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CARNIVAL IN GREECE – English School Paper, February 2011 Issue

CARNIVAL IN GREECE

Since the beginning of this school year the learners in the Primary School of Pteleos exchange presentations of national customs and traditions with other European Primary Schools. Here is what our 5th graders wrote about the Carnival celebrations in Greece.

CARNIVAL CUSTOMS AROUND GREECE
by Kosmas Gourgiotis

Naoussa. In Naoussa, every year people celebrate the custom of “Yenitsari” and “Boules” which has its roots since when Greece was under Turkish occupation. Yenitsaroi are men dressed in traditional Greek costumes and Boules are also men dressed-up as women. They all wear masks.

Halkidona. In New Halkidona, in Thessaloniki, Greece, people celebrate the Carnival playing yogurt fights. They throw yogurt at each other!

Skiros. In Skiros, people celebrate the custom of “the old man of Korela”. They wear the traditional costume of the sheppard and they hang big bells around their waist.

Naxos. In Naxos, men wear traditional Greek costumes and go around the neighborhoods and sing.

Galaxidi. People in Galaxidi have a strange, but funny carnival custom. On Clean Monday they throw flour and ashes at each other, so they turn white and in a minute they’re all covered in black! It is a very funny tradition and many people visit Galaxidi to participate in this traditional game!

Patra. Patra is one of the famous destinations during the carnival. People in Patras participate in a long carnival parade, dressed up in different costumes. There is also a treasure hunt game!

Clean Monday
by George Papargiris

Clean Monday is a big celebration in Greece. People eat seafood and vegetables. This day in the morning the people go in the countryside or the mountain and they fly a kite. They have a picnic there. Clean Monday is a very good and enjoyable celebration. Children usually have lots of fun!

Clean Monday
by Danae Xiromeriti

Clean Monday is the opening day of the fasting for the Greek Orthodox Church and it means the end of the Carnival. It was named like this because the early Christians used to clean their body and soul on that special day, preparing themselves for the Easter holidays. Fasting lasts 40 days, the same as the days Jesus spent in the desert. On Clean Monday it is common that we eat ‘lagana’, which is a flat loaf of bread, and beans soup without oil. Traditionally, it is the last day of the year we can dress up for the carnival and we go out and fly kites. Clean Monday is celebrated 48 days before Easter. For more information, you can visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Monday

GAΪTANAKI
by Valentina Velikova

Gaitanaki is a traditional Greek dance that we dance during the carnival. It is a colourful and funny dance!

We need 13 people for this dance! One person is holding a wooden pole with 12 ribbons hanging from its top. The ribbons have different colours and every person is holding a ribbon.

When the music begins, the dancers move towards the pole, go under the other dancer’s ribbon, move far from the pole and then towards the pole again! A colourful braid is created on the pole when the dance finishes.

This dance is a symbol of the circle of life. We move from happiness to sadness, from winter to spring, from life to death and the opposite!

A CARNIVAL GAME
by Danae Xiromeriti, Helen Kaltsouni and Helen Alamanioti

During the carnival Greek people organize many games for children to play. Sometimes they win and sometimes they lose! Sometimes they dress up, and sometimes they don’t!

Valmas was a game that was played in the village of Penia. There were two teams and each one was tied on each side of the rope. The winner was the team that dragged the other team towards its side. It was a special game because after the game they had funny dialogues, like a play.

CARNIVAL IN PTELEOS

Carnival in Pteleos, Greece

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People celebrate the carnival all around Greece. In our village, the carnival celebrations take place on the last Sunday of the carnival period, just before Clean Monday. This year, we celebrated the carnival in the central square of our village on March 6th.

The celebration this year was great! The local choir sang beautiful traditional songs. Our school participated in the celebrations, too! Our PE teacher, Mrs. Despina Founta, taught us the traditional dances. We danced the traditional ‘Gaitanaki’ and the ‘Pepper’ song, which was a lot of fun. We also danced some other Greek traditional songs.

A great party followed our presentation of the dances and in the end we burnt the king of the carnival in a big fire that people lit in the central square.

Exchanging Christmas traditions and Customs with European Primary Schools

Since the beginning of this school year, the learners of the Primary School of Pteleos have been exchanging national traditions and customs with learners that come from other European countries. Our first exchange involved learners in preparing presentations of our Christmas customs.

Greek Christmas Customs and Traditions

-ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΙΑΤΙΚΑ ΕΘΙΜΑ-

ΑΝΤΑΛΛΑΓΗ ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΙΑΚΩΝ ΧΟΡΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΘΙΜΩΝ ΜΕ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΑ ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΑ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΑ

ΑΝΤΑΛΛΑΓΗ ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΙΑΚΩΝ ΧΟΡΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΘΙΜΩΝ ΜΕ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΑ ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΑ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΑ

ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ ΠΤΕΛΕΟΥ

Από την αρχή της φετινής σχολικής χρονιάς, το Δημοτικό Σχολείο Πτελεού προχώρησε στην ηλεκτρονική αδελφοποίηση με άλλα σχολεία της Ευρώπης μέσω του Ευρωπαϊκού προγράμματος eTwinning, υποβάλλοντας ένα project με την ονομασία “Dancing our Way Through Tradition”. Η εργασία αυτή προωθεί την ανταλλαγή βίντεο μεταξύ των συνεργαζόμενων σχολείων, τα οποία προβάλλουν τους μαθητές να χορεύουν παραδοσιακούς χορούς της χώρας τους, αλλά και την ανταλλαγή παρουσιάσεων / περιγραφών εθνικών παραδόσεων και εθίμων.

Οι πρωταρχικοί στόχοι του συγκεκριμένου project είναι να εξοικειωθούν οι μαθητές με τις παραδόσεις και τα έθιμα άλλων χωρών, να αισθανθούν ως πολίτες του κόσμου, να συνειδητοποιήσουν την ευρεία χρήση της αγγλικής γλώσσας παγκοσμίως, αλλά και να μάθουν παραδοσιακούς χορούς έχοντας μεγαλύτερο κίνητρο και επιθυμία!  Οι δευτερεύοντες στόχοι του προγράμματος περιλαμβάνουν την βελτίωση της παραγωγής γραπτού λόγου στα αγγλικά, την προώθηση της συνεργατικής μάθησης και την εξοικείωση με την τεχνολογία και λογισμικά επεξεργαστών κειμένου και δημιουργίας παρουσιάσεων. Με την ολοκλήρωση αυτού του προγράμματος, φιλοδοξούμε να εξοικειώσουμε τους μαθητές με τη διαφορετικότητα, προωθώντας την ανεκτικότητα και το σεβασμό απέναντι σε διαφορετικούς τρόπους ζωής.

Με την έγκριση αυτού του προγράμματος, τα ενδιαφερόμενα, και συνεργαζόμενα πια σχολεία, είναι τα ακόλουθα: eLearning Centre, Floriana, Μάλτα, Karacaoğlan İ.Ö.O / Primary School, Adana, Τουρκία, Scoala gen. nr. 2 Codlea, Codlea, Ρουμανία, St. Clare College, San Gwann Primary A, San Gwann, Μάλτα, TEVFİK YARAMANOĞLU İLKÖĞRETİM OKULU, MERKEZ, Τουρκία, Samanyolu Ilköğretim Okulu , Ankara, Τουρκία και το 6/θέσιο Δημοτικό Σχολείο Πολιτικών, Πολιτικά Δήμος Μεσσαπίων Εύβοια, Ελλάδα.

Η πρώτη ανταλλαγή βίντεο και εθίμων πραγματοποιήθηκε πριν το κλείσιμο των διακοπών των Χριστουγέννων και οι μαθητές του Δημοτικού Σχολείου Πτελεού περιέγραψαν τα Ελληνικά έθιμα των Χριστουγέννων και της Πρωτοχρονιάς στα ελληνικά και τα αγγλικά, ενώ έστειλαν βίντεο με τους ίδιους να τραγουδούν τα κάλαντα και άλλα χριστουγεννιάτικα τραγούδια! Οι τάξεις που συμμετέχουν είναι η Δ’, Ε’ και ΣΤ’ και οι εκπαιδευτικοί του Δημοτικού Σχολείου Πτελεού που συντόνισαν την πρώτη ανταλλαγή είναι οι: Δέσποινα Φούντα (Καθηγήτρια Φυσικής Αγωγής), Μαρία Σουλτάνη (Καθηγήτρια Μουσικής) και Παρασκευή Χαμηλού (Καθηγήτρια Αγγλικών).

Exchange of Traditional Dances and National Customs Among European Primary Schools

Primary School of Pteleos

Upon the beginning of the current school year, the Primary School of Pteleos, Greece, participates in the European programme ‘eTwinning’ which promotes the collaboration of European schools with common pedagogical and educational objectives. The project we submitted this year bears the title “Dancing our Way Through Tradition” and it involves learners in the exchange of national customs and traditions among participating European Primary Schools. The vehicle for each exchange will be a video-recorded traditional dance of each partner, accompanied with the presentation of a selected custom or tradition.

The primary objectives of this endeavour are:  a) to raise awareness of learners’ own and others’ customs and tradition, b) to develop global understanding, c) to realize the emergence of English as an international language, and d) to motivate leasrners to learn national traditional dances. The secondary objectives are: a) to develop learners’ writing skills in English, b) to promote collaborative learning, c) to introduce the use of technology in learning (video, email, search engine, word processor, PowerPoint presentation, etc). “Dancing Our Way Through Tradition” aspires primarily to develop the learners’ awareness of the traditions of other countries. This way, they may become more tolerant with different cultures and more sensitive to different lifestyles, and generally more respectful of the diversity of cultures.

Once submitted, the programme has been approved by the National Committee and the Primary Schools involved are the following: eLearning Centre, Floriana, Malta, Karacaoğlan İ.Ö.O / Primary School, Adana, Turkey, Scoala gen. nr. 2 Codlea, Codlea, Romania, St. Clare College, San Gwann Primary A, San Gwann, Malta, TEVFİK YARAMANOĞLU İLKÖĞRETİM OKULU, MERKEZ, Turkey, Samanyolu Ilköğretim Okulu , Ankara, Turkey and the Primary School of Politika, Evia, Greece.

The first exchange among the participating schools has been accomplished prior to the closing of schools for the Christmas Holidays and it involved the learners of the Primary School of Pteleos in the creation of a video with Greek Christmas carols and songs and a presentation of the Greek Christmas and New Year’s customs. The learners taking part in this project are those of the 4th, 5th and 6th grade and the teachers who coordinated and collaborated for this first exchange are the following: Despina Founda (Physical Education Teacher), Maria Soultani (Music Teacher) and Paraskevi Hamilou (English Teacher).