1. Raising Adults‘ Cultural Awareness and Expression through Cultural Heritage
Project (NPAD-2014/10157)

2. Old ethnographic villages, houses, traditional handicrafts
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden and Finland
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

3. SIMILARITIES
Ancient houses were built from wood and mostly with straw roof. The ancient farmstead was very similar in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
Bathhouse had the special role in all project countries.
The viewing, pottering and smithery were recognized handicrafts in all project countries.

4. DIFFERENCES
Bobbin lace was traditional craft in Sweden and Finland.
In Lithuania there are a lot of wooden memorials: crosses, chapels and shrines.
In Sweden there were popular hand painted wallpaper, painted walls and ceiling.

5. Thank you! 