Happy mother's day

The origins of this feast are lost over the centuries and peoples, to go back to the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans, who at this time of celebrating the divinity related to fertility.
It is in May, in fact, that the awakening of nature becomes more evident and joyful, full of colors and fragrances, circulated by the first hot air.
The world and pastoral, whose life was deeply tied to the seasons and climate, could only greet with feasts and festivals the end of winter, and the next maturing crops, carefully prepared during the coldest months. In Italy, Mother's Day was celebrated for the first time in 1957 by Don Otello Migliosi in Assisi, in the small village of Tordibetto of which he was pastor. In the past in Italy Mother's Day fell regularly the May 8, until was decided to fix the second Sunday of May, adopting the American date.On the occasion of this anniversary the children bring flowers, sweets, gifts and small attention to their mothers.
We students of class I F and V B this year we held a very special surprise for our mother. Do you want to know what? Watch the video below.

Mother's day

The origins of this feast are lost over the centuries and peoples, to go back to the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans, who at this time of celebrating the divinity related to fertility.
It is in May, in fact, that the awakening of nature becomes more evident and joyful, full of colors and fragrances, circulated by the first hot air.
The world and pastoral, whose life was deeply tied to the seasons and climate, could only greet with feasts and festivals the end of winter, and the next maturing crops, carefully prepared during the coldest months. In Italy, Mother's Day was celebrated for the first time in 1957 by Don Otello Migliosi in Assisi, in the small village of Tordibetto of which he was pastor. In the past in Italy Mother's Day fell regularly the May 8, until was decided to fix the second Sunday of May, adopting the American date.On the occasion of this anniversary the children bring flowers, sweets, gifts and small attention to their mothers.
We students of class VB this year we held a very special surprise for our mother. Do you want to know what? Watch the video below.

MAY DAY IN GREECE

EASTER IN EL TOBOSO

MADE BY AINHOA

The living Way of the Cross at Rionero in Vulture

Happy Easter !

We have created colored eggs and baskets with chocolate eggs for Easter...

Cécile and french pupils.

Holy week in our country

Father's day

Holy week in Greece

Martisor

Mărţişor is a traditional celebration of the beginning of Spring, on the1 st of March It is a tradition in Romania and all territories inhabited by Romanias. Similar customs are found in Bulgaria ( Macedonia, Albania, Italy)

The name Mărţişor is the diminutive of the name for March (Martie, in Romanian), and thus literally means "little" or "dear March". It is also the folk name for this month.

Mărţişor, marţ and mărţiguş are all names for the red and white (or black and white, also blue and white) string, from which usually a small decoration is tied, and which is offered by people on the 1st day of March. Giving this Talisman to other people is an old custom, and it is believed that the one who wears the red and white string will be powerful and healthy for the year to come. It is also a symbol of the coming spring. Usually, women wear it pinned to their blouses for the first 12 days of this month, until other certain spring celebrations, or until the bloom of certain fruit-trees. In some regions, a gold or silver coin is hanged from the string, which they wear it around the neck. After wearing it for a certain period of time, they buy red wine and sweet cheese with the coin, according to the belief that their faces would remain beautiful and white as cheese, and rubicund as the red wine, for the entire year.

The Mărţişor is a talisman (amulet) made of knitted threads (wool, cotton, or silk). Nowadays, the most popular version of it is made of red and white threads, but in some regions it is still made of black and white, or even blue and white.(sursa Wikipedia)


Today , the school boys offered girls amulets.
Great joy on both sides. Each girl received many amulets 16 (number of boys in class). They wear martisoarele the entire month of March, then Martisor will be caught by the branches of a fruit tree. It is said that this tree will bring plenty of people in the house.
It is further said that if someone puts a wish while hanging Martisor tree, it will come true at once.
De 1 Martie on PhotoPeach

CARNIVAL

Carnival in El Toboso is celebrated on the 22nd ,23rd ,24th of January.

On the 22nd , Friday:

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It is a great party for children and families spend a lot of time making the costumes for this day.

There are different groups and they walk and dance along the streets fo the village.

Finally, there is a Prize for the best costume.

Carnival in our school

Carnival in Greece

By Thalia and her students

Carnival

Carnival in Scotland!

The pupls of Mid Calder Primary School, Scotland held a CARNIVAL theme to raise money for Haiti earthquale appeal.

The italian masks

Carnival

In our tradition the period from January 17 until the Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday (Shrove Tuesday) is dedicated to the Carnival. The spirit of this holiday is expressed by an old proverb "a carnevale ogni scherzo vale" (a carnival every joke is good), in fact every one forget everyday problems and, protected by the mask that makes it unrecognizable, is free to laugh and eat their fill. Carnival has origins in ancient Rome where there were several celebrations in honor of the gods, along the streets of the city and that included the use of masks. Towards the end of the sixteenth century, in Italy born the "Commedia dell'arte", which used the Italian masks, ie characters that reappear in every comedy with the same name, the same costume, the makeup or masks, the same language. These characters, like Harlequin, Pantalone, Colombina, Dr Balanzone, Pulcinella became famous throughout Europe. Disappeared over time from the scene of the theater, the masks have survived only in festivals and masked carnival. Today, the typical Italian ancient masks, such as Pulcinella, Arlecchino, Balanzone, etc.. are linked to caricatures of vices and defects of the inhabitants of various regions of Italy Each year many are the emergence of new and imaginative masks along with their ancestors and all together, like a long time ago, the same goal: to ensure happiness. Today the carnival is celebrated with events everywhere, masked parades, floats. The mask performs several functions: vegetative symbol of the forces of nature, animals or the dead, is to exorcise and mock the form of satire and hierarchical authority figures. Typical are the manifestations of mere tourist attractions, like the carnival of Viareggio, where "wagons" playing in caricature form, the events during the year. Often, the carnival ends with the trial, sentencing and execution at the stake of a doll that embodies Carnival, which are assigned all the blame.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM EL TOBOSO, SPAIN

Greek wishes (7th Pr. School of Ag, Anargyri)

Greek Christmas and New Year Wishes