Lekėtai - signalinis ganymo instrumentas
Signal Instrument “Lekėtai” Used at Pasturage

Summary/Abstract: The variation of the XX century everyday life influenced changes in farming forms and village communal traditions. New farming methods, improved agricultural tools and implements have pushed traditional farm-ing forms and manners to oblivion. There were appropriate changes in signal instruments handling traditions: in their forms, material and functions. Besides, in the XIX century all other signal instruments for pasturage wooden bells and boards, hung on animal’s neck while pasturing cattle in forests or bushes were used. Rich data about wooden bells (Lith. “skrabalai”) were recorded in field expeditions and were researched a lot. There are also numerous exhibits of wooden bells in Lithuanian museums. In the northeast Lithuania not only wooden bells but also wooden boards were used. The object of this article is the folk signal instrument called “lekėtai”, which hasn’t been studied by Lithuanian ethnomusicologists yet.

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