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Today, the ethnologist Arūnas Vaicekauskas visits Kauno Dienas’s studio.
The ghosts of the dead do not come to the cemetery, they have nothing to do there. They come to the houses they built. “The hosts of these houses are coming. And the person who lives in the house considers that whoever built the house is the owner, ”the ethnologist A. Vaicekauskas recalled the saying heard in Dzūkija, telling the audience about the origin and customs of the Day of the Dead.
The associate professor of the Department of Cultural Studies and Ethnology at Vytautas Magnus University will probably surprise many, recalling that the tradition of placing flowers and lighting candles on graves became popular only in the post-war years. “In the past, the deceased did not die, he would go out and wait for his relatives. Only the fear of the complete non-existence characteristic of these times has created a tradition of decorating cemeteries ”, says the associate professor.
A. Vaicekauskas will also review the most interesting traditions of All Saints’ Day, from the burning of old wooden crosses in Dzūkija to the bagpipe orchestra cemetery in Samogitia, he will tell you which dishes were most popular on the All Souls table. Santos and will explain to you how the origins of this day are related to Halloween and where Halloween is found.
Photo by Justina Lasauskaitė
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