1. Lithuanian Folk Music

2. Love of Singing
If you were to ask a Lithuanian about his country's traditional culture, you would most likely hear about Lithuanian songs and love of singing.

3. Lithuanians Sing More than They Speak
Most Lithuanian people still know hundreds of songs.
There is a saying that Lithuanian people sing more than they speak.

4. From Generation to Generation
Songs were handed down from generation to generation.
As a result, Lithuanian folklore contains over 400,000 collected songs.

5. Diversity of Folk Songs
Folk songs reflect a broad spectrum of moods - extreme joy or deep sorrow.
There is a large diversity of Lithuanian song genres including work, calendar cycle, wedding, feasting, war-historical and others.

6. Saulala raudona Vakaras netoli, Palaisk, palaisk, motinėle,
Su sauli namolio.
Eisu į darželį,
Skinsiu tris žolynus,
Skinsiu broliui ir dieveriui,
Ir savo berneliui.
Brolaliui - rūtelį,
Dieveriui - mėtelį,
O savo bernužėliui -
Piktųjų dilgelį.

7. Polyphonic Lithuanian Folk Songs
The polyphonic Lithuanian folk songs called sutartinės have been placed on a UNESCO heritage list.

8. Sutartinės are an ancient form of two and three voiced polyphony, based on the oldest principles of multivoiced vocal music: heterophony, parallelism, canon and free imitation.

9. Kūkal rožė ratilio (Corn-cockle, oh rose)
Kūkal rože ratilio, kas laukeliu vaikščioja? Lioj tūta
Kūkal rože ratilio, vaikšto jaunas bernalis, lioj tūta
Kūkal rože ratilio, ė ko anas ieškaja? Lioj tūta
Kūkal rože ratilio, ieško jaunas panelas, lioj tūta
Kūkal rože ratilio, ir sustiko panelį, lioj tūta
Kūkal rože ratilio. grėbiant žalių šienalį, lioj tūta
Kūkal rože ratilio, padėk, dieve, panelai, lioj tūta
Corn-cockle, ye rose, round, who's walking outside?
Corn-cockle, ye rose, round, a young lad is walking there
Corn-cockle, ye rose, round, and what is he looking for?
Corn-cockle, ye rose, round, he's got his eyes out for a young lassie.
Corn-cockle, ye rose, round, and, there, he met a lassie,
Corn-cockle, ye rose, round, as she was raking the green hay.
Corn-cockle, ye rose, round, oh, god, help the lassie!

10. The Lithuanian Song Celebration
It is held every 4 years in Vilnius. Thousands of Lithuanians come from all the world to celebrate this festival.
It is a national level occasion which is even included into the UNESCO World Heritage list.