MATRYOSHKA: The beauty of Russia

This presentation is about an exchanged cultural program between OMEP Russia and Greece, which took place during winter 2016 in the framework of Russia-Greece Year. OMEP Russia with the support of non-profit Organization for... [ view full abstract ]

This presentation is about an exchanged cultural program between OMEP Russia and Greece, which took place during winter 2016 in the framework of Russia-Greece Year. OMEP Russia with the support of non-profit Organization for the Development of Child “Children’s World” prepared a “Magic Box”, a specially designed educational resource for Matryoshkas, the all over the world well know Russian dolls. In the box there were various materials such as videos showing the production of Matryoshkas, presentations about its history and various models. OMEP Russia members brought the “Magic Box” in Greece and presented the educational material to their colleagues. Moreover, they invited them to participate in a contest by encouraging their pupils to draw their own Matryoshkas. A lot of kindergarten groups, one primary school and a group of twenty students in Early Childhood Department of University of Patras participated in the project. Their projects and the produced artifacts were send to Moscow, to OMEP Russia Committee. Additionally, another “Magic Box” with toys from ancient Greece was send as a response to the Russian initiative. This second “journey” has not finished yet. We think that this simple and at the same time rich and fruitful project is a continuation of Cultural Project “What is Europe?” and can be another good example to be followed by other OMEP Committees in order to strengthen bounds and build relationships among our members in European Region or even elsewhere.