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, each team of pupils also presented a material about the folk or traditional costumes from their country, either in the form of a PowerPoint presentation or an oral presentation.
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=1fheydZb_mI9JH2P5C2XnOya_ra_I5etW or can be watched below in video format.
THE LATVIAN TEAM
THE ITALIAN TEAM
The pupils from Istituto Comprensivo “Giovanni Pierluigi” Palestrina from Palestrina (Italy) performed a colourful parade and presented the costumes of the characters of Commedia dell’arte, which was an early form of professional theatre, originating from Italy, popular in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.
THE ROMANIAN TEAM
The folk costume is a mark of ethnic identity, an expression of creativity and craftsmanship, as well as a testimony of historic evolution. Accompanying the human being from birth until death, the folk costume is a carrier of signs and symbols, and also a language of communication. In the PowerPoint presentation created by the members of the club “It’s us! – songs and dances” from Liceul Tehnologic “Mihai Eminescu” Dumbrăveni (Romania) you can discover details about the beautiful costumes from the ethnografic regions of Bukovina, Maramureș, Sibiu and Oltenia. The material was presented by the pupils Adelina Ștefan, Denisa Alexandra Ștefănucă and Amalia Beatrice Musteață (dressed in a full folk costume from the area of Bukovina), and you can read it by accessing the following link https://drive.google.com/open?id=1y9U29gN_ER5ybShfTSz28rRS66tTtlUi 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 watched below.