring used to come not with a calendar day but
with a first lark singing.
 Usually it was around 24 February (St. Matthew’s
day). From ancient times this day used to be
called Lark’s day.
 It was thought that the earlier lark will appear
and sing his spring song, the earlier spring will
come.

5.  Around this day storks are coming back.
 If you see the stork for the first time and he is flying –
everything will be succeeded perfectly and quickly.
 If in the same situation you see a sitting stork – everything this
year will go slower.
 To see a flying stork for unmarried girls meant that this year
they will marry.
 Sitting stork – that they will still stay at parents house.
 To see a flying stork for the child – meant that he will “fly” to
a higher class.
 Standing stork – that he will stay in the same class for the
second year.

7.  From ancient times this day is used to be
celebrated not only in Lithuania but in
whole Europe also.
 Formerly Fool’s or Joke’s day used to be
associated with the success of the
divination in human’s life that year.
 It was thought if don’t fool anyone at
that day, the year will be unlucky for you.

9. In the Catholic Church liturgy, palm
celebration was introduced in 5th century.
It is believed that lands, animals and trees,
and houses touched by palms on this day
will maintain health and wealth, and will
protect from thunders all families.

11.  We celebrate Easter
annually, but do you
know the meaning of
it?
 Easter is celebrated on
the first Sunday of the
full moon after the
vernal equinox. In
Lithuania the origin of
the word „Vėlykos“
(Easter) means „souls“
as our ancestry used
to visit graves and
bring some eggs on
this day.

13.  Our ancestry used to celebrate May
day on the first week of May – as they
heard a singing cuckoo for the first time.
 A ritual dance „ Gegužė“ (May) was
popular among the youth. Tarp jaunimo
buvo paplitęs apeiginis šokis „Gegužė“.

15.  Mother‘s Day is celebrated on the first
Sunday of May.
 This celebration for thew lithuanians is
knows from the ancient times.
 On this day children and men wishes all
the best and they do all the household
tasks.

17.  Pentecost is celebrated on the seventh
week after the Easter. Livestock and
vegetation is worshiped during this
celebration.
 For citizens this celebration is not as
imoprtant as Christmas or Easter,
because the biggest attention is focused
on domestic animals – such as cows...
 In folk we still have alive proverb „Why
are you stearing like a Pentecost cow“.