TRADITIONAL AND MODERN DANCES FROM PARTNER'S COUNTRIES
ROMANIA
TURKEY
PORTUGAL
GERMANY
CROATIA
GAMES
ROMANIA
International game : Blindman’s buff, children’s game played as early as 2,000 years ago in Greece.
To play the standard game of blindman’s buff, one player is blindfolded and then disoriented by being spun around several times. The other players, who are not blindfolded, amuse themselves by calling out to the “blind man” and dodging away from him.
A player touched or caught by the blind man takes on the blindfold, although sometimes the blind man must guess the identity of his captive before the blindfold is removed (if the guess is wrong, the captive is released and the game continues).
Traditional game - Country, country, we want men!
For this game you just need as many people you can get. You then divide them in two groups and start playing. The members of one group hold hands and call upon a member in the other team to be part of their group. If that person can break the chain, he wins and the two persons holding hands are either out, or they join the opposite team. If that person cannot break the chain, then she becomes part of the team who called upon her.
TURKEY
International Game: Hopscotch
Hopscotch is a backyard game enjoyed by children all over the world. You can draw squares down to up in order to step in it properly. There are some shapes of Hopscotch such as circle, with obstacles, or cross ones. Throw a flat stone or similar object (small beanbag, shell, button, plastic toy) to land on square one. It has to land inside the square without touching the border or bouncing out. If you don't get it within the lines, you lose your turn and pass the stone to the next person. If you do get it, however, go on to the next step.Each square gets one foot. Which foot you start with is up to you. You can't have more than one foot on the ground at a time, unless there are two number squares right next to each other. When you get to the last number, turn around (remaining on one foot) and hop your way back in reverse order. While you're on the square right before the one with your marker, lean down (probably on one foot still!) and pick it up. Then, skip over that square and finish up. If you completed the course with your marker on square one (and without losing your turn), then throw your marker onto square two on your next turn. Your goal is to complete the course with the marker on each square. The first person to do this wins the game!
Traditional game - Turning, turning, turning around!
Players: At least 6
Groups: 2 or more
How to play: We make at least 2 groups for to play. Each player has a ball on the hand. When they throw the balls up in the air as high as they can , they start turning around and counting loudly as much as they can. They must have a complete turn in order to count as one. When the ball touches the ground they stop. Each group collect their turning numbers. After addition, the group which has the most turning numbers is the winner!
For to play this game we should unite all students. This game is both fun and funny :)
PORTUGAL
International Game: Chinese whispers.
One person whispers a message to the ear of the next person through a line of people until the last player announces the message to the entire group. Although the objective is to pass around the message without it becoming misheard and altered along the way, part of the enjoyment is that, regardless, this usually ends up happening. Errors typically accumulate in the retellings, so the statement announced by the last player differs significantly from that of the first player, usually with amusing or humorous effect. We will start whispering a message in Portuguese Language and we’ll see how it will transform.
Traditional Game: Jogo do lencinho
The handkerchief game is an ancient children's game. Players make a circle and seat on the ground facing each other. One of the players is chosen to be a "handkerchief" . The "handkerchief" walks around the circle, quietly drops the handkerchief behind one of the players in the circle, and keeps on walking, trying to get around the circle before the player discovers the handkerchief behind him or her. If The ‘handkerchief’ gets all the way around the circle without the player noticing the handkerchief behind him or her, that player becomes a "dead fish" that has to stand in the middle of the circle. The player gets to drop the handkerchief again. If the player DOES discover the handkerchief, he or she chases the ‘Handkerchief, trying to catch him or her before It gets back to the empty place in the circle. If he catches It, he gets to take his place in the circle again and It has to drop the handkerchief again. If he doesn't catch It, he has to become It and drop the handkerchief, while the kid who was It takes that place in the circle.
GERMANY
International Game: Fisherman, tell me the colour of your flag
One fisherman and a group of children on the other side - if the fisherman says blue and red, then all the children wearing those colours can be caught by the fishermann when changing sides. If the children are caught they are prisoners of the fisherman until only one is left and becomes the new fisherman.
Traditional Game: Völkerball or Ball over the rope
For this game we need two teams, a rope and a soft ball. One team is throwing the ball to touch one child of the opposite team. This child has to leave the pitch and has to try to touch a child from the other team from the outside area.
CROATIA
International games:
Mill
It is one of the oldest board games played by two players. There are two phases in the game (one set-up phase and one move phase). In every phase the goal is to make three stones in a row (horizontal or vertical). This is called a “mill”. At the same time a player must try to stop the opponent from doing the same thing.
Son Macaron
It is a clap-passing game. Players make a formation of a circle and have their left hand with the palm side up. Their right hand is placed in their neighbour’s left hand. While singing the song, players pass the beat from one hand to another all around the circle. On the last word of the song, the person who is about to receive the beat tries to pull his/her hand away so it doesn’t get tapped. If tapped, he/she goes out of the game. If a player pulls his/ her hand, the person who tried to tap goes out of the game.
Elastic game-Olimpijada
Two players take part of elastic (between the playmate’s hands) and drag it in order to get the shape of a letter. The players then wave their hands left- right and say the lyrics “O-lim-pi-ja-da…” When they say the final word “bus” the players must interweave the elastic with their hands and feet the best they can. The third player tries to crawl under or cross it over without touching the elastic. If the player touches it he/she goes out of the game and one of the players holding the elastic comes instead of him/her.
Traditional games:
Pilje
It is a very old, almost forgotten game. For this game you need five pebbles. Each player plays the game until he/she makes a mistake. Then he/she has to give pebbles to the player on his right. The player throws up the pebbles in front of him/her and catches one which becomes the joker. Afterwards, while throwing the joker in the air the player must take the other pebble from the ground until the the joker falls to the ground. The game continues until a player collects all the pebbles.
Paddle and a stick- Pandul i palica
It is an old traditional game, typical for our region. Every player has a kind of a table tennis paddle and a wooden stick. The aim of the game is to lift the stick from the ground only by using the paddle. Once the stick is up, the player must run and at the same time hit the stick with the paddle. The winner is the player who comes first to the finish line.