The seventh national sutartinės festival "sesė sodų sodina"

The seventh national sutartinės festival "sesė sodų sodina" December 12 (Saturday) at 4:00 PM At the Church of the Lithuanian Martyrs in Domeikava Festival patron – Mayor of Kaunas District Valerijus Makūnas. The program for this special evening features sutartinės singing groups and performers from all over Lithuania! FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS: Molėtai Cultural Center group "Alsūnė" (dir. Rita Pelakauskienė). Ukmergė Cultural Center ensemble "Pyniava" (dir. Vilma Mulevičiūtė-Sabaliauskienė). Pasvalys Cultural Center ensemble "Rags" (dir. Daiva Adamkevičienė). Panevėžys folklore ensemble "Raskila" (dir. Lina Vilienė). Pasvalys Cultural Center Valakėliai branch sutartinės group "Lygė" (dir. Lina and Algirdas Bartašiai). VMU folklore ensemble "Linago" (dir. Rūta Klungevičiūtė and Vidmantas Paleckis). Kaunas National Culture Center folklore ensemble "Ratilėlis" (dir. Lukas Jakubčionis). Kaunas District Raudondvaris Cultural Center folklore ensemble "Piliarožė" (dir. Austėja Alminaitė and Vidmantas Paleckis). Laura Lukenskienė – ethnomusicologist, ethnologist, Doctor of Humanities, kanklės player. Kaunas District Ramučiai Cultural Center Neveronys Leisure Hall folklore ensemble "Viešia" (dir. Jolanta Balnytė). Sutartinės will be presented by Lina Vilienė – ethnomusicologist, leader of folklore ensembles "Raskila", "Lokauša", and "Sierčikai", Head of the Ethnic Culture Department at the Panevėžys Local Lore Museum. Festival host – Loreta Sungailienė – event and television host, folklore performer, ethnomusicologist and promoter of ethnic culture, specialist in intangible cultural heritage at the Lithuanian National Culture Centre, leader of the folklore ensemble "Virvytė". This will be a special afternoon, full of the authentic sound of sutartinės, living traditions, and the spirit of community. We invite everyone to gather and immerse themselves in the enchanting beauty of the sound of sutartinės! The event is free! Festival organizer: Kaunas District Ramučiai Cultural Center. Festival sponsors: Kaunas District Municipality, Domeikava Eldership of Kaunas District Municipality, Domeikava Parish of the Lithuanian Martyrs, Domeikava Village Community Center, ethno-club "Viešia". The event will be photographed and filmed. Photos and video recordings may be made public.