The Lithuanians: Meet Kostas Bieliunas and hear the song "Klumpekojis"

Song Klumpekojis

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Meet one of THE LITHUANIANS - Kostas Bieliunas, Welland, Ontario, CANADA

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Kostas came to Canada after World War II at about the age of 7. His father ran a farm located near Niagara Falls, Welland Port Colborne and St. Catharines. This was the gathering place for Lithuanians for decades. Scouts, picnics, celebrations of all kinds, even had Cardinal McWiggen came to the farm. He danced with the Hamilton Gyvataras folk dance group for nearly 10 years and met a lot of fellow Lithuanians.

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Klumpekojis - Wooden shoe - could have been a folk dance that Kostas danced too.

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