Chicken Dance
A popular dance for Estonian children. It is loved, known and engaging for any age.
Activities.
Traditional games
UKA-UKA I AM FREE! (UKA- UKA MINA PRII!) Step 1- choose a playground and agree the borders. The players can`t cross the borders. Step 2- choose who is Uka. Step 3 -Uka player must close his/her eyes and count to 100. The others have to hide. After counting Uka starts to look for his/her friends. … Read moreTraditional games
Estonian food
The Ministry of Rural Affairs and Estonian Chefs Association started a project CHEFS AT SCHOOLS. 43 chefs visit schools all over Estonia in September and October, prepare food with children and teach the basics of cooking. Our students cooked with Lauri Tomingas, the chef of Tallinn Hilton restaurant. They prepared chicken meatball soup, karask, pork … Read moreEstonian food
KLEFTIKO
Ingredients 1-1.2 kg/ 35 oz. leg of lamb, boneless (approx. 2kg/ 70 oz. bone in) 2 small red onions 2-3 bell peppers (green, red, orange) 4 cloves of garlic (2 sliced and 2 whole) 2 tbsps mustard juice of half a lemon 1 tbsp dried oregano 1/2 a cup olive oil 1/2 a cup dry white wine 200g … Read moreKLEFTIKO
We all have the same roots
The students who participate in the new European Erasmus+ program materialized by the 1st EPA.L. of Karditsa titled: «Our Intangible Heritage, a Value for the Future» decided to decorate its premises laboratory center with a drawing inspired by the title of the program, showing their artistic disposition and view on the subject. Along with this … Read moreWe all have the same roots
Oral transmission activity at Pobra
The activity P4-Oral Transmission of the Erasmus+ project OURINHE has result a very complete and enhanced one, from the point of view both academically and motivational. It gave us opportunities for knowing new people related with this subject, to talk with neighbours and remember several stories, … For our teachers and students was kind of … Read moreOral transmission activity at Pobra
St Michael’s Day in Tamsalu Gymnasium
We celebrate Michaelmas on 29 September. It is the day chores outside were finished and people started working indoors. In the past, it was the day when the herding season ended and the shepherd was able to go to school. That day was like a holiday for shepherds. The proverb “every buck has its Michaelmas” … Read moreSt Michael’s Day in Tamsalu Gymnasium
Products of the project: 2 magazines
As a result of two activities of this project at the end of the first year, we got a lot of stories, poems and pictures related with the activity P4 Folklore and oral transmission traditions and P15+ Nicknames. We shared this material in the best way, making exhibitions into the school and outside. The reactions … Read moreProducts of the project: 2 magazines
The Holy Ghost Festivities in the Azores
It is said that this devotion came from the Portuguese mainland which in turn acquired it from Germany. In Portugal it was introduced in the 13th century by Queen Isabel and King D. Dinis. In a special ceremony the King and Queen would coronate the poor and would complete the ceremonies with a big feast … Read moreThe Holy Ghost Festivities in the Azores
A tour trough mythological places.
One of the last activities of this first year of the project “OUR INTANGIBLE HERITAGE, A VALUE FOR FUTURE” was a guided tour trough some of the mythological places in which the students were working on, mainly related with P5 and “P4-oral transmission” activities. Our first step was the higher point of Curota mountain, from … Read moreA tour trough mythological places.