VILNIUS http://www.superstarshoesuk.com/adidas-superstar-ii-uk-white-superstar-2-0.html , Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Lithuania, alongside with many other catholic countries, celebrated the Feast of The Virgin Mary's Assumption on Friday, but with folk festival overtones.


Various festive events and ceremonies take place in Lithuanian towns and villages, such as famous ethnographic settlement Rumsiskes, sea resort Palanga and Pivasiunai village, which is widely known for its massive pilgrimages. A solemn feast of the Assumption is celebrated in most of Lithuanian churches.


Despite widespread belief that the feast is a solely church holiday, in Lithuania it also has deep folkloric origins and is more known by the name Zoline ("Grass feast").


The idea of Zoline is to celebrate the end of basic field works, express people's gratitude for the year's fruits and vegetables and saying farewell to the greens and flowers.


Blessing of herbs, flowers, crops and vegetables in the church is among the holiday's most characteristic customs in Lithuania.


"First of all, it is a church holiday. But it is also a subject of what was important for the peasants," Libertas Klimka, Lithuanian professor of ethnology, was quoted by local media.


"You can see (on that day) what the upcoming winter is going to be like, poor and miserable or substantial enough," he said.


In some regions of Lithuania, such as Southern district Dzukija, it has been called Kopustine ("Cabbage feast").


It is popular to visit relatives and friends during Zoline, therefore, traffic becomes more heavy in Lithuania on this day.


SANTIAGO, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Unated Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) warned Thursday that foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in the region have been dropping and are likely to contract by 5 percent this year.


In 2016, total FDI in Latin America and the Caribbean shrunk by 7.9 percent from 2015. It reached 167 billion U.S. dollars, with a sharp drop of 17 percent compared to 2011.


ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Barcena, highlighted the new trends of global FDI in a context of "strong technological and geopolitical transformations.", presenting ECLAC's annual report on FDI in Santiago, Chile.


Facing with this situation, Barcena called on governments to enact policies to attract investments as part of sustainable development.


She blamed the drop in FDI on low raw material prices and its impact on natural resource investments, coupled with slow growth in some countries, increasing technological sophistication and the expansion of the digital economy.


"In 2016, Latin America and the Caribbean received 10 percent of global FDI, a similar participation as in 2015," she said, adding that this was lower than the average 14 percent from 2011 to 2014.


"Despite this lower trend, FDI represents 3.6 percent of the region's GDP, when the global average is of 2.5 percent," added Barcena.


The executive secretary of ECLAC also pointed that outbound capital flows have surpassed FDI totals in several countries between 2010-2016.


Despite its recession, Brazil remained the main destination for FDI in 2016, accounting for 47 percent of the total, with a 5.7 percent rise to 78.92 billion dollars.


Mexico received 32.113 billion dollars in 2016, making the second-largest destination with 19 percent of the total. The country is still enjoying high levels of investment, while FDI dropped by 7.9 percent.


Colombia accounted for 8 percent of total FDI in 2016 with 13.59 billion dollars while Chile took up 7 percent with 12.225 billion dollars.


However, the ECLAC pointed to severe losses for the natural sector, which lost 18 percent of FDI revenue between 2010-2015, due to low raw material prices.


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