Posts Tagged ‘Lithuanian’

Oi giria giria. Singing of Lithuanian folklore singer Rasa Serra. group DONIS & RASA SERRA AWARDS/Apdovanojimai: A.LT 2006 y. – The best ETHNO group in Lithuania. A.LT 2006 m. – GERIAUSIAS ETNO ATLIK?JAS. And the very simplified translation might sound like this: “The little green woods are full of little birds. Not here the little cuckoo built her nest, not here she sang her melodies. In the little garden of cherries she built her nest, in the birch trees she used to sing. Not here my little mother promised (offered) me to a man but in a little village,? promised me to a young nice man but then she gave me in marriage to? a widower instead…” Translation @feastas

Filmed in Siauliai Lithuania the first Lithuanian-English collaboration between JBC and mister sinister aka Capital A plus

Donis ir Rasa SERRA – Zalio vario AWARDS/Apdovanojimai: A.LT 2006 y. – The best ETHNO group in Lithuania. A.LT 2006 m. – GERIAUSIAS ETNO ATLIK?JAS.

Lithuania folk

ten years old DJ DANIUKELIS Lithuania video edit: www.weaxdesign.com

jamesjosephbrown.com While paying the bill after leaving the Cafe du Paris with my friend and former classmate Gian Paolo, visiting from Rome (see Episode 24), I strike up a conversation with Ieva, a charming young student of French at Vilnius University. She and I share stories of our Lithuanian and American families, separated by half a century of brutal, senseless Soviet occupation. Part of my work here is my own attempt to find ways to heal. What I want is for people to not dwell on this dark past, but instead to acknowledge it, to learn from it, and to find ways to move forward together in a positive, constructive manner. Ieva shares a very heartbreaking story of a family divided by the complete political and social isolation of Lithuania from the world in the last half of the twentieth century, a story which was echoed in my own family, and in many, many others. But Ieva is somehow still optimistic. Something more even, she is vivacious and vibrant. She greets every other passerby on the sidewalk outside the cafe and kisses cheeks with her friends who come in to order coffee. She exudes a joie de vivre that is infectious. I could spend all afternoon talking with her, but a Hare Krishna parade cuts our interview short.

Pet owners in Kaunas, Lithuania celebrated Halloween early with a fashion show for their dogs. The top prize was 200 US dollars. (Oct. 24)

jamesjosephbrown.com Courtney and I talk about what went wrong this past year and why she has not been doing well in school. She denies my suspicions that her environment is bringing her down, but I still have my doubts when she remains evasive during my impromptu interview. When offered the hypothetical choice between a car and a year in Lithuania at a private school, Courtney says she would rather have the car. I still think she ought to at least consider what’s behind door number two, but it is her life and it is her decision to make.

It is made as a preparation for the visit in Lithuania.