Day 17. UŽGAVĖNĖS or Lithuanian Pancake Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday or Grass Day

Užgavėnės is a Lithuanian festivity celebrated on Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (the first day of the Lent).

In the capital it was celebrated on Saturday on Gediminas Avenue.
On Tuesday, celebration started on Daukantas Square just in the front of the Presidential Palace, and at 6 p.m. it moved to the Yard of Mokytoju namai ( the Teachers' House).

Source: official website of Teachers' House.

Also, Uzgavenes were celebrated in my dearest Pilaite on the meadow in front of the Pilaite Church, at 6 pm.

Some pics will come later.

Morė - an effigy of winter (a symbol of evil and darkness) is ready for burning

Morė ( or in other countries e.g. Poland Marzanna s

few seconds before burning

Morė is burning in a fire. It's believed that Spring will come soon

PANCAKES

During the day, at work we had a tasty Pancake Lunch. We ordered 90 American pancakes with various sauses ( sweet and not so much) from Gusto Blynine. Everything was so delicious!