Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2017 Newsletter------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
and values because it is speeking about who we are, which are our roots.
Folklore can produce a strong sentiment towards culture and unity. What is more interesting and unique is, this sentiment is devoid of disadvantages and criticality of patriotism and competitive nationalism. The reason is: Folklore is about common human values and they signify universal characteristics of humanity.
The project main objective was to promote the folk song, dance, traditions, the beauty of folk art of the European countries. Also, the students were able to:- acquire feelings of love and respect for the traditions, customs and folklore- promote strengthen collaboration between school, family, community to guide and appreciation of traditional values.- learning folk songs and dances and a popular national folk dance of partner countries- participation in folklore festival on line, or live- familiarization with traditional crafts.
Through this project we intend to value the traditions and customs of our people in the current socio-cultural influence of the media when promoting youth loans from different cultures. Our traditions inherited from ancestors, we want to be taken and sent to the following generations, to plant in the hearts of children and genuine love for beauty, harmony, grace, rhythm.
We want to teach students to appreciate the beauty of folk, dance and folk songs, traditional crafts. Therefore we considered it appropriate to outline education project values, national traditions and customs, which grow from infancy sense of belonging, love and love for roots and national values. The novelty of this project was the organization of an international festival " EuroFolklore ", in which the artistic groups from all the partner schools participate. At first, I wanted to invite them to Bucharest, but the lack of funds for such participation is always a big obstacle even if the desire and enthusiasm exists. The only possibility to participate directly at the festival was the on-line transmission of the artistic performances of pupils from the partner countries. partner schools from Malta, Turkey, Poland, Estonia, Ukraine, Albania. Modern gym host school became too small for the participants( children, teachers, parents).
The festival- contest had a program in which the times of live participation with the ones online were alternated. On-line broadcast was made through an event created on eTwinning Live. The preparation for the festival was preceded by several on-line meetings with the involved partners, organized as online events on eTwinning Live or through the Google Docs where everyone enrolled with the participating artistic groups. Closer collaboration with partners was also done through the Closed Facebook Group.
The online participation of artistic groups had a success among those in the gym. The audience had the opportunity to know the specifics of folklore in each participating country, the dances, songs and folk costumes. The online broadcast of the festival allowed the partners to see the performances of the Romanian pupils, the joy they presented in front of the camera, the beauty of the Romanian folk port, the diversity of folk dances and songs.
On May 6, 2017, at the School“ Sfintii Voievozi” of Bucharest, this Festival took place, bringing together over 300 children aged between 5 and 18 years from Romania( Arges, Braila, Calarasi, Dambovita, Teleorman, Ialomita, Ilfov, Giurgiu, Prahova and Bucharest) and over 100 pupils from
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