Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika) is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark. It shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and a Russian exclave (Kaliningrad Oblast) to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 3.2 million as of 2011, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. The Lithuanians are a Baltic people, and the official language, Lithuanian, is one of only two living languages (together with Latvian) in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. - Wikipedia ====== This blog is dedicated to the country Lithuania. History, Arts, Music, Literature, etc..as long as it came from the said nation. Tumblr (3.0; @liet)http://liet.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XotX3NQdFPE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><h1 id="watch-headline-title"><span class=" " id="eow-title" title="Cappella'A - What a Wonderful World">Cappella’A - What a Wonderful World</span></h1></p>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/32725880817http://liet.tumblr.com/post/32725880817Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:11:00 +0800Aušra SmičiūtėCappella'AKristina JatautaitėLithuanian SingersMindaugas PutnaMusciPeopleRasa SerraSingeSingersSinger<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4adq4R2381qigaa4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gunsandposes.tumblr.com/post/32162942257/vanagas">gunsandposes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Lithuanian partisan <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfas_Ramanauskas">Adolfas Ramanauskas</a>, codename Vanagas (Hawk), photographed in 1947. First he fought the Nazis. Then he fought the Soviets. After arrest and torture, he was executed in 1959.</p> </blockquote>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/32189562867http://liet.tumblr.com/post/32189562867Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:08:08 +0800World War IIHistoryPhotoImageLithuanianPartisan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9nlzjuKa91qj5dfvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/30644575056http://liet.tumblr.com/post/30644575056Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:56:42 +0800LandscapeLithuaniaLietuva<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9mzol0x7A1roelbho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9mzol0x7A1roelbho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/30644572922http://liet.tumblr.com/post/30644572922Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:56:36 +0800KernaveLithuaniaLietuvaLandscape<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9n0eiJiXv1roelbho1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9n0eiJiXv1roelbho2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/30644544662http://liet.tumblr.com/post/30644544662Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:55:19 +0800KernaveLithuaniaLietuva<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8sq5t6g621rbkz5co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/29652182518http://liet.tumblr.com/post/29652182518Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:38:36 +0800LithuaniaLietuva<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ssd4sf421r6dq5lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ailithuania.com/post/29478073679/lithuanian-holiday-meadow-grass-celebration-zoline">ailithuania</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Herbal holiday.                                                                       </strong></p> <p><strong><br/></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> <em><a href="http://translate.google.com/#lt/en/%C5%BEolin%C4%97s" title="Zolines">Žolinės</a></em> - a meadow grass celebration. August 15^th is a day off for everyone in Lithuania. This holiday always coincided with the coming of autumn. People gathered grass from their fields and gardens and brought it to churches to be blessed. Rye, wheat and oat ears were tucked into these grass bundles. In the spring, these ears were crushed and sprinkled onto the seeds to be planted. Other bundles of blessed grasses were used as medicine, as protection from lightning strikes and to be sewn into coffin pillows. Families always tried to gather together on this day to ensure the coming year would be a productive one. It is said, he who does not attend the get together, will remain poor. Of course, as </span><span><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemony_Snicket" title="Lemony Snicket">Lemony Snicket</a></span> once said, </span><span>j</span><span>ust because something is traditional is no reason to do it. </span><span>Tradition is one of those words conservative people use as a shortcut to thinking; and we </span><span>can always use a new tradition. Sometimes we require them.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span></span><em>via</em> <a href="http://stevekryzius.blogspot.com/2011/02/talk-for-zolines-australias-first.html" title="stevekryzius">stevekryzius</a></p> </blockquote>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/29609930583http://liet.tumblr.com/post/29609930583Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:15:41 +0800HerbalMeadowLietuvaLithuania<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8u6zkB20D1rd6btmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://unbearablelightnessofbeijing.tumblr.com/post/29540028399/picture-6-vilnius-lithuania-2007">unbearablelightnessofbeijing</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Picture #6 Vilnius, Lithuania (2007)</p> </blockquote>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/29582709863http://liet.tumblr.com/post/29582709863Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:31:31 +0800VilniusLithuaniaLietuva<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxt3oaUuYj1r3t3hyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fyeaheasterneurope.tumblr.com/post/15984500459/vilnius-lithuania">fyeaheasterneurope</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Vilnius, Lithuania.</p> </blockquote>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/15984617787http://liet.tumblr.com/post/15984617787Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:10:20 +0800lithuaniabalticsphotographycolorsurban<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv6he3Y0PS1r3t3hyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fyeaheasterneurope.tumblr.com/post/13556361940/vilnius-lithuania">fyeaheasterneurope</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Vilnius, Lithuania.</p> </blockquote>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14731830979http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14731830979Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:54:06 +0800lithuaniaurbanbalticsphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvjsmgcJTN1r50h5oo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Jonas Mekas.</p> </blockquote>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14718713776http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14718713776Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:08:05 +0800lithuaniaJonas MekasHistoryVintage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvkxdr6YZp1qzs0vio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ignas16.tumblr.com/post/13633332377/siauliai-on-flickr">ignas16</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pilvuzas/6438147963/" title="Siauliai">Siauliai</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14715973943http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14715973943Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:15:05 +0800lithuaniaSiauliaianalogcolorbronica sq-bzenzanon ps 80mmkodak portra 160ncself developedc-41tetenal c-41 kitmedium format1206x6<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvkxek3uQS1qzs0vio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ignas16.tumblr.com/post/13633343035/siauliai-on-flickr">ignas16</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pilvuzas/6438159169/" title="Siauliai">Siauliai</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14711420705http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14711420705Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:23:05 +0800lithuaniaSiauliaianalogcolorbronica sq-bzenzanon ps 80mmkodak portra 160ncself developedc-41tetenal c-41 kitmedium format1206x6<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvky8je3qQ1r50h5oo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>One for all and all for love.</p> </blockquote>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14703952448http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14703952448Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:31:05 +0800lithuaniaLietuvafreedomHistoryVintage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvk2iuEG381qetqfqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mentallycomposed.tumblr.com/post/13707540146/6017-05-by-a-za-on-flickr">mentallycomposed</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53582497@N05/6438154011/" title="6017_05">6017_05</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53582497@N05/">a_za</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14695894175http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14695894175Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:40:05 +0800lithuaniaLietuvaPagramančio regioninis parkasLakštingalų slėnislandscapePentaxP30Nfujifilm<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv6y0hpZrd1qdu9b3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blacksheepboy-.tumblr.com/post/13686635701/waking-up-by-sizo">blacksheepboy-</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Waking Up (by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ougis/5094058893/in/pool-lithuania">Šizo</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14688111205http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14688111205Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:55:05 +0800lithuanialandscape<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvml4xoIph1qej5qro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14679764311http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14679764311Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:53:05 +0800lithuaniavilniuslietuva<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvmz6l85IV1r5n49ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14666698756http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14666698756Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:08:05 +0800lithuaniavilnius<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvoomhLEwU1r6ydt2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://do-not-press.tumblr.com/post/13727636798/jole-vilnus-wallride-by-oilinki-on-flickr">do-not-press</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oilinki/2925085991/" title="Jöle Vilnus Wallride">Jöle Vilnus Wallride</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oilinki/">Oilinki</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14663721401http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14663721401Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:15:06 +0800lithuaniaSkateboardingStreetVilnusFunsterEmericaEtniesHang UpFinlandOilinkiHistoryVintage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv2b62Jhcx1r4yfkoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://easterncorner.tumblr.com/post/13712550964/cathedral-in-vilnius">easterncorner</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Cathedral in Vilnius</p> </blockquote>http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14659004805http://liet.tumblr.com/post/14659004805Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:23:05 +0800lithuaniaRussiaTravelLandscapeNature