WEATHER
Spring: http://www.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=175271&title=Spring
Winter: http://www.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.php?video_id=175270&title=Winter
CLONDIRU
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Traditional costumes
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Our country is divided in five main areas: Moldavia (north east), Dobrogea (East), Wallachia(South), Transylvania (Center), Banat (west). Each area has it’s own traditional costume.
Men wear a fur cap or a hat (tall or flat).
They have a long shirt till their knee (especially in the south) worn over the trousers.
The trousers are called “itari”. They are tight and are made of linen or hemp (in the summer) and wool (in winter).
Women wear a scarf “marama” on their head made of silk.
The shirt “ia” is the most important part of a woman’s costume. They are around the neck and have long sleeves. They are decorated using a needle and colored strings. From the waist down women wear “fota” which is a rectangular piece of clothing worn like a skirt (Wallachia, Moldavia and Oltenia), “catrinta” two pieces of rectangular cloth worn in the front and back like an apron (Transylvania) or “opreg” just one piece of cloth in the front like an apron (Banat).
Women clothes were decorated around the neck, on the sleeves or on the bottom of their skirts using geometrical shapes or flowers, leaves.
In winter both men and women wear “cojoace” with or without sleeves. They are heavy coats made of sheep fur. They wear “opinci” - special shoes made of animal skin and woolen socks.
Traditional costumes are made only of natural fibres like wool, linen, hemp, cotton or silk.
The main color is white, wearing white is an old tradition kept from our ancestors.
1st of March
The legend of Martisor
There are two legends explaining this tradition of Martisor.
1.
Long time ago, there was time when the Sun looked like a very handsome man and used to climb down from the sky and spend time among people. Hearing about that, a Dragon followed him, caught him and threw him away in a cellar from his castle.
Birds stopped singing, children stopped laughing, but nobody dared to fight the Dragon.
One day, a brave young man decided to try and save the Sun. Many people went with that young man to give him something from their power to fight the Dragon.
His travel lasted for three seasons: summer, autumn and winter. At the end of winter, the young man found the Dragon’s castle. He started to fight with the Dragon and they fought for two days until the Dragon was defeated.
Tired and wounded, the young man set the Sun free, giving happiness to all the people who believed in him. Nature came to life, people started smiling, only the brave young man died before he could see the spring coming. His warm blood was dripping from his wounds on the white snow.
Since then people use to weave two strings, one white and one red, and give them to the one they love. Red symbolizes love and sacrifice and white symbolizes purity, health and the snowdrop, the first flower of the spring.
2.
Many years ago, an old woman whose name was Dochia, had a daughter-in-law whom she hated. On a freezing winter day, Dochia gave her a very dirty coat to wash it in the river until it became as white as snow. The young girl washed it for a long time, but as she washed it the coat became more and more dirty. Then a man who was called Martisor came and asked her why was she crying. She told him everything.
Then Martisor told her that she had a magic power and gave her a red flower and a white one and asked her to wash the coat again and then go home. When the girl got home, the coat was as white as snow. The old Dochia couldn’t believe her eyes. She was sure that her daughter-in-law couldn’t do the task. Then she saw the flower in the girl’s hair.
„Where did you get it from?” the old woman asked „It’s still winter.”
The old woman thought that spring has come and she took the flock of sheep and started to climb the mountain. On her way there was very nice weather so she gave up some of her warm clothes. At the end of her way it drizzle came. When she reached the top, Martisor came to her: “Can you see now how bad it is to stay in the cold and moisture, said he, you who have forced your daughter-in-law to wash your coat in the river.” Then he disappeared. The old woman remained alone on the mountain, it was so cold that both her and her sheep were turned into rocks. Since then red and white asymbolize the fight between good and evil, between winter and spring.
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The year 4 children in Marsaskala Malta worked on some English reading and listening activities related to this Romanian tradition posted by the teacher in Romania and they really enjoyed it!
The children in Romania together with their teacher posted some traditional pendants to the children in St Thomas More College Marsaskala. This served as consolidation of the work done in class, since each pendant was related to the traditional legends mentioned above.
A big THANK YOU! to children in School Clondiru - VIII and to their teacher Ms Ioana Moise.
Here are some photos of the children in Marsaskala with their new pendants:
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