Project:

1. Project: "WE SHOULD KEEP ALIVE OUR FOLK TRADITIONS,CUSTOMS AND ART “Financed by The Minister of Education of Romania

2. Brodina SchoolSuceava CountyRomania

3. BRODINA Village ROMANIA

6. Project team • Ursulean Vasile – coordinator • Caltun Ovidiu – consultant • Coriciuc Natalia • Coriciuc Neculai • Ursulean Mihaela • Caltun Ioana - promoter • Torac Elena – Handicraftsman & Trainer

7. General Aim of the Project Let Us Keep Alive Our Folk Traditions, Customs and Art

8. turning to the best account of the local customs from the community perspective, with a special emphasis on the professional orientation and social insertion • achievement of audio-visual documentary supplies for the evaluation of folk traditions especially inter-cultural dissemination of culture • development of aesthetic interests and promotion of our national character and of the other ethnic nationalities • development of the spirit of European culture membership as well as turning to the best account of the local economical potential • involvement of families and local authorities in the decisions concerning the educational politics and the support of schools in rising their non-formal educational quality • opening of channels to inform the local community and connect people to the economical reality of other European communities • requirement of a typical atmosphere and a personalized ethos in schools Special aims

9. The following activities taken place within the framework of the project: • initiation of a school group with the aim:”Let’s redeem our local customs !” • a school club: “The little egg-painter” • finding information on the custom of egg painting and identification of traditional patterns • pupils’ initiation sessions under the assistance egg painting folk experts • pupils’ documentary and promotional visits to Iasi on the egg painting technique custom • exhibitions of painted eggs and technical egg painting sessions on the occasion of meetings and local holidays • participation in fairs and exhibits • publication of Egg painter Guide accompanied by a CD • yearly manifestation entitled “Persistence of century old traditions in egg painting”

10. Target Group • twenty pupils ,members of “ Let’s redeem our local customs” initiation group • twenty pupils ,members of The Little Egg painter “ school club • six teachers

11. The expected outcome -discovery of local traditions and customs and their capitalization in the social and economical life of our community -promotion of mutual understanding and respect for the cultural values of each ethnic nationality -promotion of the inter-cultural dialogue

12. The expected outcome - publcation of a guide and CD for egg painters(500 copies) - publication of a multimedia album with images taken by pupils during their documentary trips - preoccupation for the rising of artistic and technical quality of the little craftsmen - publication of posters and distribution of promotional multimedia supplies - preoccupation for the pupils’ interest in the liberal profession of folk trade

13. Achievements:: • Two workshops for the activity of the two school clubs • Regular sessions for the initiation of children in the art of egg painting under the assistance of a folk handicraftsmen • Info and data basis on the traditionaal patterns and symbols • Hystorical legends and customs in egg painting • A permanent school exhibition with the pupils’painted eggs • 500 copies of egg-painter guide entitled: “The Art of Egg Painting”

14. Achievements • Participation at national • exhibitions and fairs such as • The 1st,2 nd and 3rd prizes at the The National Festival of Folklore and Traditional • Trade “On the Ballad Clew”, Suceava, April 2006 • Organizer: Suceava School Inspectorate • The Great Trophy of Gura Humorului Easter Fair (April, 2006) • The diploma for the revaluation of traditions (Gura Humorului, 2007) Organizer: The Folk Traditions Bukovine Museum-Gura Humorului • The First Prize At the National Festival at Ciocanesti