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3rd Partner Meeting in Lithuania

From 13th until 19th of June 2011 we realized the 3 rd Partner Meeting in Lithuania.There were held during 3rd partner meeting psychological-relaxation activities: relaxation, Yoga, painting of fractails workshops with psychological characteristic of each project participant and final exibition of fractals. There was also Lithuanian national workshops: learning traditional dances and playing on traditional instruments, making of traditioanal puppets, and cooking national cuisine. During cultural programs we visited Trakų Vokė, Vilnius city old town, ancient capital of Lithuania -Trakai and festival „Let There be the Night!“. All Meeting participants had welcoming in Vilnius City municipality and there was also project presentation.

2nd Partner Meeting in Portugal

From 3rd until 10th of April 2011 we realized the second activity of the project “@rtRe-start“ – 2nd Partner Meeting. The activities began with a briefing from Optidados for partners in Residential S. Francisco, where they stayed. Then they were received by the Mayor of Leiria which gave them congratulations for the project and wished a good stay in the district of Leiria. Followed then to Santa Catarina da Serra, the parish where we made most of the activities where they had a reception by the President of the Parish Council. These activities consisted of the learning arts and crafts, traditional dances, traditional instruments and making of handicraft products (bases for plates, necklaces and bracelets) – through the Ethnographic Museum of Rancho Folclórico de S. Guilherme, making bread and horseshoe cake (a traditional cake from the pilgrimage) – through the bakery S. Guilherme (Santa Catarina da Serra); latin dances – through dance school Alma Latina (Milagres); and decoupage / napkin technique (decorate wood boxes, plates and glass bowls) by trainer Emeraldina Rolo on League of Combatants (Leiria). Participants also had the opportunity to attend a Rural Theater – Traditional Market organized by Rancho Folclórico de S. Guilherme, visit the Castle of Leiria, visit the Shrine of Fatima, Batalha Monastery and the beach of Nazaré, the main icons in the Leiria region. The coordinators meeting of the project was held in the Business Nucleus of Leiria (NERLEI), where they were welcomed by its General Secretary and the closing took place in the League of Combatants with a supper offered by Optidados, followed by a musical moment by two fado singer from Marinha Grande and three Polish singers (Izabela Puk, Marta Zubilewicz and Katarzyna Piwowarska).

1st partner meeting and beginning of the project

The project started in august 2010., and we had very successful first partner meeting in november 2010. in Warsaw concerning visual art. Here it is more about it!Now we prepare second partner meeting in Leira, Portugal, concerning folklore! Meeting in Portugal will be at the begining of april, and here you can find more information about this!

Off course, we are very busy with making this web page more intersting for you, so it is growing day by day, and it is still underconstruction. We are online from midle of february this year, and we will be in web space for sure till the end of 2012. But, we hope that you will like us, and that our web page and new european @rt Re-start community will go and go on …

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