Feast songs - a unique song, which is the main theme of hospitality, treating or vaišinimosi apdainavimas. A separate functional-thematic group consists of songs made for a food and beverage, wine and dine suggested, asked to leave a long overstayers guests. This is a relatively isolated Lithuanian folk song genre, because it includes songs accompanied by finishing the work was sung in the calendar of family events (weddings, baptisms), or the neighbors accused. Feast lyrics are rather different in nature. Songs about hops and brewing (operative texts) or drink a beer and historical sources to capture a close relationship with their rites would consider that we are dealing with archaic worldview reflections. Beer has long been used only for holidays or critical events, - the songs mentioned in the main fruit drink, expressive, and they sing songs, usually by highlighting the strength and beauty, representing the overall beauty of hospitality. In other songs, courtesy drinks the wine, mead (alutis midutis) apdainavimui match beer and vodka on the whole rarely responds favorably. The latter is due to later times, when the meaning of the ritual texts receded into oblivion, when the songs started sounding treats not only the maturity of the family or neighbors, but also the inn.
Feast Song "Uneven table:
The rough table,
Stiklalis not come. / 2 x 2 /
Lygysim table,
Paleisim stiklalį. / 2 x 2 /Drank seven,
Da drink nine. / 2 x 2 /
Even my galvelėj
Da nothing. / 2 x 2 /






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