Česukai
Česukai is a village in Varėna district municipality, in Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 5 people.[1] The village is located 1 km south to Merkinė, between Nemunas and Merkys rivers, at Dzūkija National Park. Česukai is surrounded by a pine forest and it is only reachable by a forest road which branches from Vilnius-Hrodno highway. Česukai is famous by its bioenergetic pyramid build by a local resident Povilas Žėkas. It is on the site of where he had a mystical experience as a child of seven on 20 August 1990.[2] It attracts a broad range of people such as Laima Paksienė, wife of Rolandas Paksas, who goes there every two weeks sometimes with her whole family.[3] She participated in a campaign to save the pyramid from demolition when this was proposed by Lithuanian officials.[4] Many people visit this place believing that this pyramid has healing powers. References
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