In Samogitia, the land of the insuperable, where wizards used to carry enchanted snakes in their bosom and where mammoths lived, where barefooted witches still hide in the oak forests, and Perkūnas, the god of thunder, rattles across the summer sky, live the proud-hearted people – Samogitians.
Here is where the mystic mythological world revive with its sustainable customs, and Catholic traditions are easily combined with encouragement of ancient paganism. The impassable bogs here still remember the enemies who were tricked here by Samogitians and finally killed, while the legends stilll exist about the Samogitians‘ character, their dashing courage when the spirit of freedom is much more important than life.
Lithuanian poet Sigitas Geda said that it is easier to get to know six Japanese men than one Samogitian…
This is our Samogitia. Come to SALA Plateliai Resort to see it.
