Sunday, March 22, 2015

The 4th day of the meeting: Learning, Tasting and ...Celebrating


In the morning we started  with the presentation of Lithuanian potato dishes. For the German  people it was interesting to know about cepelinai, Semogitian pancakes or potato sausvages. Then we spoke about the influence of the food of cultural minorities‘ in Lithuania on the Lithuanian cuisine. Our German guests had heard neither about kybyns nor cheburekki. Then our friends for the first time cooked  zeppelins with us and tasted them. We were surprised that they liked them pretty much.

Later we went to Pyplių farm to learn to bake traditional Lithuanian bread. Not only did we learn to make the bread, but also heard a wide variety of stories about it. We also saw some authentic ancient tools, such as antique irons, oil lamps, mills...  But the most pleasant thing was the smell of the bread that we baked. We couldn‘t help eating it hot though we were told that it‘s not very good for our stomach. Besides, there was no time to wait till it cools as we had to go back to school to prepare for the Cultural  party in the evening.                                                                       Goda Šimkutė
 
The Cultural party was one of the most memorable events of March 20th. It all started very simply: students sat down in the school hall and listened to our choral songs, watched three 11th graders’ dances and listened to two students’ from progymnasium instrumental performance. Later our German guests made a surprise for us and sang a very nice German song. Then their teacher Adam sang one more beautiful song in English. There was a storm of applause after that.
During the second part of the party three professional folklore specialists conducted the event in Lithuanian folk theme. We were very tired from various circles and games, but had real fun there. When we already thought that the celebration was slowly coming to the end, the eleventh form students turned on some loud music and started to invite everyone to dance. Although it seemed we had no strength, but managed to get up from the chairs and move again. We had to open the hall windows and the doors because it was incredibly hot. Everyone enjoyed the evening party!
  Akvilė Čepurnaitė

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