Festival fun in Vilnius

Saturday 25th February in Vilnius was a special day that supposedly marked the end of winter. (Yeah, right!! It's still bloody freezing here!!! A proper -10 average bbbrrrrrr!!) Anyway, this is a traditional pagan festival where people gather in traditional folk costumes. It also involves the burning of a symbol on Tauras hill in Vilnius. I was asked to wear some wooden folk-art mask and to participate in some drum banging in the city. My wooden folk-art mask managed to attract a fair amount of media attention as the press and tourists flocked to take pictures of me.
I also checked out a local dive in the middle of a Soviet tower block complex. We were probably the first ever foreigners to enter the place. Although this place was cheap at 30p a pint, it was pretty scary as it was like something out of the wild west. Could only manage half a pint before being intimidated and decided to move on elsewhere.