Your view about Lithuanians and Lithuania?

[Hweinlant]

I see Hweinlant still hasn't got over his jealousy after he became aware of the lovely authentic folk songs, dresses and customs that we've preserved since the times immemorial

Yeah right. Meet the Himba, preserving lovely authentic folk songs, dresses and costumes since times immemorial. You made a little error there with the word customs, that is something no Lithuanian knows anything about.



Difference between Himba and Lithuanians is that Himba at-least take some effort, they mix fat, dust and dung to create that wonderful traditional reddish hue. Lithuanians just grab some leafs&grass and stick it to their hair:


Then again, that's very affordable hat. You have to make it from what you got! I think that is respectable.

[Hercus Monte]

You made a little error there with the word customs, that is something no Lithuanian knows anything about.

lol, so true.

[inactive_member]

Humour's only worth something when it's crass

Which reminds me...
There's this saying we have: "two Lithuanians can make up an argument with each other on an even place" - it's like the favorite national pastime - being crass and picking arguments over nothing..

I will have many opportunities to joke about the Lithuanians. I am sure we have one or two in Belarus. In this topic, I believe most people have been honest expressing their views about the Lithuanians.

[Dandelion]

Himba women never wash themselves from birth to death. Still some of them look pretty nonetheless (even taking their primitive hunter-gatherer lifestyle into account, which only allows them to live a few decades).

[FrostDragon]

White and European, and thus to be cherished.
Anything else you need to know?

[korkolola]

Hweinlant's posts are hilarious!

[lI]

You made a little error there with the word customs, that is something no Lithuanian knows anything about.

As a matter of fact I didn't, the word "customs" doesn't necessarily mean this but can also be used as a plural of the word "custom" meaning: "folk tradition" when more than one tradition is being discussed, e.g.:
https://library.usu.edu/Folklo/edresources/customs.html

Yeah right. Meet the Himba, preserving lovely authentic folk songs, dresses and costumes since times immemorial.



Difference between Himba and Lithuanians is that Himba at-least take some effort, they mix fat, dust and dung to create that wonderful traditional reddish hue. Lithuanians just grab some leafs&grass and stick it to their hair:


Then again, that's very affordable hat. You have to make it from what you got! I think that is respectable.

You always know how to cheer up a Balty, Hwein

But it's fascinating that a Finn doesn't even know anything about wreaths: grab some leafs&grass and stick it to the hair - lol how exactly do you thing those leaves are supposed to stick to the hair? The guy has to skip shower for a month to make the hair greasy enough or what?

I'll explain it to you, the leaves (or flowers) have to be woven into wreaths. Wait, actually, I can show it to you, here's a tutorial from the Baltyland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkTLixaV7tU

The simplest wreath takes at least 15min to make (you have to pick the plants beforehand) but making a normal one takes around an hour...
So, cheap it may be but effortless it certainly isn't.

BTW you notice that the old man is wearing a sash. The particular type of sashes that he's wearing has been known in Lithuania at the very least since the Medieval times - that's when the earliest evidence has been found in the mounds but, as you know, the Baltic soil is not good for preserving textile, so it's not possible to know when exactly did they get (or were invented) to this region. The unbroken tradition of making them is still carried on today

[Hweinlant]

Himba women never wash themselves from birth to death.

Thanks for input. It seems that Lithuanians do wash every once in a while. I googled it up so it must be true. They have intriguing traditions associated with the bathing ritual. Perhaps Link will inform us more ?

[Hercus Monte]

Thanks for input. It seems that Lithuanians do wash every once in a while. I googled it up so it must be true. They have intriguing traditions associated with the bathing ritual. Perhaps Link will inform us more ?

why waste good money when you can simply use good, old, slightly yellow snow?
you have much to learn from us fiscally responsible balts.

[Hweinlant]

But it's fascinating that a Finn doesn't even know anything about wreaths: grab some leafs&grass and stick it to the hair - lol how exactly do you thing those leaves are supposed to stick to the hair? The guy has to skip shower for a month to make the hair greasy enough or what?

Sorry, I really don't know. Your explanation seems OK by me. I actually had a hunch about the process. We use hats here. They are made of many different materials, not from grass tho', and are used to cover the upper part of the head all the way down to ears, especially in wintertime.

I'll explain it to you, the leaves (or flowers) have to be woven into wreaths. Wait, actually, I can show it to you, here's a tutorial from the Baltyland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkTLixaV7tU

And then you sell those to Latvia ? This is your export, right ? Latvians seem to have similar "wreath hats".

Off to the market! ?