- Subcultures in Lithuania
In the 1970s Soviet Lithuania there were many groups resisting official Soviet ideology. One of most notable were
hippies Metalheads
Bands
Obtest Mandragora Events
Death comes... - international festival ofdeath metal in Vilnius, first held in1992 . Tenth and last so far Death comes... festival took place in 2003.Naujas kraujas (Fresh blood) - annual festival of debuting performers of heavy metal held in Vilnius since 1997.Ferrum Frost Velnių malūnas Clubs
Geležinis kablys Zines
Raganos ir Alus (Witches and Beer) was most popular Lithuanian zine ever. It was edited byUgnius Liogė , founder of [http://www.dangus.net/ Dangus] label. The main topics of "Raganos ir alus" were heavy metal scene of Lithuania andbeer . Very important element of Raganos ir Alus was humorous style and its trademark short stories aboutBuratino s (Soviet adaptation ofPinocchio ), the satire onurlaganai . Later Raganos ir Alus become rather conventional heavy metal magazine. As a tribute to its roots one of the last editions of Raganos ir Alus was distributed with small packed portion of baked bread, which is used a snack with beer [http://www.giljotina.lt/archyvas.php?cid=5006] .Wounded
Juodas kraujas Edge of Time Personalities
ObituaryJonas Zarazza
External links
[http://naujaskraujas.dangus.net/ Website of Naujas kraujas festival]
[http://www.giljotina.lt/ Giljotina - black/death metal club]
Bikers
Events
Bike Show Millennium Clubs
Crazy In The Dark MC External links
[http://www.biker.lt/index.php United website of Lithuania's bikers' culbs] lt icon
Goths
Bands
Mano Juodoji Sesuo (My Black Sister) - most influential gothic rock band in Lithuania. The band was formed in 1991 in Kaunas, it has reached the peak of its popularity in mid 90's. Since then the band's fame has faded, but it continues touring and recording new material [http://www.myspace.com/sesuo] .Xess Events
Kunigunda Lunaria - an annualdarkwave festival taking place inVilnius since 2002.External links
[http://www.kunigunda.lt/next/en.html Official website of Kunigunda Lunaria Festival] en icon
kinheads
Bands
Diktatūra - the extreme far-right heavy metal band formed in the mid 90s by football hooligans and skinheadsSlibinas (Dragon),Kaminas (Chimney) and Indėnas (Indian).Events
Organisations
Zines
Personalities
Neo-pagans
Organisations
Romuva is the largest neo-pagan organisation in Lithuania, founded in 1967 in
Kernavė duringRasos festival. As an official organisation Romuva was established in 1969, but after couple of years it was forced to cease its activities because of the persecutions by theKGB . It was reestablished in 1988. Romuva is led byJonas Trinkūnas , and has a branch in theUSA (led by Andrius Dundzila). [http://www.qedata.se/dr/naujieji_pagonys.htm]Gediminaičiai - now defunct organisation established by the controversial figure
Stasys Urniežius , who used to call himself Duke Vilgaudas.Baltuva group founded by the editor ofSenolių Alka zine Aras Vilkvedis in 1995. It has its own calendar and counts years from theSaulė battle that took place in 1236. [http://www.qedata.se/dr/naujieji_pagonys.htm]Andželikos Tamaš žynių mokykla (Andželika Tamaš Wizard School). Organisation led by Andželika Tamaš. It conflicts with Romuva followers, and accuses them of distortion of the religion of ancient Balts, but still participates in events held by Romuva.Devynių akmenų klubas New Age organisation also known as Baltovės žinyčia [http://lietuvos.org/forumas/posting.php?mode=topicreview&t=82&sid=b8034189adb7108fa51d0a7fa3713072]Zines and magazines
Druvis Senasis Žynys - newspaper (magazine since in 1995) of Andželika Tamaš.a.s.d. (Auka seniems dievams)Senolių Alka Events
Mėnuo Juodaragis - annual festival of neofolk, darkwave and pagan arts.Kilkim žaibu - (Rise with Thunder) folk/pagan metal festival held inJoniškis .Bands
Obtest - pagan black metal.Wejdas - tribal ambient project.Gay and lesbian
Organisations
Lietuvos Gėjų Lyga (Lithuanian Gay League) - national organisation of gay, lesbian and bisexual people of Lithuania established in 1993. True member ofInternational Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) from 1994. [http://www.atviri.lt/index.php/lgl/apie_organizacija/1339]Sappho – Lietuvos lesbiečių lyga (Lithuanian Lesbian League) registered in 1995.Events
Clubs
Amsterdamas - first gay club in Lithuania.Men's Factory Periodicals
Naglis - the first gay magazine in Lithuania established in 1993. In the beginning it was freely available from thenewsagents , but later its status was changed to adult erotic publication and Naglis became available only from thesex shop s. [http://www.sociumas.lt/Lit/nr19/mazumos.asp] .Amsterdamas periodical running for couple years from 1994.LGL Žinios (LGL News)Lithuanian Gay League newspaper established in 1994.External links
Prison subculture
Other subcultures
Relationship between subcultures
In 80's and 90's one of the most important elements of the relationship between youth subcultures in Lithuania was the conflict between
urlaganai and the most of other youth subcultures. Urlaganai are "the No.1 enemy" for punks, fans of heavy metal, goths and ravers en icon cite web|last = Šliavaitė | first = Kristina | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = When Global Becomes Local - Rave Culture in Lithuania | work = | publisher =AnthroBase | date = 1998 | url = http://www.anthrobase.com/Txt/S/Sliavaite_K_01.htm | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2006-09-23] . Urlaganai are making no distinguishment between punks, goths and metallists and call them all "banglai ," "bangladešai".References
External links
* http://www.vdu.lt/etnologija/modern/en/
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