Girlish's blog: "Halloween in LT"

HELLO TO ALL AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO THOSE WHO CELEBRATE IT. Actually here, in Lithuania, traditions differ much from your western ones. Being mostly Catholic nation, Lithuanians tend to have less fun in any of the festivities. We don't have Halloween as a such. We celebrate ALL SAINTS DAY (November 1) and ALL SOULS DAY (November 2)by going to a church for a mass (those who are more practicing Catholics) and the rest have a 'duty' to visit all relatives' tombs wherever they might be. So all country starts travelling to the smallest village cemetries to visit their grandparents and great-grandparents in that way. They bring flowers, and candles and in the evenings the whole cemetry looks like a small separate town with lots of lights on. There is no fear, no haunting, no scaring over these days; only memories, attention and very peaceful, spiritual atmosphere, with huge family reunions. This is what I wanted to share with you today. Thanks for reading.