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Å luota
''Šluota'' (literally "broom") was a Lithuanian satire and humour magazine which was published, with hiatuses, from 1934 to 2004. Until 1990, it was published by the Communist Party of Lithuania and contained mainly Communist propaganda. It was the only humour magazine in the Lithuanian SSR and it was popular and well received. According to research of Neringa Klumbytė, artists and writers attempted to subvert the Communist ideology using the Aesopian language in the 1970s and 1980s. History In 1934–1936, ''Šluota'' was published by the Lithuanian Communist Party. Since the party was outlawed in the interwar Lithuania, the publication was also illegal and appeared irregularly. The magazine was initiated by a group of students at the Kaunas Art School who maintained contacts with the Lithuanian Red Aid. The first issue had 16 pages and measured . A total of seven issues appeared during this period. In 1940–1941, during the Soviet occupation of Lithuania (1940), first Sovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kindziulis
Kindziulis is a fictional character from Lithuanian joke cycle commonly known as "Here came Kindzulis" (). The punch lines of the jokes of this cycle start with the standard phrase "Here comes Kinzsiulis and says:..." The Kindziulis character was created by theatre director and these jokes, written by collective efforts, were regularly printed in the Lithuanian satirical magazine ''Å luota''.''The Storytelling Human. Lithuanian Folk Tradition Today'', 2021,p.249/ref> During the Communist times many of them were an element of Communist propaganda: :A tourist asks, why the Bundestag building is round? :Here comes Kindziulis and says: Where have you seen a circus of a different shape? Kindziulis jokes have become less popular in post-Soviet times. Sample jokes from the Union of Lithuanian Journalists website: :Two citizens are talking: As the building materials became more expensive, it is simply impossible to build a house or an apartment! :Here comes Kindziulis and advises: Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |