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Have a beautiful day everyone! For those of you interested in history, heres a bit about traditions in Lithuania: Christianity incorporated Lithuanian Equinox traditions into Easter, and replaced the ancient Lithuanian name for the Equinox with the Slavic word Velykos, i.e. Easter. Pavasario lyge, meaning Spring Equinox, remains the only non-Christian name for the holiday. The week before Equinox, called the Velykos of Veles (souls), concludes the annual cycle of commemorations of the dead. As during Kucios (Winter Solstice Eve), families remember their dead and leave their dinners on the tables overnight for the veles to eat.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:31:01 +0000

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