Mardi Gras in Lithuania - for EBU
A traditional Mardi Gras celebration took place in Lithuanian Folk Museum. Thousands of mummers have gathered to propel the winter. Although a blizzard was raging it didn't deter the crowd. About 20 thousands of people have came to Lithuanian Folk Museum, located between capital Vilnius and Kaunas (second bigest city in Lithuania). Among entertainment there were a traditional fair, folk dances, songs, tricks, sauna, sledge rally, horse riding, workshops of masks and baking pancakes. However, the culmination of the fest was a burning jackstraw -- a symbol of the end of the winter. Mardi Gras is an old fest. Its essence is to propel the winter and to welcome spring. Shotlist: 1. Children sing 2. Vs of baking pancakes 3. Vs dancing people 4. Soundbite (Lithuanian), a mummer, saying: We are successfully propelling the winter. A weather is great and I am sure that the winter will soon be gone. Maybe even tonight. 5. Soundbite (Lithuanian), a German tourist, saying: The best thing is to bake pancakes with all these people. 6. Vs of mummers 7. Soundbite (Lithuanian), a director of Lithuanian Folk Museum, Violeta Reipaite, saying: Lots of entertainment. Museum suggests a Minestrone soup if you can guess the riddle. Visitors can bake pancakes for themselves and take part in various games. For example in a sledge rally. Or they can ride a horse. And of course to have a lot of fun. Because the aim of this festival is that there are no spectators, everyone can participate. 8. Vs of b.../b
