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page 1Christianity in Lithuania
Lithuanian cross crafting
Lithuanian folk art tradition
Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper
Traditional meal in some European cultures
dievdirbys
Dievdirbys ("God worker/craftsman", plural: ) is a Lithuanian wood carver who crafts Catholic statues of Jesus and the Christian saints. In the 18th-20th centuries, self-taught poor peasants mostly did it. The art is closely related to Lithuanian cross crafting, listed among Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.