Shrovetide carnival is a traditional holiday, one of the merriest events in Lithuania.

Shrovetide – is a carnival, which escorts winter. From early morning people in costumes begin roaming – devils, witches, reapers, goats, Gypsies, beggars and others. They usually visit homes, sometimes businesses as well, play pranks, act, sing, try to snatch something and then demand payment, throw water or if they catch someone, they bathe them in snow. After the pranks, the ones in costume ask for pancakes or money. It is believed that on this day you have to eat a lot (not less than 12 times), because it is the last day before the fast of Lent.

The traditional food of the holiday – pancakes. Other special dishes are fat pork, "šiupinys" (a boiled cereal with meat, barley or peas, seasoned and somewhat decorated with a pig’s ear or snout in the bowl), stewed cabbage, pancakes, doughnuts.In the evening people yell "winter, winter get out of my yard", the "Morė" (a creature made of straw) is burned – the symbol of winter. Then two men get changed, one – fat – Lašininis, the other – thin – Kanapinis and they fight. Usually the thin one wins, while the fat one is chased away until Easter.

Join winter escort holiday in Vilnius on the 18th of February near Vilnius Town Hall Square and 19th of February in Open Air museum in Rumsiskes

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