EBU Lithuania hen race

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• published: 11 Sep 2017
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Pilną laidos vaizdo įrašą rasite apsilankę lrt.lt portale: http://www.lrt.lt/mediateka LRT © 2017 [‘Shtish’ is a winning a word for a fastest hen at the weird race which made Pabaiskas village famous in Lithuania.] ‘I am still waiting for a start’, a small boy said to LRT and showed his white hen as he waited for a hen race to begin in Pabaiskas on Saturday. Hens had to conquer a 25 meters race track and a ‘shtish’ is a magic word to keep them running. ‘I support Lithuanian ones, because I can see how difficult it is for them to run, imported ones are better on this. So I support Lithuanian ones’, said a woman who was among those attending the annual event. It all started as an unusual way to commemorate the battle that gave birth to the Pabaiskas village. In 1435 two leaders of Grand Duchy of Lithuania battled each other in the internal battle and Pabaiskas in Ukmerge district was named after it. 16 hens have reached a final in 2017 with a winning one living just here in Pabaiskas. She was rented to a team that came from Kupiskis and managed to finish the track in 15 seconds. But the real stars were women basketball team Vilkmerge that tried the luck in hen race and achieved some victories. ‘We are just preparing for a new season’, said Rima Boskeviciene who chairs Vilkmerge basketball team. Various shots of hen race, a winner woman says `super` as she is approached by reporter More of a rac Sound bite (Lithuanian), vox pop, a boy: (Reporter asks if a boy expects first place) No. I don’t know. It will be good anyway. (makes a pause) I am still waiting for a start. (Reporter asks if he raised a hen himself) No. (shows a hen) Boy races his hen Sound bite (Lithuanian), vox pop, woman: You can dig potatoes at any day, but a hen race is only once a year, you cannot miss that. Sound bite (Lithuanian), vox pop: I support Lithuanian ones, because I can see how difficult it is for them to run, imported ones are better on this. So I support Lithuanian ones. Women basketball team competes Sound bite (Lithuanian), RIMA BOSKEVICIENE, chairwoman of Lithuanian women basketball team Ukmerge Vilkmerge: We are just preparing for a new season and women basketball team can participate in various events. We want to be seen. Shots of some cocks Sound bite (Lithuanian), LINA BAUBLIENE, Director of Ukmerge tourism center: When people come for hen race they get to know about Pabaiskas village and the famous battle. This was how we popularized the historical fact. A sign commemorating Pabaiskas battle