Šiaurės rytų aukštaičių muzikavimas tradicinėmis kanklėmis (XIX a. antroji pusė – XX a.)

Abstract

Folk traditions, language, religion, customs and rituals for thousands of years has played a significant role in the social forms of human spiritual and cultural development. These are constituents of human and nation spiritual consciousness. According to J. Kudirka, without it a nation would disappear. Traditions in some way touches all people, combine them, refer the matter forming the overall activity. According to this the reconstruction of human consciousness is developed. Almost all of the popular culture, especially verbal and artistic achievements, firmly established in customs and rituals, which, with a little change was passed down from generation to generation. Custom fields are different: it is morality, the concept of beauty, attitude to work, parents, homeland, national symbols and values. Traditions, customs, rituals and folk culture are the preservers of the past. As a very stable, they can be used as a historical source