Dr. Gintaras Songaila

Dr. Gintaras Songailab. 1962.10.27 in Lithuania, Vilnius Manager of Media Support Foundation (public institution in Lithuania) 1988-1991 one of the founders of Lithuanian Independence movement (Sąjūdis) Politician, former MP, former chairman of Lithuanian National Union (political party), Active member of Romuva religious community (pre-Christian religion in Lithuania), of ethnographic and cultural heritage protection movement, poet. Active Lithuanian publicist, TV script writer and editor (mainly for TV documentaries), author of many innovative projects in ITT, digital TV field, news radio. Author of many publications and educational TV programs in the fields of ethnology, linguistics, Lithuanian and European medieval history, ancient Baltic mythology.

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Affinities between Vedic And Baltic Cultures -- #SangamTalk By Dr. Gintaras Songaila
Lecture will refer to ancient links between the Indo-Aryan and Baltic cultures. The direct descendants of these cultures now live more than 6000 km apart. The two little Baltic nations (Latvians and Lithuanians) live in the North Eastern Europe, along eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. While Hindu people, one of the largest nations in the world, from ancient time are inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent. These countries and nations seem to be very different in their historical destiny, cultural and anthropological background. Some basic facts about cultural...