Easter in Lithuania Minor: Changes and Continuity in Tradition
Volume 28 (2020), pp. 59–80
Pub. online: 3 June 2021
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Published
3 June 2021
3 June 2021
Abstract
The goal of the article is to examine chronologically the specific nature of the Easter holiday in
Lithuania Minor, to determine structural and functional changes in calendar traditions and rites. The main task is to differentiate and characterise models of the Lietuvininkai Easter holiday: archaic (from the first mention of holidays to the end of the 19th century); the end of the 19th century to the 20th; and the present time (since 1990).