On a rainy morning of the 7th of October, a large group of the most active participants of the ePublisher project – poets, translators and lovers of the poetry, went on an exciting trip to the poetic Kaunas, the 2nd largest Lithuania’s city, resting at the confluence of country’s two largest rivers, Neris and Nemunas.
The participants enjoyed the great opportunity to experience the special spirit of the Kaunas city, a former temporary capital of independent Lithuania, famous for its colorful history, cosy parks, remarkable and wonderful Old Town and interwar spirit.
With this trip we aimed to honour two famous Lithuanan poets Maironis and Salomėja Nėris by visiting their memorial museums located in the city: the Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum and S.Nėris House-Museum. The participants with great interest toured the exhibition dedicated to Maironis (1862- 1932), a poet and a rector and professor of moral theology at the Kaunas Seminary. Maironis for Lithuanians all over the world is not just a poet, but a living symbol of hope, of national resilience, of undying faith that suffering leads to glory.
The second destination was the house of Salomeja Neris (1904-1945), Lithuania's most beloved poet, who once called our land a 'droplet of amber'. The nature around the place was breathtaking, the participants have learned a lot about the poet‘s life, her rebellious acts and her love to potery.
As one of the participants later commented, it was 'an amazing and really soul gourmet tour’, everyone enjoyed it very much.
The third consortium meeting was held on 26-27 September in Turku (FI).
The traditional membership event of the Lithuanian Association of Adult Education was held in Rumsiskes (LT) on 10-11 September 2016.
On Sunday, the 11th of September, TKKY organized an excursion to Helsinki. The participants visited the places of great Finnish poets such as Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Aleksis Kivi, Elias Lönnrot and Eino Leino.
At the end of August/ beginning of September The International Culture Association of Turku (TKKY) organized three public poetry reading events. The events aimed to increase immigrant students’ interest in Finnish poetry and encourage them to read out loud the poems in Finnish language.
