This document provides an overview of Lithuania, including its capital city Vilnius, official language of Lithuanian, and government as a parliamentary republic. It also summarizes some aspects of traditional Lithuanian culture such as popular foods like didžkukuliai and šaltibarščiai, unique folk music forms like sutartinės, influential composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, and regional traditional clothing styles.

1. Gabija Rostovskytė

2. LITHUANIA
• Capital (and the largest city) is Vilnius.
• Official language is Lithuanian.
• Government - Parliamentary Republic.
• President - Dalia Grybauskaitė.
• Area - Total 65,300 km2.
• Population: 2011 - 3,053,800 people,
2012 - 2,986,072 people.
• Calling code – 370.

3. TRADITIONAL FOOD
Most popular dishes are:
- Didžkukuliai - Zeppelinz
- The soup Šaltibarščiai - Cold Borscht
(Beetroot Soup)
- the drink Gira – kvass.

4. TRADITIONAL MUSIC
• Sutartinės – glee songs - are highly
unique examples of folk music. They are
an ancient form of two and three
voiced polyphony, based on the oldest
principles of multivoiced vocal music.

5. TRADITIONAL MUSIC
• Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was a
Lithuanian painter and composer. During
his short life he created about 200
pieces of music. His works have
profound influence on modern Lithuanian
culture.

6. TRADITIONAL CLOTHES
AUKŠTAITĖ DZŪKĖS SUVALKIETĖS ŽEMAITĖ

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