Preserving the traditions of national communities in the new history of Lithuania - the case of the Romanian Cultural Community "Dacia"

Abstract

This article focuses on a dimension that’s typical to Lithuania, the city of Vilnius and other European capitals alike - the running of a national community centre in a multicultural state. The founding of national communities in Lithuania is associated with the ethnic revival and beginnings of democratic reworking. The article briefly overviews the locus of national communities in the reinstatement of Lithuania’s Independence as well as the progression of their movement over the past two decades. National communities have become especially active after Lithuania regained its Independence and became a competent member of the international community. The main focus of the article is to discuss the activities of the Romanian Cultural Community “Dacia”, which was established in 1989 and unites emigrants from the Republic of Moldova and Romania.