The Rokiškis Folk Artists' Association, led by Birutė Dapkienė, continues to surprise with new ideas, overcoming the Salų manor. On the last weekend in November, the magnificent Ice Queen invited visitors to the ice Room.
The little ice princess Rasa and the Ice Queen accompany the visitors around the Frost Room. Photo by Milda Ulevičienė.
November 19 The guests were attracted to Gediškės, the new premises repaired for the activities of the Kaireliai community. The community has equipped the premises of the former store to develop the idea of its social business project. It is part of a project called Strawberry Code, which is funded by the Rokiškis District Local Action Group Strategy.
The chairwoman of the community, Dantutė Vaičiulienė, prepared a program with the children of Gediškės. Photo by R.Stankevičiūtė-Vilimienė.
"Swarm" participants on November 9. had the opportunity to delve into the opportunities provided to them by the strategy of the Rokiškis District Local Action Group "Rokiškis Rural Strategy 2014-2020". At the remote event organized by Rokiškis, Raimonda Stankevičiūtė - Vilimienė, Head of VPS Administration, presented the significance of the strategy for the territory, the projects being implemented and the additional funding received, according to which the collection of business projects is planned.
October 28 LAG specialists organized an inspection of the implemented projects in Kamaji eldership. The Kamaji community has already approached the final stage of the project "Establishment of the Museum of the History of the Kamaji Town, the Poet and Priest Antanas Strazdas", and organized a celebration to celebrate its project achievements to the public. Antanas Strazdas museums of St. In the Chapel of Casimir. Other projects implemented in this eldership - Roberto Brazio, Duokiškis village community, Rokiškis folk artists' association - are moving fast.
Robertas Brazys spoke about the progress of the work and about the new ideas being born in Brazil (pictured from the left, LAG volunteer Viltė Tunaitytė and LAG chairwoman Milda Ulevičienė). Photo by Raimonda Stankevičiūtė-Vilimienė.
On September 24th, the "Cultural Twists" awards of the Rokiškis region were presented. One of the awards, "Professional Support for Cultural Projects," was given to Sigita Gasiūnienė-Bracienė, a member of the VVG board and the chairperson of the Aukštakalniai village community (shown in the photo).
From September 6th to 8th, Obeliai celebrated its traditional "Obelinė" festival along with this year's sporting highlight – the Olympics. For the first time in history, the Rokiškis region can proudly boast Olympic bronze medals, earned by Lithuania's 3x3 Olympic basketball team. Out of the four players, two were from Rokiškis: Gintautas Matulis, originally from Rokiškis, and Šarūnas Vingelis from Obeliai.
To honor their victory, the resourceful and creative people of Obeliai built a model of the Eiffel Tower in their square, which will long serve as a reminder of this remarkable Olympics. Additionally, Šarūnas Vingelis was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Obeliai by the townspeople.
The Eiffel Tower of Obeliai, where Olympic basketball player Šarūnas Vingelis, a native of Obeliai, climbed up. Next to the tower, enjoying the spectacle, is the creator of the idea, Romas Kundelis, the founder of the "Small Towns Basketball League." Photo by Egidijus Vilimas.
On August 23rd, the rural community "Pakriauna" marked its 20th anniversary with the 10th traditional honey harvest festival. The entire cultural community of Obeliai contributed to the event with various activities—educational programs on honey, beeswax, herbs, and scents were presented, folk artists exhibited their works in the library, and local performers from Obeliai entertained on stage.
Over the 20 years of active work, the community has only had two leaders: Saulius Stanišauskas during the first decade, and Ala Nikitina during the second. All those who cherish and actively participate in community activities were remembered and honored.
The celebration was filled with children's enthusiasm as they illustrated their impressions of life in Pakriauniai village for the festival's exhibition and even prepared their own performance for the event. Obeliai's local government commissioned the local blacksmith, Vidas Turkevičius, to create and present a special "Pakriauna" marker to the community.
At the unveiling ceremony of the sign (from left) were Jūratė Šinkūnienė, the head of Obeliai eldership, and Ala Nikitina, the chairperson of the community.
On May 21st a traditional bicycle ride is being organized to celebrate the day of honoring the partisans, the army and th society day. This year's march will be dedicated to the history of the Lithuanian partisans who operated in the Šimonys forest.
Applications for the 2023 selection competition of examples of good projects of the Lithuanian rural development 2014-2020 program "Future village developers 2023" must be submitted by April 30th.
Only completed projects that have been implemented without violations, have not been subject to sanctions and have achieved all the monitoring indicators provided for in the project application can be submitted to the tender.
Executors of eligible projects who wish to participate in the Good Project Examples competition must complete the "Good Project Example Form"
On April 3rd-29th, events are held in Kamajai in memory of Antanas Strazdas "Ei, tu tu tu Strazdelis, tujei mandras paukštelis".
40,000 Euros are provided in the budget of the municipality of Rokiškis district for the participating budget: 20,000 Euros to implement district projects and 20,000 Euros for city projects. The purpose of financing community initiatives aimed at improving the living environment, project finansating idea is to increase the opportunities of citizens to be included in the formation of the municipal budget.
The applicant can be any resident who has declared their place of residence in the municipality of Rokiškis district, who is at least 16 years old, and who has collected 20 signatures of residents who have declared their place of residence in the district, supporting the idea.
Proposals for project ideas are being accepted until 2023 March 14th at the Rokiškis district municipality administration (Respublikos g. 94, Rokiškis) and electronically (e-mail: savivaldybe@rokiskis.lt).
The value of the project implementation is up to 20,000 Euros.
More information can be found here
