A documentary about a traditional Lithuanian craft. A spiritual story from the makers of straw gardens. The film "Gardens of Heaven" presents the most famous creators of Lithuanian straw gardens (in Lithuanian, sodas, šiaudinis sodas) and their works. The women tell how and why they started making gardens, what they mean to them, how to prepare straw, and so on.
The adaptation of straw gardens for personal celebrations - baptisms, weddings, first communion - is also shown. Ethnologists Jonas Vaiškūnas and Vytautas Tumėnas talk about the sacredness of straw gardens.
This is the first attempt to look at the unique Lithuanian heritage - straw gardens - from different angles: domestic, ceremonial and customary. The film ends with images from the first republican garden exhibition, which took place at the Lithuanian National Museum from December of 2013 till January of 2014.

Creative team:
Project manager Vilnius Ethnic Culture Center
Project leader Marija Liugienė
Director and cameraman Algirdas Tarvydas

Music by Algimantas Apanavičius

The Project was funded by Lithuanian Council for Culture.

© 2014, Vilnius Ethnic Culture Center
© 2014, VšĮ Dokumentika
© 2014, Lithuanian National Television and Radio

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