Marianthi Arvanitidou- 1st Primary School of Komotini-Greece

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Greece

1st Primary School of Komotini

In the villages tend to hang on walls and doors complete braids of garlic clove over the nail, ie garifalakia to drive the slander that "pinning" the happiness of their home.

For the Christmas table Christmas cake is blessed bread he will support the life of the landlord and his family. They use good flour and expensive materials, such as rose water, honey, sesame, cinnamon and cloves. They gather the women of the house and until the yeast, sing, "Christ is born, the light goes up, the leaven to general '. Knead the dough, take half the dough and make a loop. With the rest make cross with strips of dough in the center and put an unbroken nut symbolizing fertility. The remaining surface design shapes with a fork to make the "evil eye" and "nail" the slander. The landlord of the house gets the Christmas cake, the crosses, the cuts and distributes to all those present at the table, like symbolism of Holy Communion, Christ gave the Bread of life to the whole human family.

our traditions

In Komotini Christmas carols not say, but the New Year by turning night with lighted lanterns which are trimmed with ribbons and steamers and sing carols from a printed book. Children holding hammers wooden, painted in many colors, and they knock on doors and collect chickpeas, figs, carob, oranges, nuts. But not money.

The traditional sweets and dishes we made for our European friends

meet with cabbage

melomakarona

sweet bread

our Christmas cards

card which European friends sent to us

We wrote and illustrated the 1st episode of the European fairy tail.

TURKEY

Karacaoğlan Mahallesi Secondary School

New Year’s Day in Turkey starts with fireworks after the traditional countdown at the end of the New Year’s Eve. Celebrations usually last until dawn and many people use the day off on January 1 to relax and visit friends and relatives. New year´s day is celebrated in Turkey, very much like it is celebrated anywhere in the world. After all, it is yet another opportunity to have a holiday and enjoy ourselves. You can see large groups of people outside, counting down the seconds as loudly as possible during the last seconds of the year. It is also common for people to visiting relatives and friends WHO were not around them on December 31 and for people to exchange small gifts to each other.

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