Dear partners, this is the common outcome of the eTwinning Project "Carnival Masks StoryBook".
Each school chose a traditional Carnival mask from another country taking part in the project. Students invented a story about the partner's mask and drew it.
You can read and enjoyed the stories on traditional Carnival masks from around Europe.
Gergő in Greece
Bulgárföldi Általános Iskola, Miskolc, Hungary
One day students learned about other nations’ carnival traditions, in Gergő's, a Hungarian boy's class. Gergő fell asleep at the class. When he woke up, he found himself in a strange place. He looked in the mirror and saw a young man.
He looked in the mirror and saw a young man. He looked out the window and saw that he was in Greece.
His friends came and said,
- Come on, bride!
He said:
- Don't you see I'm a man?
-Don't be silly, there's a carnival,- they said.
He dressed in a traditional Greek costume that lasted a long time. Skirts, belts, blouses. He wore a white mask with red cheeks and mouth.
His friends wore a similar mask, with white stockings and a coin vest. They were Mpoules.
They walked along a certain route, dancing, and having fun.
He woke up in the break and realized that he had only dreamed of it.
The Winter has Gone
(The mask: the Croatian Zvončari)
Inspired by Antonija Trgovac, Croatia
Once there was a country with the eternal freezing cold winter. So, it was difficult for people to live because there was no harvest and not much food left. However, one day, a strange tall man came to the country who decided to help and whip out this cruel winter.
Actually, he thought for a long time how to move ‘her’ away. And finally, an idea came to his head about creating the masks that would frighten the winter.
In the end, people organised the carnival dressing in those created ugly Zvončari masks. And guess what? After a few days there was EVEN no smell of the winter.
Drawing by Orinta,
6b grade
Drawing by Kornelija,
6b grade
Between
Sun and Moon
( inspired by the Greek mask of the Ornithes, presented by Angela Florou)
Como Rebbio Primary School, ITALY
Once upon a time there was a flock of birds that lived on top of a Thracian mountain. They were mighty and colorful birds, large and small, brave and adventurous, with the spirit of a thousand warriors.
The birds spent their days flying over the snowy peaks, singing carefree together with their king and queen.
The queen had colorful feathers and a long golden tail. When she sang, all the birds were silent.
Her name was Agape.
One day King Alcide was captured by a farmer who wanted to eat it roasted.
Agape and the other birds were desperate. They decided to climb Mount Olympus to ask the gods for help. They found out that the farmer was actually Athena, who was envious of the birds' voice.
To save their king, the birds challenged the gods to chess.
Agape won thanks to her cunning and then Zeus ordered Athena to free King Alcide.
Zeus decided that he would make a special gift to Agape: with her song she would raise the sun and moon.
Agape was a generous queen and decided to share the gift with all her subjects.
And so the birds of the snowy peaks of Thrace built their kingdom between Heaven and Earth, Sun and Moon.
Once upon a time some villagers in Hungary lived in a beautiful forest.
Carnival time was coming and they would do their tradition of wearing masks and having a big parade .
And so, Tuesday arrived which was the day of the Carnival. Everyone wore their costumes which were out of sheepskin and the masks were from the head of a ram with large horns. They hung bells around their waist and were ready for the parade.
Then an angel came down from the sky and told them to go and chase the Turks away from their village where they had taken over and something needed to be done. So, as soon as the angel told them, they took their guns and started walking down the road.
The bells went quiet in all the village and the villagers banged their guns to make a lot of noise to scare the Turks so they would leave. When they arrived the Turks got scared and left.
On Wednesday, because they weren’t able to do the parade the previous day, they did it and everyone danced.The Hungarians with their costumes and their children, for the first time, they danced from happiness because they had chased the Turks out of their village which his never happened before.
On Thursday, everyone heard a loud sound coming from far away and that’s how they understood that is was the Turks because they had been chased out of the village and were angry.
Most of the people of the village panicked but the ones in costume continued the and ran and took their guns to kill them.The Turks started a war in order to capture and conquer them and use them as slaves. On the other side the Hungarians didn’t give up, they started fighting against the Turks until they reached a point where most of the Turks got killed and the rest run away leaving their munition behind.
After the feast, because they were so happy, they all decided of their own free will they would again have a parade with loud music and dance the dances from their countries.
Few days passed by, when one morning, a little by showed up at their village. He was very young and looked dirty and exhausted.
When they saw it they covered it with a blanket and asked the little boy his name but he didn’t answer. After a little while they asked him again and he said very shyly Apostolis and then he fainted. In this way they took him quickly into a room to lay down and get used to this place.
As soon as he woke up a man came to see the little boy and to ask him who he was.
Apostolis answered that he was from India and so they said they would keep him. The child was very happy and slowly he got used to it. Apostolis grew up into a young man.
.. Until the day of the Carnival and their traditions came again . They wore their costumes and bells and had a parade. In that w ay every year they honored the dead and also the arrival of Apostolis to their village. Finally, all’s well that ends well.
Winter will soon
be gone...
A tale inspired by Zvoncari , a traditional Croatian mask presented by Danijela Sajtar
6th Primary School of Artemis Greece
While the inhabitants of Croatia were tolerating the cold winter nights,
one day a group of people decided to make a mask, through which the people living there would raise their voices and terrify the mighty winter ...
Drawing by Irida 6th Grade
And so, it was done.
All the locals decided to organize
a celebration where they would wear their masks and walk around the streets shouting loud to scare the winter.
But let's take it from the beginning ...
Drawing by Konstantina 6th Grade
When I was young, my family and I lived in a small but cosy home. In the summer, my siblings and I used to play carefree in the backyard of our house that was lush with grass.
Drawing by Giannis 6th Grade
But in the winter, the house became very cold because there was no heating. Only the rich could afford this, as it was so costly.
The whole village then decided to make a mask with a garment they would wear on February 28th to drive the winter away.
Drawing by Giannis 6th Grade
The uniform was comprised of a mask in the form of a goat and bells worn around the waist.
With the help of the bells and the villager’s loud voices, winter would soon be gone ...
Drawing by Taxiarhis 6th grade
This story was written by
Irida Christodoulidi, Giannis Lambrakis, Dimitris Samaropoulos and
Giannis Chrisanthopoulos, 6th graders
from 6th Primary School of Artemis Greece
Students of 4th Grade (D1, D2) of Ipsonas 1 Primary School, Cyprus have inspired from the Soho mask in Greece (Pallini 3rd) and create their story.
The colorful shoes
Once upon a time a boy decided to go in the carnival parade which was taking place in his village. He wore a HUGE mask of Soho and a long colorful dress. He wanted to share happiness with all the people in the parade. He strewed his mustache and started thinking that he had no shoes to wear.
That was a problem!
He felt a bit sad about that. He thought that he had to wear a pair of colorful shoes with lights that was the only shoes he had. He wore the shoes (he never liked these shoes) even they didn’t match with his costume. Thank God , his long dress would cover them.
I am not very satisfied with my shoes but...I will go to the parade!
When he reached the parade everyone was watching his costume and laughing. They seemed to like him and were very happy. Their laughter was so loud that was heard even in the near village. He realized that his shoes WERE NOT bad. His outfit seemed to make everybody happy!
His best friend was in the parade as well. He offered her an ice-cream. They both enjoyed it. It was HUGE and delicious.
When the two kids ate their ice-cream, they started dancing and throwing colorful paper around. Everyone was dancing happily.
The time passed and the sun set.Only the boy with the Soho mask and the lighted shoes could be seen in the dark and everybody continue singing and dancing.
Finally everyone was tired and left the parade. They said GOODNIGHT to each other and left feel with joy.
The boy with the Soho mask and the lighted shoes returned to his house. He took off his shoes and he carefully put them back in their shoe box. He knew that these shoes were the perfect choice for the parade. He was looking forward for the next year parade.
This story is written by Helia (D'2) and illustrated by the students of D'1
Kyriakos, Antonis, Filippos, Panos, Alexandros, George, Peter, Chrysanthos, Chariklia, Despoina, Penelope, Michaella
and students of D'2
Christopher, Andreas, Charalambos, Eleana, Andriana, Helia, Elena, Nagia, Eua.
In April 2020, through the distance learning of Ipsonas 1 Primary School, Cyprus
by the teacher Panagiota Ktori THE END
Zvončari a traditional mask in Croatia
My story-my mask
When I was little we never bought masks.
Mask would always be made at home from clothes.
For Carnival,I like to dress funny.Just to have fun.My favorite mask is Pippi Longstocking,wich I made with my mom.All in all,I really like carnival,and especially making masks.
Mia Živko,OŠ Čazma,Croatia
My story-my mask
When I was in the hospital, very funny clowns would come to me every day. These clowns had very big red noses and big sneakers. They would have a red and a black vest. One clown would always carry a bag full of funny things. One clown had a pig and the other a horse. In the end, those clowns were real doctors.
Filip Sučec,OŠ Čazma,Croatia
My story-my mask
Everyone when they are sad has to put on a “mask” to look happy even when they are not. At school, when someone teases you so much that you want to cry, you have to put on a "mask". Even if you are not sad, you have to put on a "mask" so that only others will like it.
My story is when one day I was in school and I had a green jumpsuit. It was very nice to me and all my friends, but some started making fun of me for wearing it. I was already stressed out because my tablet was broken so I had to return it to school. It hurt my feelings when they started making fun of me, so I had to put on a "mask" so no one could see that I was hurt. They made fun of me all day, under the big break I started crying because they didn’t stop. When I was walking down the hall someone ran into me so I ran out of air and I was still crying so I ran out of air even more. It didn't help that I have asthma.
We called the teacher and everything was better, but I still had to wear a "mask" because I was still hurt.
Please, whoever is reading this, don't wear a "mask" because you are afraid that someone will make fun of you even more, just tell someone. Believe me, it's better to tell someone what you're going through than to wear a "mask."
Korina Sušec
The story is told by children from Public Kindergarten No. 18 in Poland
Once upon a time there was a small kindergarten attended by cheerful and happy children
Every day they played together in the kindergarten and the garden, but one time some strange man showed up in the garden
He was dressed in black and made strange faces. The children were afraid of him. They decided to put on the masks they made in kindergarten
But when they put on their masks, they turned into strange creatures. No one knew what to do. And how do you think this story ended?
Dear partners, this is the common outcome of the eTwinning Project "Carnival Masks StoryBook".
Each school chose a traditional Carnival mask from another country taking part in the project. Students invented a story about the partner's mask and drew it.
You can read and enjoyed the stories on traditional Carnival masks from around Europe.
Gergő in Greece
Bulgárföldi Általános Iskola, Miskolc, Hungary
One day students learned about other nations’ carnival traditions, in Gergő's, a Hungarian boy's class. Gergő fell asleep at the class. When he woke up, he found himself in a strange place. He looked in the mirror and saw a young man.
He looked in the mirror and saw a young man. He looked out the window and saw that he was in Greece.
His friends came and said,
- Come on, bride!
He said:
- Don't you see I'm a man?
-Don't be silly, there's a carnival,- they said.
He dressed in a traditional Greek costume that lasted a long time. Skirts, belts, blouses. He wore a white mask with red cheeks and mouth.