Symbols of RomuvaŠarūnas Bukelis 3c

ROMUVA (religion in general)

Romuva is a contemporary continuation of the traditional ethnic religion of the Baltic peoples, reviving the ancient religious practices of the Lithuanians before their Christianization in 1387. Romuva claims to continue living Baltic pagan traditions which survived in folklore and customs. Romuva is a polytheistic pagan faith which asserts the sanctity of nature and has elements of ancestor worship. Practising the Romuva faith is seen by many lithuanians as a form of cultural pride, along with celebrating traditional forms of art, retelling Baltic folklore, practising traditional holidays, playing traditional Baltic music. The community was organized and led by krivių krivaitis Jonas Trinkūnas until his death in 2014.

Symbols and their meaning

Symbols

Probably the best known symbol is world tree. It is also commonly used as a symbol of Romuva in general

A symbol of Romuva and official logo of the Romuvan Church.

Museum of Baltic gods

Probably the best place to found out more about Romuva symbols is open-air Museum of Baltic gods in Naisiai.

You can even watch a livestraim of the main squereLivestream - http://www.naisiuvasara.lt/news/213/331/Tesiogine-transliacija-is-Saules-aikstes-Naisiai/

Žemaičių alka

However museum of baltic gods is only a museum. If you would like to visit a place where actual rituals were being (and still are) performed, I suggest Žemaičių Alką.Žemaičių Alka is full of Romuva symbolism. There you fill find symbols that you will definitely know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romuva_(religion) http://www.ethnicart.lt/index.php?

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krikscionybes-sankirta/1084-balt-simboliai