Educational Bread Festival "With Your Bread You Will Find a Bench Everywhere"Edukacinė duonos šventė „Su savo duona visur rasi suolą“

A traditional autumn harvest festival at Zyplių Manor (Zanavykai Museum) in Šakiai district celebrating bread and grain traditions. Lively educational programs let visitors see the entire bread-making process – from threshing grain, milling flour, to baking rye bread in a wood-fired oven. It highlights local customs (breaking and blessing bread, folk music, and ancient bread-related rituals) and draws communities from across the Sūruva region.

Esteemed since the early 2000s, this festival celebrates Lithuanian nomadic past and agrarian roots. Bread is treated as sacred, symbolizing life and hospitality. The event reinforces local identity and gratitude for the harvest, preserving rural crafts (weaving, folk games, singing) and educating younger generations about bread baking and agrarian heritage.