Christmas carols from Romania

Carol is one of the most popular winter traditions .

Winter Carols are songs to celebrate Christian ritual texts , dedicated to Christmas and New Year. Their origin is lost in the ancient history of our people. Over the centuries they became more beautiful and have gained a great variety throughout the country . They transmit a festive atmosphere and mood that all Romanians welcome the Nativity Feast and New Year.

Recalling when the birth of Jesus , the star that guided the three wise men appeared in the sky , children go from house to house singing carols and carrying with them a star.

“Pluguşorul” is an ancient custom that, in New Year's Eve , groups of children go to people's houses and speak different wishes . They are accompanied by a small plough , hence the name of the carol .

The news of the Savior is widespread carols each year falling in each house by carol singers . These hosts are rewarded with fruit (apples , walnuts ) , coils , candy and even money .

 

 

Sarbatori fericite tuturor!

 Happy New year to all!

 

 

 

 

New Year Song

Hello , We sang a new year song.The lyrics of this song express happiness for the oncoming new year.Special thanks to Funda Altıntaş, teacher of the class 4-B,for her precious help with preparing this lovely song.

Christmas presents and cards four our European friends

Hello to everyone!

These are the greeting cards that we have prepared for you: let's hope they arrive in time!

Christmas is also a time for gifts! For our loved ones we have decorated a small glass dish. It was not easy, but we like the result so much!

Bye from Italy!

Christmas carols from F2 class, Drama, Greece

We made the Christmas cards for you. We hope that you will receive them on time

We are singing a famous traditional Christmas carol of northern Greece. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New year to all!

Καλά Χριστούγεννα

Ευτυχισμένος ο καινούριος χρόνος!

2014 IS COMING¡

In Spain, it was a tradition that children and young people sang carols door to door or at the main streets. Nowadays we sing carols with the family, especially in Christmas Eve.
 A lot of children learn carols at schools and sing them in festivals. This is not a traditional carol, but it's that we’re preparing for our school: “La luz que nace en ti”. It’s sung by La oreja de Van Gogh, a Spanish pop music group. If you you like you can watch the original video in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZffLB6Mu8b4
 From Spain we wish you  HAPPY / FELIZ / SZCZĘŚLIWY / MUTLU / Ευτυχισμένο /FELICE / FERICIT / LAIMINGAS 2014!

Traditional Greek carols

On Christmas and New Year's eve, part of the tradition is to sing carols from door to door. The carols are mostly wishes for health, prosperity, good luck and blessing. There are hundreds of different carols from all regions of Greece, both mainland and islands.
In the video that follows we sang a traditional carol from Ikaria island (Agean sea).
The lyrics of this carol are wishes to the master of the house to see his children grow up and be beautiful, successful and all family to be wealthy and happy. In exchange for the good wishes, the singers ask from the householder to treat them with wine ("Valte mas krasi na pioume" = βάλτε μας κρασί να πιουμε...).

Valuable help for rehearsal and performing was our music teacher Thanasis Koulentianos. The traditional musical instrument he has is named Kanun (or Qanun) [see info in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanun_(instrument)]

Happy holidays! Καλές γιορτές!

Autumn colours in Lithuania
red- raudona
yellow- geltona
green- žalia
brown- ruda
orange- oranžiė
black- juoda
blue- mėlyna
white- balta

COLOURS IN SPAIN

Jigsaw Puzzle

We give you a Jigsaw Puzzle formed from our homework. Enjoy!

Colours in Turkish

Turkish translations of colours are as follows ;
Red                    : Kırmızı
Green                : Yeşil
Blue                  : Mavi
Yellow               : Sarı
Orange             : Turuncu
Black               : Siyah
White               : Beyaz

Below you can hear the pronunciations of colours in Turkish in the same order with the above translations.

Colours of our Flags

We thought of working on the flags of the partner countries of our project as a theme for colours.We hope you enjoy.

Turkish lyrics of the Song about Colours

RENKLER

Hep sarıdır elbiselerim
Ben bu rengi pek çok severim
Sonbaharı cicim
Çok sevdiğim için
Hep sarıdır elbiselerim

Hep yeşildir elbiselerim
Ben bu rengi pek çok severim
İlkbaharı cicim 
Çok sevdiğim için
Hep yeşildir elbiselerim

Hep mavidir elbiselerim
Ben bu rengi pek çok severim
Gökyüzünü cicim
Çok sevdiğim için
Hep mavidir elbiselerim

Hep kırmızıdır elbiselerim
Ben bu rengi pek çok severim
Ay yıldızı cicim 
Çok sevdiğim için 
Hep kırmızıdır elbiselerim


 

      December 1st is National Day of Romania.
              Happy Birthday, Romania!
We present our favorite colors: red -rosu, yellow-galben and blue-albastru.