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Lithuania

Lithuania. It i s a country in n orthern Europe. Lithuania has an estimated number of 3.2 million population ( according to data from 2003 ) and Vilnius is not only the capital but also the country's largest city.

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Lithuania

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  1. Lithuania

  2. It is a country in northernEurope

  3. Lithuania has an estimated number of 3.2 million population (according to data from2003) and Vilnius is not only the capital but also the country's largest city Lithuania has an estimated population of 3.2 million as of 2011, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius

  4. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea

  5. Lithuaniahas a border with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the southwestand Russian enclave (Kaliningrad Oblast) to the southwest.

  6. The Lithuanians are Baltic people and the official language - Lithuanian is one out of only two living languages (together with Latvian) in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.

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  8. Currency - Lithuanian litas (Lt)

  9. Thepresidentof Lithuaniais Dalia Grybauskaite. ShehasbeenchosenIn directelectionsfor a period of five years in officeThemainresponsibilities of thepresidentareforeign policyand security. Theunicameralparliamentof Lithuania – Seimashas141 members.

  10. cottage cheese and maschrooms. The traditional speciality of Lithuanian cuisine is cold soup (chłodnik) but on the menu there should also be mealsmadeof potatoes such as pancakes and zeppelins, a kind of dumplings stuffed with meat, cottage cheese and mushrooms.

  11. Divinations are important element of Lithuanian Christmas Eve. They can be used to predict the weather and the summer harvest .The most popular divination which is used these days is taking straw blades out fromthetablecloth. Evennumber of themmeansearlymarriage, long and egualbladesmeanprosperous and long life, brokenblades–failure.

  12. LithuanianChristmasEveiscalledkuczios (kutia) Anothermeaning for Kutia is a dishcomposed of wheat, poppyseeds, honey, peanuts, almonds and raisins. ChristmasEve , Or kucziosit’s a name of Eve, on theborderwithBalarusnamesdiffrent kutia, propablycame form Word kutia, Or popular West dishes – compositscooks by wheatwithpoppyseeds, honey, peanuts, almonds and raisins.

  13. Itisstill a commontradituonin most LithuanianhousesatEaster to painteggs.

  14. Thankyoufor attention Przygotowały: Krystyna Krodkopad Martyna Nowicka Opieka nauczycielska: Paulina Ćwiek

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