{"id":493,"date":"2026-02-05T13:19:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pmp.du.lv\/?page_id=493"},"modified":"2026-02-05T13:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:19:49","slug":"musical-traditions-of-the-christmas-season-in-lithuania-minor-social-and-ritual-functions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pmp.du.lv\/index.php\/16-2\/musical-traditions-of-the-christmas-season-in-lithuania-minor-social-and-ritual-functions\/","title":{"rendered":"MUSICAL TRADITIONS OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IN LITHUANIA MINOR: SOCIAL AND RITUAL FUNCTIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Author(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kristina BLOCKYT\u0116-NAUJOK\u0116<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstrac<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The article examines the musical traditions of the Christmas season in Lithuania Minor by<br>analysing their historical origins, structure and social\u2013ritual functions. The study focuses on<br>written sources from the 17th\u201320th centuries, ethnographic field material, song collections<br>and contemporary community practices. Using comparative historical and ethnomusicological<br>methods, the research reconstructs the role of singing in both domestic and communal<br>settings, highlighting its connection to Lutheran piety, intergenerational continuity and festive<br>identity-building. The study reveals that Christmas musical practices in Lithuania Minor<br>served as a central element of communal life, mediating sacrality, social cohesion and cultural<br>belonging. The concluding section discusses the continuity of these traditions and their<br>potential applications in present-day cultural and educational contexts.<br><strong>Keywords<\/strong>: Lithuania Minor, Christmas traditions, singing, ritual music, ethnographic heritage<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"wppdfemb-frame-container-492\"><iframe id=\"wppdf-emb-iframe-492\" scrolling=\"no\" data-pdf-index=\"2\" class=\"pdfembed-iframe nonfullscreen\" style=\"border: none; width:100%; max-width: 100%; min-height: 1000px;\" src=\"https:\/\/pmp.du.lv?pdfID=492&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpmp.du.lv%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F02%2FKristina_BLOCKYTE-NAUJOKE_pmp_2025_2.pdf&#038;index=2\" ><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author(s) Kristina BLOCKYT\u0116-NAUJOK\u0116 Abstrac The article examines the musical traditions of the Christmas season in Lithuania Minor byanalysing their historical origins, structure and social\u2013ritual functions. The study focuses onwritten sources from the 17th\u201320th centuries, ethnographic field material, song collectionsand contemporary community practices. Using comparative historical and ethnomusicologicalmethods, the research reconstructs the role of singing in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmp.du.lv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmp.du.lv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmp.du.lv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmp.du.lv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmp.du.lv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pmp.du.lv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494,"href":"https:\/\/pmp.du.lv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/493\/revisions\/494"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pmp.du.lv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pmp.du.lv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}