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WS family pennants on display in Nida, Lithuania.

The town is known for Nidden Kurenwimpel — German for "Curonian pennants" — ornate carved flags peculiar to local families resident on the Curonian Spit. The flags, replicas of which can be seen around Nida, feature animal and human figures as pictograms reminiscent of a pagan writing tradition. At the local cemetery, examples of krikštas (pl. krikštai), pagan burial markers in place of tombstones, can still be seen.Nida is the westernmost town in the Baltic States and borders the Russian exlave of Kaliningrad (formerly Konigsberg).
The town is known for Nidden Kurenwimpel — German for "Curonian pennants" — ornate carved flags peculiar to local families resident on the Curonian Spit. The flags, replicas of which can be seen around Nida, feature animal and human figures as pictograms reminiscent of a pagan writing tradition. At the local cemetery, examples of krikštas (pl. krikštai), pagan burial markers in place of tombstones, can still be seen.Nida is the westernmost town in the Baltic States and borders the Russian exlave of Kaliningrad (formerly Konigsberg).
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Credit:
Pol Ferguson-Thompson
Editorial #:
1022173014
Collection:
First Freedom
Date created:
August 01, 2018
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00:00:20:06
Location:
Nida, Lithuania
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QuickTime 8-bit H.264 HD 1920x1080 23.98p
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First Freedom
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flag.mov