Fair Folk Podcast

In Part Two of Children of the Sun episode, I travel to the forests of Dzūkija region with ethnomusicologist Eglė Česnakavičiūtė to meet the elder and traditional singer Elena Česnulytė, and talk folksong politics. I finally wind up at Šatrijos Ugnis, a perpetual flame tended at a hill in a national park in Samogitia, where I decide maybe paganism is not about belonging after all, but rather, more powerfully, about connection. Music Intro theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods 00:45 “LIV Kompozicija” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė 3:35 Elena Česnulytė, Žiūrai village, Dzūkija 5:17 “Lyliumoj” by Elena Česnulytė, Žiūrai village, Dzūkija 7:40 “Aš Kelaliu Keliavau” by Žiūrų kaimo folkloro ansamblis / Žurai village folklore ensemble (Dzūkija) 17:00 “Aš Pasėjau Balandėlį” by Obelija 19:55 “Ant Tėvulio Dzidzio Dvaro / In the Father’s Great Manor” by Obelija 22:55 Eglė Česnakavičiūtė 25:45 “LIV Kompozicija” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė 38:30 “III Kompozicija” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė 40:45 “Rimo Rimo, Tūto” by Birutė Račkaitienė, V