Activities in Zapyškis

Participants learn about braiding and patterning sashes, make a bracelet and try weaving on a hand loom. Lasts 1.5 hours, up to 20 participa…

A seasonal activity: a composition of fresh plants is hammered onto a linen bag that participants take home. Lasts 1.5 hours, up to 20 parti…

Participants learn how felting works, which wool suits mittens and how to measure it, then make a pair of mittens. Lasts 3 hours, up to 10 p…

The session starts with gathering plants, fungi or lichens and preparing the yarn, then the dye is boiled and the yarn soaked. Lasts 3 hours…

On the last Sunday of each month anyone may come to Stuba to sing sutartinės, the Lithuanian polyphonic songs protected by UNESCO. Stuba has…

Four lessons of 1.5–2 hours on traditional Lithuanian straw himmeli: their origins and symbolism, preparing materials, threading a multi-tie…

Five sessions of 2–3 hours in which participants learn to weave patterned sashes, from drawing the pattern to finishing. For ages 12 and up;…

One or more sessions of 1–2 hours teaching traditional dances and circle games suited to the participants’ age, with polka steps and rhythm…

At this community sustainability workshop participants make Christmas angels from fabric scraps, to decorate a tree or gifts. Free of charge…

A meeting with local herbalist Jonas Algirdas Repšys: a presentation of his teapot collection and a session on natural teas.

An evening at the historic Zapyškis cemetery where people talk about their ancestors, share family stories, recall old customs and sing toge…

A workshop for making straw Christmas ornaments, led by Ežerėlis Culture Centre ethnographer Jūratė Bytautė.