| Description : Sutartinés, polyphonic folk songs sung mainly in Upper
Lithuania ("Aukštaitija"), were declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2010 (as was the
polyphonic singing tradition Seto Leelo of the Estonian Setuceans in 2009). The coin shows in profile the heads of three
singing women whose long hair winds clockwise as spiral lines to the edge of the pill, complemented by symbols repeated
several times, such as in a stylised plant, the dome of the Lithuanian Song Festival or a Neolithic amber disc (similar to
the one depicted on the 2016 commemorative coin as a symbol of Baltic culture). On the right is the knight "Vytis" from the
coat of arms of Lithuania, surrounded by two oak leaves and three stylised trees, and on the left two birds flanking the
issue theme "SUTARTINÉS". At the top of the coin is the name of the issuing country "LIETUVA" (Lithuania) and the
initials "LP" of the coin designer Liudas Parulskis, the year of issue "2019" is on the right, and below it the
circular mint mark "LMK" of the Lithuanian mint Lietuvos monetų kalykla in Vilnius. |
