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Įrašė Moacir P. de Sá Pereira
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2007.03.21 12.37 |
 Is there no more to Lithuanian food? facebook.com Sakas writes that Lithuania has an especially rich culinary history beyond just potato pancakes. This history grows out of both the diversity of pagan feast days and the multi-ethnic nature of the Lithuanian state, such that it has incorporated Karaite, Russian, and Roma elements into its cuisine.
Mostly, however, the article is worth a read for the astonishing lists Sakas provides of what various dishes could be a blueprint for a future Lithuanian cuisine, a cuisine, he argues, that could be the joy of gourmands around the world. Feast, as it were, your eyes on this astonishing list, for example: Kodėl negali būti kulinariniu paveldu gulbės arba povai, kuriuos būtinai ant savo puotos stalo dėdavo Lietuvos didikai ir bajorai puotų metu? Kodėl negali būti Lietuvos medžiotojų mėgiamiausias patiekalas – bebras, įdarytas grikių koše su raugintomis rudmėsėmis? Kodėl negali būti baronkos, pirmą kartą pasaulyje pradėtos gaminti iš virtos tešlos Smurgonyse? Kodėl negali būti kuršiškai dvi paras su ajerais nokintas ir šaltai rūkytas ungurys, keptas elnias su paauksuotais ragais, dedamas ant Lietuvos kunigaikščių ir didikų stalų, Kurtuvėnų dvaro keptas kiaulės kumpis, savaitę nokintas gyvame aluje, Tauragnų žvejų rūkytos seliavos kanapių aliejuje, Varėnos dzūkelio duonkepėje krosnyje kepta ropė, Labanoro girios gyventojo slėgtas tetervinas, kuršių kopininkų orkaitėje ant specialių lentų keptos žuvys, Plungės žemaičių ožkų sūris, biržiečių švilpikai su vyšniomis, viekšniškių avainis, kvėdarniškių ėrtepis, vilkaviškiečių darata, šakiečių kindziulis, suvalkiečių skilandis, žemaitiškai kraujuje nokintos šalto rūkymo nugarinės (palendvicos), ignaliniečių kepta lydeka, įvyniota į rūkytus lašinukus, kupiškėnų urštas, dzūkiškas vytintas kumpis, kutruvėniškių keptas karpis, įdarytas obuoliais, žemgalių sūdyti lašiniai ir t.t., ir pan.?
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Paskutinį kartą atnaujinta ( 2007.03.21 22.42 )
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Įrašė Moacir P. de Sá Pereira
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2007.03.14 11.53 |
говорить по литовски строго воспрещается —19th c. sign in Lithuania
 I certainly was not expecting to write about this subject in response to last month's article about the role of the trispalvė in the official workings of the Republic of Lithuania, but Marius brought it up in a comment, and Auksė followed up on it, and it's become a sort of foundational point on which the discussions about the flag stand, so it seems like some people have an interest in it. The idea, of course, is the idea of the “dying out” of “Lithuanianness,” more commonly referred to as the far-easier “lietuvybė.”
Anyone who has taken some sort of position in a Lithuanian-American cultural organization has had, as some point, that feeling of decline overwhelm the project of the organization. Nothing is as big as it used to be, we tell ourselves. Attendance at Turkey Dance is on a general decline, to give an unscientific example. Blame for this is distributed all over the place, but the overhelming recpient of the most blame, in my experience, has been (curiously) the reëstablishment of the Republic of Lithuania in 1990.
But the point is that worrying over some kind of cultural decline makes no sense. Even though cultural identity is real and obviously important and useful to a lot of people, it is also totally incoherent when the perceived decline of it causes anxiety, creating a terminological confusion that obscures the potential of a political project that can actually bring some good to the world. In other words, if one is to ask me about my opinion regarding the (real and/or perceived) decline of lietuvybė either in the US or the world, I have to respond, “I’m pretty sure I don’t particularly care.” The reasoning follows on the jump.
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Paskutinį kartą atnaujinta ( 2007.03.14 12.32 )
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Įrašė Moacir P. de Sá Pereira
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2007.03.05 15.09 |
 4fun. lrytas.lt Yet the Eurovision selection was marred by its own controversy. The screen on the television showing vote totals was somehow messed up, and it seemed like the wrong group had won. Have no fear, though, Lithuanian Television said that there was no misvoting, and your representatives in Helsinki this year will be 4fun (homepage), with their song "Love or Leave." Last year, of course, I had a huge interest in Eurovision, as the diaspora-favored ditty "Welcome (to Lithuania)" by inCulto lost to LT United's steam train "We Are the Winners." Still, LT United did well enough in Athens to mean that 4fun won't have to perform in the preliminary round. Yet it was tough to keep the same level of interest this year. I won't comment much on the artistic merits of the songs this time around, because then the next thing you know, 4fun will be playing at Turkey Dance, and I'll have a lot of explaining to do. Incidentally, LT United, with financial support from the Lithuanian government, have taken their show on the road. They will be performing a few shows in the US this month. As for inCulto, they announced today that Jurgis and Erica were married. Lietuvos rytas reprints the salacious details.
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Paskutinį kartą atnaujinta ( 2007.03.05 15.24 )
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Įrašė Moacir P. de Sá Pereira
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2007.02.22 09.44 |
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Here are a few useful articles / documents to read over when considering the context of my article “Trashing the trispalvė.” You'll see that no one goes as far as I do, which is to encourage stripping the trispalvė of all of its official status as a symbol of the Republic of Lithuania.
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Paskutinį kartą atnaujinta ( 2007.02.22 09.45 )
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