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.
In this article, I seek to reveal the culinary traditions of Christmas Eve [Lith. Kūčios] dinner tables among Vilnius-dwellers, analysing the issue from the following aspects: Kūčios as a Christmas Eve cultural particularity in Lithuania and the classification of festive dishes; formation of the Kūčios dinner table among Vilnius-dwellers and villages in the Vilnius surroundings in the early 20th century and the ethnic specifics of Kūčių dishes; the uniqueness of Lithuanian Vilnius-dwellers’ Kūčių dinner tables in the early 21st century and changes during the quarantine period in 2020. This research showed that the Lithuanian Kūčios culinary tradition is still maintained in Vilnius, and that the hierarchical-value structure of festive dishes differs from neighbouring countries.
Straipsnyje siekiama atskleisti kaimyniškų ryšių raišką remiantis trijose vietovėse gyvenančių žmonių patirtimi. Atvejo analizė paremta 2017– 2018 m. atliktu etnografiniu lauko tyrimu Kernavės miestelyje (Širvintų r.), Marijampolio kaime ir Nemėžio gyvenvietėje (abu Vilniaus r.). Siekiant šio tikslo keliami uždaviniai: atkleisti, kaip tirtų vietovių žmonės apibūdina kaimynystę, atsakyti į klausimus, ar yra diferencijuojamas požiūris į atskirus kaimynus, kokios savitarpio pagalbos formos sieja kaimynus, ar ir kaip konstruojamas bendras kaimynų kasdienis ir šventinis bendravimas ir kokį poveikį kintantiems kaimynų ryšiams turi kintanti gyvenamoji vieta.