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The Russian Enrichment day at RMMS was a success
It started with students watching the performance of Barynya, Russian music, dance and song ensemble from New York. Click here to view photos of some of the highlights of their performance.
After the concert the students from the four Russian classes rotated through the four stations to learn more about the Russian language, culture, literature and traditions. Two of the stations were devoted to the Maslenitsa celebrations (Russian Pancake Week), one of the most popular Russian holiday. In the end everyone tried Russian blinis (pancakes) with the different traditional Russian toppings.
Lyuba (Люба) tells students about the Maslenitsa traditions in Russia |
At the Traditions of Maslenitsa station students learned about the history and the traditions that tаке place during the seven days of the holiday.
They watched movie clips about some of the games that were popular in different regions of Russia during the Maslenitsa. Students were most impressed with the outdoor games that the adults and children traditionally played during this holiday.
Click Russian Links to find additional information about Maslenitsa
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Students are watching the clip, Cossack Масленица. |
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The favorite station was the Русские Блины (Russian pancakes) , where students learned about the Russian traditions of making and eating pancakes. Among other things, they enjoyed trying the different traditional Russian blini toppings; there were several kinds of jam alone, not counting honey and condensed milk for them to try. Everyone agreed on one thing, blinis were delicious!!! Oчень вкусные блины! Спасибо, Елизавета! |
 Elizabeth (Елизавеta )tells students about the pancake making and eating traditions during Maslenitsa
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Дедушка (Дед) |
At the Repka station students learned and staged the famous Russian folk fairy tale "Repka" (Turnip).
The tale is about дедушка (дед - grandpa), who planted a turnip. The turnip grew to be enormous. Grandpa started to pull the turnip out of the ground. He pulled and pulled, but couldn't pull it out. So he called the бабушка (бабка - grandma) over. The grandma took hold of the grandpa, grandpa took hold of the turnip, they pulled and pulled but couldn't pull it out. So the grandma called the granddaughter over. The granddaughter took hold of the grandma, grandma took hold of the grandpa and the grandpa took hold of the turnip, they pulled and pulled, but couldn't pull it out. So the granddaughter called over the dog, named Жучка (Zhuchka) ...
Click to read more of the tale and to find out how the Connecticut College students helped the RMMS students to stage the fairy tale ... |
Source: Репка
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At the station Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, the students enjoyed learning the Russian version of the song. Students from the Connecticut College planned and facilitated the fun filled hands-on activities. Here is how you would say it in Russian:
Рот, нос, уши, и глаза, и глаза
Руки, ноги, голова, голова
Щея, грудь, живот, колени, и ступни
Не забудь как называются они
(Rot, noss, ushee, e glaza, e glaza
Rukee, nogee, golova, golova,
Sheya, grud', jheevot, colenee, e stupnee
Ne zabud' kak nazevayutsya onee)
Click to listen the You Tube - Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes |
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From Wikipedia,: "Russian (русский язык, transliteration: russkiy yazyk), is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe." |
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