So I discovered I was actually the warm-up act. Thursday night: must be Lithuanian folk heritage come all ye. This lady plays the kanklės which, upon the death of a loved one, you make from hardwood tree found in the forest. The essence of departed loved one will inhabit the instrument which you might play or simply keep on the sideboard. Tracing the collective folklore, dance, music and identity for a 1000 years (an invented tradition nonetheless) is important here as you might expect for a culture oppressed for several decades by the Soviets - previously by Tsars, Poles etc with but a brief few decades of independence which were centred on Kaunas where I find myself for the week.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 19:02:06 +0000
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