https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl Mia Rabin, Dorian Jones, Chloe Ogundoile, Talia Moghnieh en-us 2020-09-24 20:13:34 UTC 2024-08-02 06:02:20 UTC hello@padlet.com s1635856 https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777508143 The Fire Ritual, fire itself is sacred to all in this religion. On February 2nd they celebrate the day of Perkunas, on this day they make small wax candles, they call them "perkunine" which means candle of Perkunas, with thick linen thread covered in wax they wrap it around a piece of wood.]]> 2020-09-24 20:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777508143 s1630017 https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777509415 The symbol of Romuva is a stylized tree and it is known as the "axis mundi" . That translates to  the tree of life. The three tiers represent the three different worlds: The world of the dead (the past),  the world of the living (the present), and the world to come (the future).


]]> 2020-09-24 20:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777509415 s1659169 https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777514569 2020-09-24 20:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777514569 s1659169 https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777537520 2020-09-24 20:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777537520 s1659169 https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777547550 2020-09-24 20:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777547550 s1659169 https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777558193 2020-09-24 20:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777558193 s1659169 https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777575596 -Romuva was not allowed under during the 1940s because of Soviet occupation
 -Romuva started to be practiced again in 1967, but was suppressed again in 1973
 -Romuva passed through communities and individuals for generations because of Christian suppression of their faith
 -Today Romuva is still practiced in Lithuania
 Source:
https://romuva.lt/apie/romuva/?lang=en]]> 2020-09-24 20:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777575596 s1659169 https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777577175 -Romuva is a Lithuanian religion
-It is a Baltic religion
-Romuva became an official religion in the Baltic community in 1992
-the leader cleric is called the Krivis
 -Romuva people were oppressed by the Catholic church and during the Soviet period, and still face some oppression today
-Romuvans worship gods that are tied to forces in nature or events, and they rely on tradition
-the most important gods are Perkinas and Zeme, the gods of thunder and lightning
Sources:
https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/07/02/lithuanians-seek-identity-in-their-pagan-roots.html#:~:text=A pantheistic religion based on,Earth, as its top deities.
http://www.truelithuania.com/romuva-neo-paganism-in-lithuania-102
http://www.truelithuania.com/romuva-neo-paganism-in-lithuania-102


]]> 2020-09-24 20:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777577175 s1630017 https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777586959 Romuva received backlash from the Catholic Church, which was detrimental to Romuva as an institution. It was so detrimental because the Catholic Church had a large amount of influence. ]]> 2020-09-24 20:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777586959 s1659169 https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777590729 2020-09-24 21:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s1659169/l3i2mp2a5gfo41rl/wish/777590729