Economy
The way people in
Lithuania provide needs for themselves is they go to the supermarket and
they buy their needs. In Lithuania there is some bargaining but not a lot.
Government
In Lithuania there is
a Parliamentary democracy. The elections would be voted on and the
popular vote wins out for a five year term. The laws in Lithuania
are made by the government.
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 Religion
Roman
Catholic (primarily), Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Protestant,
Evangelical Christian Baptist, Muslim, Jewish.*
Cultural
Arts
Lithuania has many beautiful museums with different types of
arts. They also have beautiful churches.
In
Lithuania they dance for fun. If they have a ceremony they
dance around in circles.
There is a famous
museum called the Museum of the Genocide of the Lithuanian
People.
There are
paintings, sculptures, statues, that are beautifully
decorated and people come from other countries to see
them.
Food
Bread, the
most important staple, is traditionally placed in front of the
father. The ancient tradition of putting bread on the table
before other dishes is still observed today. A piece of bread
is also traditionally placed in the foundation when building a
new house. Bread salt and wine are presented to newlywed couples to symbolize the sweetness and saltiness of it.
The farmers grow it themselves in their farms. Then they
give it to markets or stores for the people in Lithuania to
buy.
A typical
day's menu for a person living in Lithuania would be:
Breakfast- Bread with cheese with
cold cuts.
Lunch- A hearty soup or stew
Dinner- A meat dish with
potatoes and vegetables;
pork is the most popular meat.
Desserts- Honey cake,
pastries and ice cream.
On holidays such as Christmas a dessert would be fruitcake
called Kisielius would be served.
Social
Etiquette
The table manners are
expected to be polite. Burping would be disrespectful. The
children are taught to be well behaved at the table. The family is
usually together while eating meals. In Lithuania you should be
sitting nicely with your feet on the ground, not crossed, not knees
on the seat.
Idea of
Beauty
In Lithuania
they like to have the hip styles or should we say "THE IN
STYLES." In Lithuania they wear the common clothes as
in skirts, nicely decorated shirts, pants, shorts etc. The
girls in Lithuania, on special occasions usually wear dresses
or skirts. The boys usually would wear a nice pair of pants
with a nice ironed shirt. The parents would be nicely dressed
as well. The women would wear jewelry and make-up. The little
girls would wear some nice necklace chains.
Family Values
The
responsibilities of the Mother and Father are to support ,feed, love
and to take care of them. The Father is usually the one who works.
The Mother's are usually house mothers. Most of the jobs are
not inside the house. In Lithuania.. there are holidays of Mother's
Day and Father's day.
The
children in Lithuania have to do chores such as do the
laundry, wash dishes, and keep their room neat etc. Most
children do not need to have jobs. If they are 15 years and up
(OR CAN BE YOUNGER) they might have a job, if the family needs
more money. All of
the family is treated equally. Lithuania has caring, loving
families. The family does not care about the ages of the
children but usually the oldest has to watch over the
young.
Most of
the children attend school as of 5 or 6 years of age. There is
an elementary school, Junior High and High School. After the
High school is over the students graduate and leave their
homes to go off to college. The boys and girls in the school
are expected to do the same academics if they are in the same
grade.
Children's
Rights
The children of
Lithuania have the same rights as American children. Some of those
rights are, The right to an identify, The right to a family, The
right to express yourself and have access information, The right to
a safe a healthy life etc. Lithuania children have good rights that
keep them happy and safe.
Holidays
and Festivals
The
major holiday in Lithuania is Independence Day. On this day they
have a big meal and they listen to music sing and dance.
Sports and Recreation
The most popular sport
is Lithuania is Basketball. Physical Education is encouraged by the
government. Some other sports they play are- Soccer, Body-building,
Track and Field, Weight lifting, Volleyball, Rowing, Wrestling,
Cycling, Sailing, Swimming, and Tennis. In Lithuania a kids game
would be Jump-roping, and they mostly play a lot of sports.
Non-Verbal
Communication
In Lithuania people
use sign language. They also communicate in pictures.
Useful Expressions:
The languages in
Lithuania are Lithuanian, Polish and Russian. A greeting in
Lithuania would be, Hello, How are you, Good Morning, Good Evening,
all polite greetings.
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name is Melanie, I am 11 years old. My family is from Italy, France,
and Holland. I play basketball, soccer,
volleyball and I like to swim! I someday want to visit Lithuania and
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things from it!
Lithuania is
in Central Europe bordering the Baltic Sea between Latvia and
Russia. The capital city in Lithuania is Vilnius which is very
near the geographical center of Europe. The total of
Lithuania is 65,200 sq km and the land is 6,520 sq km and the
water is 0 sq km. Comparative: slightly larger then West
Virginia. 
