Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Welcome to Lithuania!

What is the best way to describe Lithuania?

I could talk about its politics, economy, education, traditions, art, sports, or any other topic for this matter, but what you are probably really looking for is not a long detailed report on the country's background, but rather a short authentic record of true Lithuania. Therefore, i choose to present Lithuania through pop music!

The bellow video was a candidate for the Eurovision contest in 2006 and is performed by the Lithuanian band InCulto. It did not win the national Eurovision contest as the LT United song We Are the Winners was more popular that year. Anyway, the band's leader Jurgis Didziulis is a Lithuanian who has grown up in Columbia. He is fluent in Spanish, Lithuanian and English, thus the band can be easily called trilingual. The video has received many controversial reactions from local music producers, both good and bad, but the bottom line is that it does have some very true insights about Lithuania and Lithuanians. Enjoy! ;)

Jolanta

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