International Vilnius festival spotlights ethnic communities

  • 1998-08-20
  • By Rokas M. Tracevskis
VILNIUS - For the fourth year in a row, Vilnius woke up from its summer sleep to a carnival playground with parades and performances, as the international street festival "Vilniaus Dienos" ("Vilnius Days") took over the city Aug. 13 - 16. Skaidra Kulakauskiene, a festival organizer, decided to feature Lithuania's ethnic minorities for the first time at Vilniaus Dienos, so the "Little Town of Ethnic Communities of Lithuania" appeared in Sereikiskes Park.Nine blue tents stood in the park near a flagstaff flying the colors of the European Union. The Lithuanian flag and those of the historic fa...
 
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