XVIII amžiaus studijos / The Eighteenth Century Studies

The article examines ethnological research on family customs carried out since 1990, and its directions, revealed in monographs, studies and publications and articles of a methodological nature, if the publications mark the beginning or the development of a new methodological, thematic or theoretical approach in the restored Republic of Lithuania. After the restoration of independence, ideological restrictions on the study of family customs related to religion and religiosity disappeared. Since then, research has been carried out on the past and the present, rural and urban society, Lithuanians and national minorities, and ethnically mixed families in Lithuania and abroad. The research has also extended to calendar customs celebrated in the family, and interactions with other social communities through customs. To sum up the ethnological research on family feasts carried out since 1990, the thematic, methodological and problematic development of studies of family customs is evident.