Folklorica Erasmus+ Project 2019-2021

For the mobility in Poland, the Turkish partner school prepared a video presentation of Turkey. This presentation contains details about the country’s location, famous cities, population, religion, touristic and historical destination, marvels of ancient world, as well as about drinks and desserts. There are a lot of photos which were added to evoke the texts of the presentation. The ideas were suggested by the entire team of pupils and teachers in the partner school from Gaziantep. (Erkan Demirci, deputy in Vali M. Lütfullah Bilgin Secondary School, Turkey) https://twinspace.etwinning.net/103292/pages/page/835326

One of the our tasks for the mobility in Poland was the achievement of a presentation. The Romanian team created a Power Point presentation of the school, Sibiu City, and of the country. The photos used in the presentation reflected the added texts. We also added an audio material with songs in Transylvania. This presentation was showed to the Erasmus+ partners within a session planned by the host school during the mobility. All partners were delighted to see it. We post it on the project website, too. (Gabriela Mirela Jugar, coordinator ”Constantin Noica” High School Sibiu) https://twinspace.etwinning.net/files/collabspace/2/92/292/103292/files/bd12e3ede.mp3

Turkish culture is full of superstitions that many learn from their mothers and grandmothers. The project team from Gaziantep described shortly for their partners some of the most popular ones. The Evil Eye, for instance, is based on the idea that when someone feels envy they cause bad luck. Broken glass mean that the evil was so big that it broke an actual object. Knocking on wood three times is another very popular superstition. In Turkey you should never button up your coat while facing someone. Pouring a glass of water revolves around the idea that the person’s journey will be smooth. Sharp objects like a knife or scissors with the blade facing them may cause a fight in the future. In Turkey it’s auspicious to begin everything on the right side. In Turkey when your ears ring it means that someone is talking about you. Besides, when palms itch it’s a message regarding money. During a wedding in Turkey it’s very common to see the bride step on the groom’s foot. (Muberra Durak, Deputy

Rebecca Frântu and Paula Tudora, pupils in ”Constantin Noica” Theoretical High School, Sibiu City, Romania collected a few Romanian superstitions and achieved a material with text and photos. This project outcome was supervised by Mrs. Gabriela Mirela Jugar, their Erasmus+ school coordinator. After writing it in Word document, they transformed it in PDF document by using the device ”Zamzar”. Before posting it on the project website, the two pupils confessed their emotions to share these superstitions with their partner pupils from Poland, Turkey, Spain, Lithuania and Cyprus. They are looking forward to read the superstitions of their partners and to compare them, to see if there are similarities and differences. (Tiberiu Sasca, teacher in ”Constantin Noica” High School Sibiu)

Four pupils of the Erasmus+ project team prepared in a PDF document we posted here descriptions of wedding traditions in Turkey. Among them, we mention: the importance of marriage on human life and society, different kinds of marriage, the age of marriage, the agreement to marry, the engagement, the wedding, as well as the ceremony during the night before the wedding called Henna Night, the feching of the bride. For all information, these pupils have used references from the page of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The chosen photos illustrated these descriptions. (Sümer Bulut, deputy, Vali M. Lütfullah Bilgin Ortaokulu, Turkey)

Guided by their Erasmus+ ”Folklorica” project school coordinator, Mrs. Gabriela Mirela Jugar, Alina Rotariu and Cristina Feldorean, two pupils in ”Constantin Noica” High School, Sibiu, Romania, have made a research about weddings in Romania, the country where family is very important and where weddings are extremely important social events. They have written a text, added here in PDF format, with photos related to these events. In this material, the two pupils showed that the wedding traditions and customs differ from region to region and sometimes even from family to family, as while the true traditional weddings (which are usually organized in villages or smaller towns) are still organized according to old customs, urban Romanians sometimes tend to make the event as simple as possible, while keeping some simplified traditions. There are references to the days when usually a Romanian wedding takes place, to the periods of the year when there are no weddings, to the godparents’ big ro

Vali M. Lutfullah Bilgin Middle School Erasmus+ the scope of his application, Poland, Turkey, Lithuania, Romania, Spain and the partner schools in Cyprus ”Folklorica” project has been awarded funding by the National Agency. The main objective of the project, which will be carried out under the coordination of Poland between 2019-2021, is to promote the culture of the partner countries through folk dance and to raise awareness about foreign cultures.(Umut Uysaler, coordinator, Vali M. Lutfullah Bilgin School) http://valimlbo.meb.k12.tr/icerikler/folklorica_8700687.html

The Romanian team has already created the project page on the school website. This page includes: the type, purpose, objectives and description of the project, the deployment period, the target group, the partners, the European funding, the communication groups and the means of promoting the project. The school website and the project page are the responsibility of the Computer Science teacher, Mr. Mircea Dorca, a member of the project team. The page of the project "Folklorica" ​​is under the heading "Erasmus", together with the former (“Ecological literacy”, “Be Better by Learning!”) and current (“Strength of Cultural Minorities”, “Teacher Training in European Heritage and Religion”) Erasmus projects and courses of the "Constantin Noica" Sibiu High School. (Gabriela Mirela Jugar, coordinator ”C. Noica” High School Sibiu) https://ltcn.ro/folklorica

The five participant pupils to the mobility in Romania were: Andria Kouta, Charalambos George Siailis, George Victor, Loukas Michael, and Solomon Zenonos. Upon returning to Cyprus they wrote their impressions of this Erasmus experience. Andria Kouta was impressed by the English language spoken so well by her hostess Alina and the beautiful and unique places they went together. Charalambos George recognized that his Erasmus participation was a big step for him. George Victor will recommend the Erasmus program to other children, as they can get to know different countries and cultures. In Loukas Michael;s opinion, all the days of the visit in Romania were very active as they did together many impressive project tasks. Solomon Zenonos was mostly impressed by the hill with the fortress in the city of Deva. There was for all of them a wonderful experience. (Gabriella Theodosiou, coordinator, Gymnasium Apostolou Paulou, Cyprus)

The Spanish participant pupils to the mobility in Poland (Eva García Alonso, Nguyet Nhi Trinh Hoang, Paula Santana García, and Sara Morales Vélez) have written their impressions about their Erasmus experience. They have sent them to the diary and the website responsible teachers. For all of them, there was a fantastic experience. (Sara González Gil, teacher, IES Pérez Galdós, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

Salvija Antanaityte and Ugne Jankauskaite were the participants pupils in the mobility in Romania. This Erasmus experience impressed them a lot. Salvija told that she had a great opportunity to see such a beautiful country and learn about it the most interesting way possible. Ugne recognized that she was really thankful to her host family for letting her stay at their home for the week, for welcoming her so nicely and for giving her a good time in Romania. Read their impressions to understand more this experience (Kristina Joksiene, coordinator, Prezidento V. Adamkaus gimnazija, Kaunas, Lithuania)

The three Turkish pupils who took part in the mobility in Poland were very impressed about what they saw and did and they wrote a few words, adding photos to illustrate their statements. These pupils were: Ayça-Sanduvaç, Efe Güneylioğlu, and Münevver Soytürk. We post here their entire texts and a photo. The mobility in Poland was for all of them an amazing and unforgettable experience, due to this Erasmus project and to the host school. (Mehmet Ali Gül, deputy, Vali M. Lütfullah Bilgin Ortaokulu, Gaziantep)

Upon returning to Poland, the Polish pupils wrote their impressions about mobility in Romania for the project diary. Alicja enjoyed going with Teodora and her friends to the ice rink and to the Christmas Bazar in Sibiu City. Karolina was most impressed by ”The Bridge of Lies”. Łukasz misses Darius, his host pupil, and Vadoiu family. Maja enjoyed to make pancakes with Radu and let paper planes out of the window on the seventh floor. More details can be seen in attachment. (Mariola Podolska-Maculewicz, Gimnazjum Nr 2 z Oddziałami integracyjnymi im. Michała Kajki, project coordinator)

Andreas Robertos Charalambous, Michael Kyriaki, and Yennaris Christodoulos were the guest pupils in the mobility developed in the coordinating school from Nidzica. They wrote their impressions for the project diary. We posted them here, in attachment, as Word documents. The pupils were accompanied by two teachers: Gabriella Theodosiou and Despina Fysentzou. Andreas Robertos Charalampous was hosted by Marcel Kosiński’s family, Michael Kyriaki by Alicja Kujawska’s family, and Yennaris Christodoulos by Mikołaj Pyracki’s family. All of them were very impressed by their host families’ hospitality. (Despina Fysentzou, teacher, Gymnasium Apostolou Paulou, Cyprus)

Alejandro Plazas Perdomo, Arianna Forti, Diego de la Fuente Silva, and Yining Yin were the participant pupils to the mobility in Sibiu City, Romania. They wrote their impressions and sent them to the responsible for the project diary. They were impressed by snow, activities, trips and the hospitality of the host families. Until the publishing of the diary, we post on the project website the impressions of each Spanish pupil who took part in this Erasmus+ experience. (Jose Antonio Santana Andueza, teacher, IES Pérez Galdós, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)

Deividas Dumčius, Gabija Kiselytė, Giedrė Gužytė, and Kamile Kartanaviciute, the participant pupils in the mobility in Poland, have written their impressions and have sent them to the project coordinator and to the diary responsible. They have added photos of the places and activities which impressed them more. Deividas Dumčius, for whom it was first time he went to Warsaw, was very impressed by the chocolate workshop and by the amazing glass factory. Gabija Kiselytė confessed that she had perfect opportunity to get to know each other in the host family. Giedrė Gužytė was very glady to to learn history about gingerbread. Kamile Kartanaviciute recognized that the mobility in Poland was definitely unforgettable. (Kristina Joksiene, coordinator, Prezidento V. Adamkaus gimnazija, Kaunas, Lithuania)

Elçin İzel Aktaş, Mustafa Bozok, Ezgi Ceren Bayuk and Yakup Efe Vanlıoğlu were the Turkish pupils from Vali M. Lutfullah Bilgin Ortaokulu who participated in the second mobility, developed in the ”Folklorica” Erasmus+ partner school from Sibiu, Romania between 30th November and 6th December 2019. They were accompanied by the project coordinator, Mr. Umut Uysaler and their Sports teacher, Mr. Aydin Acar, a member of the Turkish project team. These pupils have written their impressions about the activities developed there and the manner in which they were received in the host families. Their Word documents, posted by us on the project website contain short texts and some photos. Together the other pupils partners’ impressions, these texts and photos will be printed in the project diary. (Aydin Acar, teacher in Vali M. Lutfullah Bilgin Ortaokulu, Gaziantep)

As we established in the Application Form of the Erasmus+ project ”Folklorica” 2019-2021, after each mobility, the participant pupils write their impressions. At the end of the project they will be inserted in ”The Diary of Impressions”, one of our final products, by the Turkish school, which is responsible for that. The Romanian pupils participating in the mobility in Poland were: Alexandru Mihai Loloiu, hosted by Michał Bogusławski, Paula Ștefania Tudora, hosted by Kamila Rutkowska and Rebecca Maria Frântu, hosted by Karolina Serowik. These impressions were sent to Mr. Umut Uysaler in time, according the deadline established by all partner school coordinators together Mrs. Mariola Podolska-Maculewicz, the coordinator of the whole projects. We posted them here, in attachment, as Word documents. (Adina Secu, teacher in ”Constantin Noica” High School Sibiu, Romania)

The lyrics of the song ”Down the River” express the proud to be an inhabitant of Kaunas, a city considered to be the heart of Lithuania. It is the feeling belonging not only to the singer of the song, who was floating slowly down the river but also to all those who grew up near the river Nemunas. The Lithuanian team sent this song to the Erasmus+ partners to learn it by heart. In order to help them, the phonetic transcription of the song was sent to them. The video film with the song also contain images with the wonderful Lithuanian landscapes. (Kristina Joksiene, coordinator, Prezidento V. Adamkaus gimnazija, Kaunas) https://youtu.be/QLy3kHgs2TA

The song the Polish partner team from Nidzica proposed one of the famous folk in Poland which is easy to learn, mainly the lyrics for only one stanza and the refrain, as well as the phonetic transcription was prepared in this respect. Its title is ”Hey Up, Mazury Is Riding Up!”. The song was sent to the others partners in ”Folklorica” project through the Google Group we have created especially for a good cooperation. The video film presents the song sung with the accompaniment of the guitar. (Mariola Podolska-Maculewicz, Gimnazjum Nr 2 z Oddziałami integracyjnymi im. Michała Kajki, project coordinator) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=bXs9A9Zyrt4&feature=emb_logo

” I Loved Her That Heart” is the title of the folk song proposed by the Erasmus+ team from Cyprus to be appreciated, voted and sung by the pupils from all the other five partner schools. The Cypriot team wrote the song both in Greek and Latin letters to be better understand by the European partners who will try to learn it. It is an immortal song, much loved by the Cypriot people. Try to sing it, dear friends! (Gabriella Theodosiou, coordinator, Gymnasium Apostolou Paulou, Cyprus) https://youtu.be/KOG0tEpGk8k

The Spanish partner school in the Erasmus+ project "Folklorica" proposed a traditional folk song entitled "Ay Teror!". The video, which is three minutes long, has got the version in English and in Spanish. Using the link from Youtube, we were able to upload the song on the eTwinning platform. The Spanish team hope that their project partners will appreciate this beautiful song and will try to sing it. (Sara González Gil, coordinator, IES Pérez Galdós, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) https://youtu.be/66E9xepeDM0

The pupils in the project group of “Folklorica”, chose a popular song in our city. It was already decided that each partner country was going to prepare a song for the their partners to sing in their countries. The song that was chosen belong to Gazintep region. The story of the song is as follows. According to the story, there was a man who fell in love with a woman from Armenia. The man both got tuberculosis and couldn’t have the woman he loved. There was also another issue related to different religions. The only remedy was to change religions for them. In the song, their sad story is told. (Umut Uysaler, coordinator, Vali M. Lütfullah Bilgin Ortaokulu, Turkey) https://youtu.be/rVFhYBFYDuM

The pupils of the 2nd grade in ”Constantin Noica” High School Sibiu prepared a folk song for their partners within the Erasmus+ project ”Folklorica” 2019-2021. They have sung and acted in their classroom, guided by their primary level teacher. The song entered in the project international contest. In order to be learned by the partner pupils, they have written the lyrics of the first stanza and the refrain. In addition, they have sent to their project partners the melody on the stave and the phonetic transcription (Marius Macrea, teacher in ”Constantin Noica” High School Sibiu) https://youtu.be/rS9_9V-4_SQ

Within the set of activities entitled ”Cuisines”, as we established in our second mobility, we have written in order to share to our project partners two menus, each of them consisting in three dishes: a starter, a main dish and a dessert. The starter for the first menu was ” Fried Cheese”. The ”Chicken Noodle Soup” was the main dish and the ”Cheese Doughnuts” represented the dessert. The starter for the second menu was ” Fish Roe Dip”. The ”Beef Steak with Carrot Purée” was the main dish and, as dessert, we have suggested the recipe of the ”Plum Dumplings”, characteristic to Transylvania. For each dish of the two menus, we have given the ingredients and the preparation directions. At the end of the second menu, we wished to everybody ”Good appetite!” in English, the language of this project, and in all the six languages of the Erasmus+ partners. (Gabriela Mirela Jugar, coordinator in ”Constantin Noica” High School Sibiu)

The pupils in the workgroup of the Erasmus+ project “Folklorica” prepared a traditional cake to present to their friends in the partnership formed by schools from Romania, Poland, Lithuania, Cyprus and Spain. First the pupilsmet in the house of a friend’s grandmother. Then they had an interview with her. The aim here was to learn the recipe of traditional cake. During the interview, they had a record to show to their friends and partners. The next day, using the recipe that they had learned from grandmother, students managed to bake the cake. When it was ready to be served, kids brought it to school and shared with the teachers in the project team. Good work kids! (Umut Uysaler, coordinator, Vali M. Lutfullah Bilgin School) https://youtu.be/Pn2WOCXYvdM

The pupils in ”Constantin Noica” Theoretical High School Sibiu, helped by their Erasmus+ ”Folklorica” coordinator, Mrs. Gabriela Mirela Jugar have prepared an apple pie and recommended to their partners from Turkey, Poland, Spain, Cyprus and Lithuania its recipe. They wrote in their text about time, servings, ingredients such as flour, sugar, vegetable oil, white vinegar, sodium bicarbonate, peeled cored apples, lemon juice, cinnamon, as well as the sixteen phases of the metod of preparing this apple pie. The Romanian pupils have used the apples received gratuitously at school within the program „Croissant, Milk and Fruit”. Then they added two photos with the final product in a tray, invited the partners to trying to make it and wished them ”Good appetite!”. (Sânziana Salomie, teacher in ”Constantin Noica” High School Sibiu)

The host school from Sibiu City invited all partner schools in the Erasmus+ project ”Folklorica” to participate in the short-term exchange of groups of pupils in Romania between 30th November - 6th December 2019. The partner schools from Nidzica, Gaziantep, Kaunas, Paphos and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria got before the mobility in Romania the invitation sent by Gabriela Mirela Jugar, the coordinator in ”Constantin Noica” Theoretical High School Sibiu, and Mihai Ordean, the headmaster of the host school. There were 19 participant pupils. Poland, Spain and Turkey had each 4 pupils, Cyprus had 5 pupils and Lithuania 2 ones. There were 2 accompanying teachers from each school, except Poland (3 teachers). The invitation was first signed by the host coordinator and then signed and stamped by the high school headmaster. The program of the mobility in Romania was sent both for pupils and teachers together with this invitation, as well as the chart with the participants’ emails, phone numbers, ag

The host school from Nidzica invited all partner schools in the Erasmus+ project ”Folklorica” to participate in the short-term exchange of groups of pupils in Poland between 21st - 25th October 2019. The partner schools from Sibiu (Romania), Gaziantep (Turkey), Kaunas (Lithuania), Paphos (Cyprus) and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) received a month before the mobility the invitation sent by Mariola Podolska-Maculewicz, the project coordinator, and Dorota Dorozińska, the headmaster of the host Polish school. There were 17 participant pupils. Romania, Cyprus and Turkey had each 3 pupils, Lithuania and Spain each 4 ones. Each country had 2 accompanying teachers. With the invitation, the guests also received the mobility program. (Mariola Podolska-Maculewicz, Gimnazjum Nr 2 z Oddziałami integracyjnymi im. Michała Kajki, project coordinator) https://twinspace.etwinning.net/files/collabspace/2/92/292/103292/files/bba59eb1.pdf

One of our first joint activities was choosing a logo for the project. In each partner school a drawing contest was organized, under the guidance of the school coordinator and the Art teacher. The project team selected 3 of the most beautiful drawings and they were presented with them in the first mobility in Poland. There, in a spirit of complete sincerity, the drawing of a pupil of the partner school in Gaziantep (Turkey) was chosen the winner. On all our documents, this logo will stand as a sign of our good cooperation. (Sânziana Salomie, teacher in ”Constantin Noica” High School Sibiu)

On 14/11/2019, the 2nd Parent-Teacher Meeting for the Erasmus program took place. Students and teachers who participated in the program shared with their parents and classmates the experiences they gained from the meeting held on 20-26 / 10/2019 in Nidjika, Poland. At the same time, the first update on the upcoming trip to the city of Sibiu, Romania was made on 30 / 11-07 / 12/2019. (Eleni Omerou, coordinator, Gymnasium Apostolou Paulou, Cyprus)

Mihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist, and journalist, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet, as well as the first modern poet in Romanian literature. His most known poem was ”Lucifer”. That’s why we called him ”the lucifer of the Romanian poetry” or ”our national poet”. On January 15th 2020, the pupils of the 10th grade in ”Constantin Noica” Theoretical High School Sibiu have celebrated 170 years from his birth by reading some of his poems and talking about his work. (Gabriela Mirela Jugar, coordinator, ”Constantin Noica” High School Sibiu)

In our high school a drawing contest was organized, under the guidance of the school coordinator (Mrs. Gabriela Mirela Jugar) and the Art teacher (Mrs. Raluca Teglaș). The project team selected 3 of the most beautiful drawings in order to be presented in the first mobility in Poland. This activity is the first step for the choosing of our project logo in the coordinating school. The school leadership and the Erasmus+ team of teachers were the members of the jury. (Sânziana Salomie, teacher in ”Constantin Noica” High School Sibiu)

Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. In other words, culture is the reflection of social life sometimes on paper and sometimes on behavior. Our children are the mirror of our culture and the elements that will pass on our traditions to other generations. Vali M. Lütfullah Bilgin Secondary School, within the framework of Erasmus+ program, participated in the exhibition “Folk Culture and Traditional Gaziantep Clothes” prepared by kindergarten students in order to introduce our traditions, customs and the change of social life over time, to our students. In the exhibition, Our students saw traditional Gaziantep clothes on dolls prepared by kindergarten teachers and students and gained new information about folk culture. Müberra Durak and Erkan Demirci, deputies and members of the project team, accompanied our students in the exhibition, which was very enjoyable and educationa

On December 17th, 2019, 1 pm, we disseminated this project at the Teaching Corps House where there were about 80 participants. The meeting was monitored by the school inspector for primary level, Mrs. Diana Bucuță. The participants were primary level teachers who were teaching at the 2nd grade. This was the meeting in the 1st semester, organized by Sibiu School Inspectorate with participant teachers from Sibiu City and its area. The project coordinator in our school disseminated the mobility in Poland, the mobility in Romania, and the local project activities developed until then. The meeting was a really success. (Sânziana Salomie, teacher in ”Constantin Noica” High School Sibiu)

We believe that the most effective means to disseminate the project and all other activities is to use the tools of mass communication. So we intend to use social, written and visual media intensively. All the activities performed in Vali M. Lutfullah Bilgin Secondary School are transferred to media pool on monthly basis and published mainly in local media and sometimes national media accounts. Apart from these, Umut Uysaler, the project coordinator, writes articles on his blog in the most visited blog page of a newspaper in Turkey and the second most visited in Europe. The project coordinator participated in Erasmus+ Days event and introduced our project “Folklorica” in front of local authorities of National Education Directorate. http://blog.milliyet.com.tr/folklorica/Blog/?BlogNo=612386 (Mehmet Ali Gül, deputy in Vali M. Lütfullah Bilgin Ortaokulu, Gaziantep)