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Palanga Folk Ensemble „Meguva"
The folk ensemble very often is a collective of young people who
have come together to preserve and promote the songs, oral tradition, and the traditional
music and dances of Samogitia. All members are typical representatives of their local
traditions, who speak in their native regional dialects. It is said that Samogitians are
slow, reserved, of few words, and stubborn. However, it is in Samogitia, the western part
of Lithuania, that the happy, clever, humorous, and irony-full traditions of Shrove
Tuesday with traditional masks and sharp-tongued dialogues of cross-dressed revelers are
preserved. They use various old clothes for their dress and the wooden masks. Meguva
members bring old songs from their home vi
llages, but
they also collect and record songs, stories, dances, and instrumental music from other
village dwellers. Samogitian songs are slow and usually harmonic. Generally, Samogitians
sing in low, rich, strong voices.
Please use the Internet Explorer browser and the special software (RealAudio Player, available at http://www.real.com) to listen to the items below:
"Eisem sesres i darzeli, pinsem rutu vainikeli"
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