Fair in honour of the St. Casimir in Lithuania.
Reverse of the coin.
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Fair in honour of the St. Casimir in Lithuania.
So here we have the Lithuanian euro, nominal – 1.50. The year of issue of this coin is 2017. Mint: Vilnius, Lithuania. Total circulation – 25.000. The coin is dedicated to the Kazyukas Fair.
Kaziuko mugė or Saint Casimir's Fair is a large annual folk arts and crafts fair in Vilnius, Lithuania, dating to the beginning of the 17th century. The fair is traditionally held in city's markets and streets on the Sunday nearest to 4 March, the anniversary of Saint Casimir's death.
The arts and crafts at the fair include hand-made goods from local craftsmen, such as woven and knitted clothes, footwear, toys, utensils, pots and jugs, jewelry, souvenirs, and paintings. Traditional foodstuffs include rye bread, bubliks, gingerbread, natural honey, beer, gira, and colorfully wrapped hard candy. Crafts represented include wood carvers, blacksmiths, potters, weavers and knitters, wicker weavers.
Easter palms are one of the fair's specialties. They are made of colourful dried wild flowers and herbs (about 150 different varieties of plants are used) tied around a wooden stick. Traditionally, they were taken to churches on Palm Sunday. Verba has become a traditional symbol of spring and Easter.
Another signature product at the fair is the Casimir's Heart, a heart-shaped gingerbread decorated with sugar patterns and figures or popular given names. People buy them to give to their loved ones. It is customary to bring back some these to those who could not attend.
Object data
Title
Fair in honour of the St. Casimir in Lithuania.
Artist
Both sides: Rytas Jonas Belevičius.
Founder
Vilnius, Lithuania.
Date
2017.
Culture
Lithuania.
Medium
Copper-nickel.
Dimensions
11.1x27.5x2.6.
Classification
Coin.