However, the main structural elements of traditional weddings still survive, especially in rural areas. Many couples choose to celebrate their weddings in their parents' native villages. Customs involving the visiting of the mothers of newly born infants are more common in the villages than in the cities. Many Lithuanians choose to be buried on their parents' land in their ancestral graveyards. Picturesque dialectal speech can still be heard on the lips of older people, though the young, especially in Zemaitija, also use it.
Village elders can still describe various beliefs, sorcery and legends about strange events.
Up to this day, many of these people firmly believe in the veracity of this material. Folk songs, dances and instrumental music have lost their former meaning and active role in everyday life. For this reason, ethnographic expeditions to rural areas continue to be fruitful. It is not unusual for hundreds of songs and stories to be collected during one expedition. Sizable parts of singers' repertoires often consist of newer romance type songs.