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In total, more than 100 different cultural and artistic events await the curious on Saturday. Some of them are virtual, others have been exploring various areas of Kaunas since early in the morning.
Music is played on rooftops, from balconies and open windows, and on the streets passersby and drivers are amazed by dancers, circus performers, actors, and many fun cultural and artistic initiatives.
“Not for nothing is the International Day of Happiness celebrated in spring, when everything in nature automatically invites you to get up and look at life in a more positive way,” said Irutė Tumaitė, one of the festival organizers.
The celebration began with a training session on the roof of one of Kaunas’ skyscrapers. Enthusiasts of the movement, the sports community “Šešios trim”, invited everyone to get up and play sports without escaping the harsh weather.
The music from the rooftops spread even more happiness in the city: on the roof of the Mykolas Žilinskas Gallery in Laisvės Alley, the inhabitants were amazed by the songs performed by the group “Curly Bassist” and the improvised performance of the theater dancers of international dance Aura. .
At noon, the sounds of music invited passersby to look up high in Laisvės Alley: the Ąžuolynas orchestra gave citizens the joy of being with music, and they performed the concert through the windows of the municipality building from the city of Kaunas.
The Vytautas the Great War and MKČiurlionis museums awaited visitors with musical concerts by symphony orchestras in their spacious spaces.
On the afternoon of Happiness Day, a strange and invisible “Sanitized Happiness” traveled from Kaunas city hall to Laisvės alley through the main street of the old town: dancers from the “Aura” dance theater and the Ballet Theater Kaunas State Musical dressed in masks and costumes. and embodied in different characters.
Throughout the trip, passersby were able to watch his impromptu performances. The dancers of the Kaunas Nuepiko dance company, along with contemporary dance and circus artists, waited for the conductors on the same street at the traffic light: “Happiness that you stopped”, the so-called improvised dance show, which caused a smile and surprise in many drivers.
Pleasant surprises awaited visitors from other cultural institutions as well: the Kaunas County Public Library came to collect all the bad emotions that had accumulated during the quarantine, the Vincas Kudirka Library, the Kaunas Dramatic Theater on the air gallery free saw the eleven most beautiful works created on the occasion of the century of the theater.
The curious could contemplate the wonderful pearl of the art deco of Kaunas: Žaliakalnis: the Museum of the City of Kaunas invited them to enter in the romance that is hidden there.
From noon, the “Marathon of Happiness” reached directly to the residents of Kaunas and the people of all Lithuania: it is a 5-hour division that touches various aspects of happiness and happiness.
During the marathon, psychologists, lifestyle coaches, famous people share knowledge and experiences on how and where to look for the beginnings of happiness, how to release anxiety, learn to observe yourself, manage emotions.
This marathon is led by Rimantė Kulvinskytė, Happiness Day Ambassador “Kaunas – European Capital of Culture 2022”, author of the blog “Happiness Diet”, journalist, radio and television program.
Marathon broadcasts take place directly on the Kaunas 2022 Facebuk account.
On the day of happiness, the bus that left the Kaunas bus station early in the morning shared moments of happiness in the streets and cross streets of the cities of the Kaunas district.
The most beautiful musical works specially selected for this day are scattered through its windows.
Jurga, Ambassador of Kaunas 2022, performers from the group “Golden Parazyth”, “Flash Voyage” and other performers dedicated their works to the Day of Happiness.
The organizers of the Day of Happiness assured that during this Day of Happiness, the main focus is on the emotions and feelings of people who have grown tired of living in a pandemic during the year.
“By inviting to get up, we hope to bring hope, joy and happiness to people, and to clarify the routine in a creative and safe way. Culture and art provide the opportunity to escape from everyday life and reality,” said I. Tumaitė .
According to the organizers, the very good news is that on the Day of Happiness, the museums and galleries of Kaunas opened their doors to the first visitors.
