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Samogitian Alkas
The first site of the route, Samogitian alkas, is located just 4 km away from the Latvian border. If you drive from Palanga, go past a small old Protestant (Lutheran) church on your right and take the first left to the Samogitian alkas.
Samogitian alkas represents a replica of an old Samogitian sacred place with a paleoastronomic observatory. Ancient Lithuanians would gather at the alkas to pray and make offerings to the Gods. Currently pagan festivals take place here: the Festival of Goddess Milda (May 13), the Rasos Festival (June 22), and the Spring Equinox (March 22). The biggest pagan festival in Palanga is Jorė Day (April 23). Once celebrated as the beginning of pasture, the Jorė Day currently attracts both the members of the Pagan Society and tourists with its rites and ceremonies where offerings of amber dust are being made.
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