LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Aglona; Agluona; Kontaktai; Pamaldumo praktika; Piligrimai; Piligrimystė; Religija; Religinės praktikos; Vilnius; Šventos vietos; Aglona; Contacts; Devotional practices; Pilgrimag; Pilgrimage; Religion; Sacred places; Vilnius.
ENAll three Baltic States are Christian, but only Lithuania and Latvia have their own Catholic culture. Their ethnic religious heritage consists of sacral objects and folk devotion practices. There are many unique sacral sites that are visited by pilgrims from all over the world, such as the Hill of Crosses near Siauliai in Lithuania or Aglona shrine in Latvia. The long-standing personal practice has led to one of these phenomena becoming a research object - the religious pilgrimage of ethnomusic objects of Aglona and Vilnius region. The aim of the research is to reveal the relation of ethnomusic religious pilgrimage of objects of Aglona and Vilnius region. The tasks of the research are the following: firstly, to briefly present the aspects of the historic origins of religious pilgrimage in Aglona and Vilnius region, and, secondly, to investigate the reasons for the relations between religious pilgrimage objects and ethnomusic devotional practices in Aglona and in Vilnius region.The results of the research conducted allow for drawing the following conclusions: firstly, the historical origins of visiting sacral sites in Aglona and Vilnius region are identical, i.e. visiting of the painting Madonna with Child (both the copy and the original), completing little calvaries or 14-station Way of the Cross, visiting of the springs that have healing and grace giving features, the celebration of Triduum of Pentecost and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; secondly, the origins of these relations lie in the culture of Dominican friars. The conclusions validate the hypothesis and the proposition that the religious pilgrimage objects in Aglona and Vilnius region (in Trakai) indicate the relations of devotional practices and present the dialogue of international religious pilgrimage and tourism. This research could help to reveal and present religious pilgrimage objects, encourage similar international and cross-border research of ethnomusic devotional practices. [From the publication]