page_title: Lithuanian Song Festival
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Lithuanian Song Festival / History
caption_attribution_description: Lietuvių: Dainų šventės, vykusios Kaune 1937 m., dalyviai žygiuoja miesto gatvėmis.
context_page_description: The Lithuania Song Festival is a massive traditional song and dance festival. Since regaining the Independence in 1990, the event has gained the status of the national celebration. The most recent event took place between 30 June and 6 July 2018. The 2018 edition of the Song Celebration was dedicated to the Centenary of the Restoration of the independent state of Lithuania and took place in Kaunas and Vilnius. The main event has been hosted in Vingis Park in Vilnius.
  On 7 November 2003, UNESCO proclaimed the tradition of the Song and Dance Celebration in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity and in 2008 added it to the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
caption: Song festival in Kaunas in 1937
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