Kazuiko Mugė, the centuries old St. Casmir’s Fair, stretches along Gedimino gatvė and throughout the senamiestes (old town) with stalls selling baronkos (hard bagels on a string), verbos (dried feathers and flowers on a stick – the Lithuanian version of palms used on Palm Sunday), handmade meats, cheeses and honey, textiles, crafts and sweets for the children…
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Easter was spent this year in Panevežys with my cousins. When I arrived on Saturday afternoon, they had just finished decorating the eggs. Far from the usual Lithuanian eggs decorated using either beeswax or a scratching technique (which my Grandmother is famous for), they used onion skins, colored string and various herbs and flowers to make what I called avant-garde Easter eggs.
Not only were they beautiful, each one unique, but they began conversations and inspired communication at the table. There’s no better way to spend a holiday with family than around the table caught up in inspired conversation!
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Every year (for the last four years) the International Women’s Association of Vilnius hosts their annual Christmas Charity Bazaar. The halls of the Rotusė are filled with booths representing countries like Kazakhstan, Belarus, Austria, France and Poland…
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