May is starting as a celebration every year - the first of May is not only International Workers' Day, but also the day,
when Lithuania in 2004 joined the EU. The first of May is also called the Cuckoo Day (the name of this bird, cockoo
(lith. gegužė or gegutė), gave the name for all the May month - in Lithuanian May is Gegužė). It is believed, that on
the first week of May you will hear a cockoo and if then you will have at least one coin in your pocket - you will be
wealthy all the year.
On Friday the meeting of the Catholic Taize youth started in Vilnius.
On the second of May all the musicians and singers went out to the streets as th Street music day was widely
celebrated not only in Vilnius, but in all the Lithuania and abroad. The festival is being organized already for three
years and becomes a joyful spring tradition.
The first Sunday of May, the 3-rd of May this year, is Mothers' day. Probably the most beautiful, warmest festival in the world.
A Flower in Vilnius
If baby only wanted to, he could fly up to heaven this moment.
It is not for nothing that he does not leave us. He loves to rest his head on mother's bosom, and cannot ever bear to lose sight of her. Baby know all manner of wise words, though few on earth can understand their meaning. It is not for nothing that he never wants to speak. The one thing he wants is to learn mother's words from mother's lips. That is why he looks so innocent. Baby had a heap of gold and pearls, yet he came like a beggar on to this earth. It is not for nothing he came in such a disguise. This dear little naked mendicant pretends to be utterly helpless, so that he may beg for mother's wealth of love. Baby was so free from every tie in the land of the tiny crescent moon. It was not for nothing he gave up his freedom. He knows that there is room for endless joy in mother's little corner of a heart, and it is sweeter far than liberty to be caught and pressed in her dear arms. Baby never knew how to cry. He dwelt in the land of perfect bliss. It is not for nothing he has chosen to shed tears. Though with the smile of his dear face he draws mother's yearning heart to him, yet his little cries over tiny troubles weave the double bond of pity and love.
Rabindranath Tagore
"Baby's Way"
Old Town Square, Girls Playing the Kanklės
Tree flowering in Vilnius
Music Playing in Vilnius Old Town square
Music Playing in Vilnius Old Town square
Music Playing in Pilies Gatvė
Bushes Flowering Vokiečių Gatvė, Vilnius Old Town :)
