Celebration of the end of the honey season

The museum of ancient beekeeping

Honey Festival

This is an event that our family look forward to every year

Stripeikiai is a little village deep in the beautiful Aukštaitijos National Park. It is also home to a very unique museum dedicated to keeping the ancient traditions of beekeeping alive.

A special tradition

Every year on 15th of August the Beekeeping Museum opens its doors to thousands of visitors to celebrate the end of the honey season.
This date has not been randomly selected - it coincides with another beautiful celebration rooted in pagan tradition - Žolinė. This day is dedicated to thanking the Earth for the beautiful flowers and the bountiful harvests of grain, herbs, berries, fruits and vegetables throughout the year.

So the End of the Honey Season Celebration, or the Honey Festival, as we call it, is a well-loved local event that reminds us all of the importance of the humble bee, as well as showcase many other traditions, trades and crafts we may have forgotten about.

Activities

There are lots of activities for you get involved in and try during the event: from decorating a beehive to learning origami.

Crafts

Traditional crafts are proudly and lovingly showcased.

Weaving

Using grass, flowers and hay to create beautiful and entirely natural decorations

Yarn Spinning

Using traditional spinning wheel to spin the wool into yarn

Mead

Visitors can learn about the process of making traditional mead and purchase some to take home with them

Baking

Intricate traditional biscuits icing decoration

Armour

Getting first hand experience of what it felt like to be a Lithuanian warrior

Music

Musical instruments in Lithuania can be made out of pretty much anything: reeds, horns, wood and even bones

Music

And not forgetting the very traditional craft of drum making

The Museum of Ancient Beekeeping is the only one of its kind in Lithuania, so definitely worth visiting any time of the year. But if you find yourself in the Highlands of Lithuania on 15th of August, I strongly recommend that you don’t miss this event!

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