Presentations about local and national cultural and tourist events promoting musical heritage from each partner country were also among the materials presented during the fourth short-term exchange of groups of pupils that was hosted by the partner school Rīgas 22. vidusskola from Rīga (Latvia) between the 17th and 21st of February 2020. The photos below, taken by the Latvian and Romanian teams, help to illustrate an activity that served as a reminder of the importance to know and valorise musical and folk heritage.
THE LATVIAN TEAM
You can read the presentation created by the team from Rīgas 22. vidusskola from Rīga (Latvia) by accessing this link https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GyfjuMcDks-jsoGSFBowtkwql9qyZkTU or watch it below in video format.
THE ROMANIAN TEAM
Music festivals play a crucial role in both the preservation and the promotion of folk and musical heritage. During these events, tangible and intangible heritage entangle, as they usually bring to the public’s attention not only the music and customs, but also the costumes, crafts and food associated with them. The members of the club “It’s us! – songs and dances” from Liceul Tehnologic “Mihai Eminescu” Dumbrăveni (Romania) created a PowerPoint presentation about five events promoting Romanian musical heritage, including details about “The Golden Stag” International Contest Festival, the “George Enescu” International Festival and Competition, the Intercultural Maramureș Tradition Festival “The Long Road to the Merry Cemetery”, the Maidens’ Fair from Mount Găina and the International Folk Festival “Zamfira’s Wedding”. The material was presented by the pupils Lorena Maria Zaiț, Claudia Rianna Maria Corduneanu and Louisa Florentina Anița, and you can read it by accessing the following link https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PSYOn9yLLbXmivxpDWe8W9aeEDVQsyPF (Please note that the presentation contains a video on slide 11 that can be watched when downloading the material.) or watch it below in video format.
THE PORTUGUESE TEAM
The presentation created by the members the club “It’s us! – songs and dances” from Agrupamento de Escolas de Samora Correia from Samora Correia (Portugal) can be read by accessing this link https://drive.google.com/open?id=136VrshlBg0JniPLUlmgdLIeDkSyjtxo9 or can be watched below in video format.
THE ITALIAN TEAM
You can read the presentation created by the pupils from Istituto Comprensivo “Giovanni Pierluigi” Palestrina from Palestrina (Italy) by accessing the following link https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HPS27YZsoWfYmWxt05qsfWRhM4xsCAEZ or you can watch it below in video format.
THE TURKISH TEAM
The presentation created by the club “It’s us! – songs and dances” from Şehit Ali Aksoy Ortaokulu from Akhisar (Turkey) can be read by accessing this link https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Oc6KRNYHw8Rzc2UTB-obV3-8AdV-JUyW or can be watched below in video format.