For the third year in a row, Skaistakalnis Park will host a celebration of the Autumn Equinox and Baltic Unity Day around a bonfire.<\/p>\n
When day and night are equal, nature pauses briefly for a moment of balance. The light of summer fades, the harvest ripens, and this evening invites us to reflect on what unites us\u2014the earth, fire, our ancestors, and one another.<\/p>\n
Event participants are invited not only to observe the rituals but also to become part of them. Ancient Lithuanian, Latvian, and Prussian hymns will be sung, a sacred fire will blaze, and the shared roots of the Baltic peoples\u2014along with traditions that remain alive to this day\u2014will be commemorated.<\/p>\n
The rituals will be led by Ovidijus Bacevi\u010dius, head of the Skaistakalnis Romuva and a student of ethnomusicology.<\/p>\n
The Panev\u0117\u017eys folk ensemble \u201cPajauta\u201d from the LASS Northeast Center, led by Rima \u017dostautien\u0117, will perform alongside the rituals.<\/p>\n