Sunday, 28 November 2021

Folk Dance

Croatian students attended two workhops on folk dance on November 4 and November 25, 2021. The workshop was led by Mr Tonči Tadin, a choreographer of folk ensemble Ante Zaninović. Our 8 graders enjoyed the activity.



 My Students' 

New Year Cards






Monday, 15 March 2021

The tradition of Lady Lent - Greece

The custom of Lent is one of the oldest customs associated with the celebration of Easter, but today it is more or less forgotten. It has always served as a calendar to count the weeks from Clean Monday to Holy Week, as Lent's has 7 feet, one for each week of the Lent period. It is a custom that tends to disappear nowadays, while in the past we met it all over Greece with various variations and it was used as a calendar that counted the weeks of Lent.
Lady Lent, in most areas, was a paper painting depicting a woman, who looked like a nun, with 7 legs, crossed arms because she prays, a cross because she went to church and without a mouth because she fasted. At the end of each week, starting on Saturday after Shrove Monday, one of her legs was cut off. The last one was cut on Holy Saturday. This piece of paper was folded well and hidden in a dried fig or walnut (Chios area), which they placed together with others. Whoever found it was considered lucky and lucky. In some areas, the seventh leg was placed in the bread of the Resurrection and whoever found it brought good luck. 


Every Clean Monday we have the tradition of the Kites! The kite symbolizes the flight of the human soul to Sky and God!





Clean Monday - Greece

15/3/2021

Clean Monday is a public holiday in Greece and Cyprus, where it is celebrated with outdoor excursions, the consumption of shellfish and other fasting food, a special kind of azyme bread, baked only on that day, named "lagana" and the widespread custom of flying kites.

Good sesame halva (also known as grocer halva or tahini halva) has the first and last word on the festive table of Clean Monday.





Halloween in Greece

These days the custom of feasting, entertainment and "masquerading" takes place, of disguise, which has its roots in the Crowns "Lupercalia" and "Saturnalia" and in the ancient "Dionysian feasts" of the Greeks, where people disguised themselves, danced, sang while drinking wine and the fun peaked in honor of Dionysus.

Τhe carnival take place everywhere in Greece with group masquerades, dances, parties, satire and various special customs in each place. It was an opportunity for spree, wine and a thousand and two jokes.



Sunday, 7 February 2021

LOGOS MADE FOR THE PROJECT


 

 


Our school is located in the city centre of Mersin. Mersin is in the south of our country Turkey. You are amazed with the natural beauties and historical places in our city. Our students are 11-14. The school has a Z library, 24 classrooms, a science lab, technology and design class and a dining hall. Our students are participating in various local events and projects in art, sport, music and mind games. We are interested in Project-Based learning, eTwinning, Erasmus projects and STEM. We encourage our students in sport competitions and in various projects especially in eTwinning. We have been participating in eTwinning projects for three years and we were awarded National Quality labels, European Quality labels and We will apply for eTwinning school label this year.

Adnan Menderes Secondary School Introduction Video


 

Saturday, 6 February 2021

WORLD HERITAGE LIST - Croatia

Our 8 graders went beyond our usual English lesson under the title of Croatia - a great holiday destination to explore the Croatian places marked on UNESCO World Heritage List. Here follow their presentations of 6 Croatian places marked on the World Heritage List.


















Our Bulletin Board



Making Our Logos (GREECE)