[2] Celebrations of All Souls' Day traditionally include going to morning and evening mass.
After mass, the congregation goes on a procession that ends in the cemetery, where they offer prayers to the dead.
[2] In traditional Lithuanian culture, it was believed that ghosts gathered in graves, on top of crosses, and in trees in the cemeteries.
[1] Traditional ways of celebrating Ilgės included sitting by the graves of relatives and sharing food with anyone in need.
[2][1] Starting in the 20th century, people began to light candles and leave them on graves of loved ones to celebrate Vėlinės.