Events and developments

The annual project,, Lessons in Communities: On the Way to Lithuania’’ is initiated by the Department of Supervision of Social Services under the Ministry of Social Protection and Employment. In the run of implementation of the project, one-week training courses for former deportees and political prisoners of Lithuanian origin as well as members of their families residing in the territory of the former USSR are arranged, thus providing them an opportunity to learn Lithuanian or to improve their Lithuanian skills and to take part in social and cultural events. Participants of the project and representatives of communities are provided an opportunity to extend their knowledge about Lithuania, to take part in excursions, to adapt them successfully and to be involved in the activities of communities.

The two-part exposition discloses the national traditions and the European character of modern arts in Independent Lithuania in the interwar period and the importance of their combination for the historical and cultural identity of the state in the said period and today.
The exposition will be arranged at Šiauliai „Aušra“ Museum Chaimas Frenkelis villa (Vilniaus St, 74, Šiauliai) and at the Photography Museum (Vilniaus St, 140, Šiauliai).

For several years in turn, this presentation of crafts, national foods, customs and traditions is arranged by communities of national minorities in Vilnius Old City in a weekend of September. Various craftsmen, cookery masters, singers and dancers present themselves. Visitors are provided an opportunity to taste various traditional foods, to familiarize with various cultures and customs

Lithuanians worldwidely celebrate this Day in their communities; however, it is celebrated for several years in turn also in Lithuania where various cultural events, expositions and concerts are arranged.