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Gaudeamus

Lithuania

Gaudeamus is a song and dance festival attended by students from the Baltic states. The first festival took place in July 1956 in Tartu, with 2,500 students participating.

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Gaudeamus is a song and dance festival attended by students from the Baltic states.

01 · What it is
Music

Vocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.

02 · Where & name
Lithuania

Placed on record in Lithuania.

03 · How it is doing
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Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.

04 · Proof & reuse
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Festivals1956 in Tartu 1958 in Riga 1967 in Tartu 1968 in Vilnius 1971 in Riga 1974 in Tartu 1984 in Tallinn 1988 in Vilnius 1995 in Tartu 1999 in Vilnius 2004 in Tartu 2006 in Vilnius 2011 in Daugavplis 2014 in Daugavpils 2018…
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What is Gaudeamus in plain words?

Gaudeamus is a song and dance festival attended by students from the Baltic states.

Where is Gaudeamus practised or documented?

Sources on this page place Gaudeamus in Lithuania.

What is the current condition of Gaudeamus today?

□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.

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Gaudeamus is a song and dance festival attended by students from the Baltic states. The first festival took place in July 1956 in Tartu, with 2,500 students participating. 1

Festivals

1956 in Tartu 1958 in Riga 1967 in Tartu 1968 in Vilnius 1971 in Riga 1974 in Tartu 1984 in Tallinn 1988 in Vilnius 1995 in Tartu 1999 in Vilnius 2004 in Tartu 2006 in Vilnius 2011 in Daugavplis 2014 in Daugavpils 2018 in Tartu 2022 in Vilnius 2026 in Riga 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Gaudeamus (festival)”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

Gaudeamus is student festival held in Baltic states, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2

The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2

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