It all ends here

Shadow of EU

Fashists wrong barbarians

In rape it all ends

How to become Sarmatian

Photo by Adomas Svirskas

You don’t have to be a genius to see that there are some obvious differences between Sarmatians and westerners. In fact this is why I am bothering to write my blog. I am really passionate about those identities and differences between them. In this post we’ll try to point out the most obvious distinctions.

I think that the basic difference is mobility. We can see that the most of westerners like to live where they are born and don’t see a purpose to go to live abroad. On the other hands Sarmatians are always driven by this wild will to find something new and thus new territories also. And I think all the other essential facts of our identity could be based on this quality. For example Sarmatians are very hospitable and my guess is that it is determined by the fact that by traveling more they are in a grater need of hospitality from the others and thus when they have an opportunity they try to treat others as they would like to be treated themselves. More over Sarmatians are less social or rather less interested in social stuff than westerners. In my opinion this is also determined by the fact that they are traveling all the time and thus are lonely more frequently. This also provokes the fact that they think much more about abstract things, because it is the only thing to be thinking about while traveling alone…

But now let us ask ourselves, can we find an ultimate reason for those differences and more importantly for the basic difference concerning mobility. In fact I think we can. One of the greatest facts influencing this division between westerners and Sarmatians is the language. Slavic and Baltic languages are constructed with declinations while in the west in most of languages relations between words are determined by their order in the sentence. And the most recent research has shown that these two manners of languages influence different parts of our brain. In first case active is the part of the brain that is responsible for automatic activity. While in the second case it is the short-term memory that is triggered. You might ask why that is important. It is important because automatic actions are those like riding a bike or a horse and driving a car. So we could say that Sarmatians have more developed that part of the brain that helps to achieve a greater mobility and so I think that is why we are so different.

That’s that

C’est ca

Tai taigi

Nu vot

Strip No. 5 Biggest empire

Barbarian hordes are invading Europe

We say that art says alot more about his author then the object.

Barbarian as seen by 16th century intelectual

I have just learned while reading the book The Myth of Nations: The Medieval Origins of Europe by Patrick Geary that the most of Europeans especially Germans and French think that after the fall of Soviet Union their pure nations are being invaded by barbarians from west. More over, they see the situation as that in the end of 4th century in Rome when it fell after invasions of barbarians from the East. This argument is even being used by modern politicians today...

Sometimes is difficult to tell the difference...

Photo by Adomas Svirskas

First mustached man in history or Barbarian appearance

First depiction of mustached man (scythian barbarian 300 BC)

First, we will talk about barbarian appearance. Is that still visible today? Are there still same differences between barbarians and non-barbarians? As term barbarian was mostly used in antiquity we will begin there too. What were biggest shocks for a "civilized" roman when seeing barbarian? According to one ancient historian

"They indeed allow [their hair] to grow so thick that it scarce differs from a horse's mane. The nobility … wear moustaches, which hang down so as to cover their mouths, so that when they eat and drink, these brush their victuals [food] or dip into their liquids."

Isn't this still true today? Well according to my experience for example French still find bushy mustache rather strange. On the other hand they are more fashonable in Sarmatia then in western world. If you don't believe me please see videos of modern barbarian from Sarmatia Gogol Bordello.

Why barabrians?

I am going to explain you why I have started these series about barbarians. One day I was walking home with a professor from my university and he told me that I remind him of a Celtic barbarian warrior from roman sculptures. I asked him why and he responded that he sees it in everything I do. And also my face and big moustaches made a certain impression. So anyway that is why I thought that though 1500 years have passed but citizens of Gaul still find themselves as Romans and everybody to the east are still Barbarians. And really I think that being barbarian is a rather significant part of our identity...

Barbarian
Barbar
Barbaras
Barbare

Chances are, some of the nice girls playing volleyball next to the Eiffel tower are barbarians too... ;) They may be a part of a secret plot to take the tower down. Or maybe not - who knows.

But again, they ARE nice.

And may be wearing some armor too ;)

As the Romans used to say - panem et circenses! Bread and circuses!

Let 'em play. And watch.

Photos by Adomas Svirskas

Bloody Barbarians

Who are you? And who am I? And how do others find us? These are the crucial questions in one's life. So we are gonna talk about who really are Sarmatians and how do French find them. After my long-time experience with French among all the things that are uncertain in our international relationships I can assure you with one thing: according to French WE ARE BARBARIANS.

So I am going to start these new series of posts about Barbarian Identity. For starters I want to show you these short extracts from well known documentaries made by Monty Python actor Terry Jones. The purpose of those videos is to show you who really are barbarians and what do we really know about them. So I present you BARBARIANS

Shock No. 6 Use only 20 euro bills in France

So ok I am leaving Paris tomorrow (I hope). And I was in a kinda happy mood all day. So I went to a super market to buy some products. And so I was paying for those products and I gave this lady 200 euro bill. I had a chance to learn that French don't accept 500 euro bill. But to my surprise they don't accept 200 euro bill neither. This was also a kind of shock. I mean what is the point in printing bills if they aren't realizable.
Anyway I have googgled a bit about this matter and apparently all the shops have to accept those bills according to laws, but they don't have that necessary equipment though it is theirs' problem. Anyway my tip: use only 20 euro bills in France...

Common crossroads for Celts, Sarmatians and Indians

As I was planning to go home I thought I'll be having this nostalgic mood for Paris and start writing something positive about it for a change. Unfortunately I am still in the city and so no nostalgia yet... 
Feeling a bit like stuck in a crossroad cause I don't know if I am staying here for vacations or leaving tomorrow I thought I will talk about this rather complicated but really interesting stuff that I found out about crossroads.
As you know because of severe politics of education in Lithuania I had to leave and so I've started to study history at university La Sorbonne in Paris. As you also might know is that French are partly Celts. But what you most definitely don't know is that these Celts had one particular symbol. The symbol is called Triskele or Triskelion. What is really interesting is that this word still has a meaning in the oldest Sarmatian dialect - Lithuanian language. It means "three ways". First I thought that it was just a coincidence but than I realized that it is precisely what is shown on the symbol. These are three possible ways of your life. Finally it came to my mind that this symbol is still present in Baltic and Slavic stories. There is always a crossroad where a man has to make a decision between three ways: one destructive, one constructive and finally the magical one. "If you will choose the first way you will die, if you choose the second one you will find your love, by choosing the last one you will not be seen again" On the other hand it reminded me of three main Indian Castes: destroyers - warriors - Kshatriyas, creators - farmers - Vaishyas and magicians - scholars - Brahmins.Which all together form a harmonious society.
I guess this symbol, stories and social system talk about same thing - I think it means that we all have to choose our life's path. 
So all this made me think that it is really amazing how three cultures that we find so different and distant has the exactly same base and fundaments of their world-view. And I believe that even today this is still present - I think that among us there are still warriors, farmers and priests walking though it isn't so obvious as it was.
As for me I guess I am a warrior... soldat... soldat... karys

Stuck in Paris

Got stuck in Paris because of volcanic eruptions... I thought, what a month for journalists. It all began with bombings in Moscow, than death of polish president and finally volcanic ashes that paralyzed all Europe. I even read a title of an article that read "Funeral of Kaczynski will be postponed because of volcanic eruption"... I'm telling you - what a week for journalists - they have even succeeded to integrate two tragedies in to one title...
Sincerely yours,

Sarmatian that got stuck in Paris...

Shock No 5 French know nothing about other countries

I've just found out that French know nothing about other countries. Their ignorance concerning other western European countries is pretty high, but you just can't imagine the level of darkness concerning Sarmatian region. For example we all know what happend with polish president in Russia. Personally I don't understand why we should mourn for a presindent's death more than for that of an other citizen, but anyway that is not our subject. The thing I wanted to say is that though already one week has passsed, in France nobody knows anything about this tragedy yet. I guess their news channels are just talking about how Sarcozy went somewhere with Carla Bruni (his ex-model, singer girlfriend) etc.

Chiujish?
Kramtai?
Can you chew this?
Tu le mâche?

Strip No 4 Real Eastern Europe

Here's new strip about Real Eastern Europe.

Primesk

Prikin

Think about it

Pense en

Strip no 3 Russian language

My new strip that is called Russian language

Shock No 4; Strip No 2; Child abuse

My next shock was that French beat their children all the time. It is normal to be walking down the street and notice a dad punching his kid with a book to the head. In Lithuania it is completely diferent (at least in cities). I think that is caused by the fact that Lithuanians apreciate their children more because we have less of then than French. Anyway enjoy my next strip on this subject. It is called Child abuse. Feel free to share it on Facebook etc.

Zhostka

Baisu

Horrible

Horrible

First strip about life in Paris

I am starting my strip series about life in Paris. It is about a sarmatian and a french. When a french speaks in most cases h=r z=th. I hope you'll enjoy. It is called Renting a flat in Paris. Feel free to copy it and share on facebook etc.

Nu paka

Iki

See ya

Au revoir

Contemporary art exhibition of Lithuanian artists in Paris

I simply won't write anything about the contemporary art exhibition in Paris @GB Agency ("one of the most famous Paris art galleries")...

Sarmatian saying

We have a saying in Lithuania which is really well-know. I use it always while speaking with french. It sounds like this "Kame yra sviesos ten ir seselio esti". If you don't believe that it is well-known watch this.

Hey what's that smell: No3 dirty city

I've just talked to a friend who told me that she would love to live in Paris cause people here are more polite etc. And that made me think about a third shock that I experienced in Paris - Paris is a dirty and disgusting city for all Sarmatians.

We'll do this awkwardly this time. I'll start by french reaction towards sarmatian city.
Before coming to Paris I had this friend who is a professor in Paris. She came to Vilnius for few weeks and she was mostly shocked by our cleanliness. One evening she told me "Mais vous êtes fous, même les clochards jettent ses bouteilles aux poubelles" (but you're crazy - even vagabonds through their bottles in to recycle bins).
So when I came to Paris I was really shocked by messy french life stile. The only nation that I knew until that time with same habits were gypsies who lived near Vilnius airport. In this capital of Europe streets are full of the well known "merde" which was described in detail it the book "One year in MERDE" (vieneri metai mesle). When you come to metro station you can't find a place to sit down cause all seats are taken by sleeping vagabonds.
I thought once: the sarmatian region has a lower living quality because of difficult soviet period, but why is there less bums in Lithuania than in France, and than I had a cruel idea: it's much colder in Lithuania than in France so it's possible that most of lithuanian bums die during the winter...

Shock therapy goes on: No 2 Paris – a city that sleeps

What can I add? It just sleeps all the time. I always thought that large megapolis as Paris is awake 24/7, to my surprise Vilnius (my home town) gets his lullaby a lot latter. It is just strange that you can’t find an area that is lively during the night here. So if you are walking in a street of Paris later than two in the morning, you won’t find not only no tusovchiki (guys that are partying) but not even a bum.
I asked this guy from Paris why is it like this. He told me that Paris is an expensive city of pensioners. Than I thought that this can define all French culture in rapport to Sarmatia.
I started wondering why it is like that, and then it hit me: La France is ruled by old guys because they did not have any ruptures in their history, while in post soviet countries old guys were eliminated from all sectors of life because they were associated with old and crappie soviet times.

Shock No. 1 everybody here is russian

When I just came to Paris I had this neighbor lawyer. We will call her Taja. She was already pensioner, but still worked some times at her agency. She was very happy to learn that I am from "eastern Europe" and with that told me that she was russian. When I asked her to explain me a bit more how she came to live in Paris, it appeared that her father was a ukrainian nobleman from tsarist Russia. I asked her if that did not mean that she is ukrainian herself, but she told me that she does not see any difference.
So that was my firs shock in Paris: all sarmatians call themselfs russians here, because russian identity is really strong here in contrast to that of other sarmatians such as Ukrainians, Belarussians, Lithuanians etc.
Sometimes, when I am wearing my ushanka or la chapka in french, I start wandering if I am not becoming russian myself...