Painting easter Eggs with wax , an ancient Romanian hobby

Wednesday  20 April Association for Science Culture , Youth and Social Integration organized an workshop for learning decoration of  Easter eggs with wax .

The workshop took place in the parish house with the support of the priest Babii George Octavian .

At the workshop participated 14 adults and their children .

Objectives : 

 -to remember the beautiful Moldavian Easter Traditions 

-to  enhance the family learning methods that Association ASCETIS is using for non-formal adult education 

-to integrate adults from rural areas in the association activity and in European Society  

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Happy Easter !

Tradition of designing and making Easter Eggs

The workshop was organized by  Stowarzyszenie Vesuvio in Rzeszow on the 17 March 2011 .

Polish learners and staff shown the hobby: making EASTER EGGS.

 This hobby is very popular in Poland before

Easter. 

Materials that have been used to make Easter Eggs

  

 Many learners specialized in designing and making Easter Eggs, for many learners  it is a hobby taken from mothers, grandmothers.

 It is intergeneration activity that units families.

  The activity develops among learners the creativity,  new techniques, invention and covers many psychological aspects as: self –confidence, self-awareness, friendship, the need to exchange experience, the need to be together, to meet each other, what in the consequence leads to the  improvement of quality of life for older people

Christmas Cards Making Workshop. at Limassol Cyprus

 

A group of adult learners has gathered to enjoy each other’s company, sing Christmas cards and unleash their creativity during Christmas Cards Making Workshop. As learners of different nationalities (Greece, Poland, Romania, Ireland, Denmark) participated in the workshop, it was a great occasion to learn about various European traditions of celebrating Christmas.
During the workshop easily accessible materials such as colourpaper, fabric, wood, wax crayons and buttons were used. After the workshop the participants reported that they enjoyed sharing experiences, felt inspired to bring more creativity to their lives, became more interested in other European cultures and last but not least they had great fun.
Some photos from the workshop can be seen below.