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Margarita Bakalova
Spring

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Elka Vraykova Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Elka Vraykova Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Spring in our kindergarten

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Elka Vraykova Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Elka Vraykova Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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We plant trees and flowers in our kindergarten

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Kizoa Movie - Video - Slideshow Maker: Let"s plant trees and flowers

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Cotton princes and seven dwarfs Gözde Çömlek

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Cotton princes and seven dwarfs Gözde Çömlek

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Christ from the dead. In the New Testament of the Bible, the event is said to have occurred three days after Jesus was crucified by the Romans and died in roughly 30 A.D. The holiday concludes the “Passion of Christ,” a series of events and holidays that begins with Lent—a 40-day period of fasting, prayer and sacrifice—and ends with Holy Week, which includes Holy Thursday (the celebration of Jesus’ Last Supper with his 12 Apostles), Good Friday (on which Jesus’ death is observed), and Easter Sunday. Although a holiday of high religious significance in the Christian faith, many traditions associated with Easter date back to pre-Christian, pagan times.

Origin and history of Easter bunny

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Easter?  As a Christian, the first image might be the cross or the empty tomb.  For the general public, a blitz of media images and merchandise on store shelves makes it more likely that the Easter Bunny comes to mind.  So how did a rabbit distributing eggs become a part of Easter?

There are several reasons for the rabbit, or hare, to be associated with Easter, all of which come through pagan celebrations or beliefs.  The most obvious is the hare’s fertility.  Easter comes during spring and celebrates new life.  The Christian meaning of new life through Christ and a general emphasis on new life are different, but the two gradually merged.  Any animals – like the hare – that produced many offspring were easy to include.

The hare is also an ancient symbol for the moon.  The date of Easter depends on the moon.  This may have helped the hare to be absorbed into Easter celebrations.

The hare or rabbit’s burrow helped the animal’s adoption as part of Easter celebrations.  Believers saw the rabbit coming out of its underground home as a symbol for Jesus coming out of the tomb.  Perhaps this was another case of taking a pre-existing symbol and giving it Christian meaning.

The Easter hare came to America with German immigrants, and the hare’s role passed to the common American rabbit.  Originally children made nests for the rabbit in hats, bonnets, or fancy paper boxes, rather than the baskets of today.  Once the children finished their nests, they put them in a secluded spot to keep from frightening the shy rabbit.  The appealing nests full of colored eggs probably helped the customs to spread.

Back in Southern Germany, the first pastry and candy Easter bunnies became popular at the beginning of the nineteenth century.  This custom also crossed the Atlantic, and children still eat candy rabbits – particularly chocolate ones – at Easter.

Origin and history of Easter Eggs

Next to the Easter bunny, the most familiar symbol is the Easter egg.  Like others, the egg has a long pre-Christian history.  Again there’s no certainty as to why it became associated with Easter.

Many Ancient cultures viewed eggs as a symbol of life.  Hindus, Egyptians, Persians, and Phoenicians believed the world begun with an enormous egg.  The Persians, Greeks, and Chinese gave gifts of eggs during spring festivals in celebration of new life all around them.  Other sources say people ate dyed eggs at spring festivals in Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome.  In ancient Druid lore, the eggs of serpents were sacred and stood for life.

Early Christians looked at the connection eggs had to life and decided eggs could be a part of their celebration of Christ’s resurrection.  In addition, in some areas, eggs were forbidden during Lent; therefore, they were a delicacy at Easter.  Since many of the earlier customs were Eastern in origin, some speculate that early missionaries or knights of the Crusade may have been responsible for bringing the tradition to the West.

In the fourth century, people presented eggs in church to be blessed and sprinkled with holy water.  By the twelfth century, the Benedictio Ovorum had been introduced authorizing the special use of eggs on the holy days of Easter.  The timing of this blessing would uphold the idea that Crusaders may have brought the tradition back.  Even though eggs had been used previously, the Crusaders may have made the custom more popular and widespread.

In 1290, Edward I of England recorded a purchase of 450 eggs to be colored or covered with gold leaf.  He then gave the eggs to members of the royal household.

Once the custom became accepted, new traditions began to grow up around it.  Eggs were dyed red for joy, and in memory of Christ’s blood.  Egg rolling contests came to America from England, possibly as a reminder of the stone being rolled away.

What about the familiar Easter Egg hunt?  One source suggested that it grew out of the tradition of German children searching for hidden pretzels during the Easter season.  Since children were hiding nests for the Easter Bunny to fill with eggs at the same time they were hunting pretzels, it was only a small leap to begin hiding eggs instead.

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Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene,. Bulgaria

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Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene,. Bulgaria

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Group Minnie and Mickey Mouse
Teacher: Stefka Pavlova

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Elka Vraykova Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Elka Vraykova Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Group Ladybird
Easter

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Kizoa Movie - Video - Slideshow Maker: Easter in Kindergarten Zname na  mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Stefka Pavlova, , Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Stefka Pavlova, , Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Group Minnie and Mickey Mouse

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Stefka Pavlova, , Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Stefka Pavlova, , Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Group Minnie and Mickey Mouse
Teacher: Stefka Pavlova

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Stefka Pavlova, Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Stefka Pavlova, Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Group Minnie and Mickey Mouse
Teacher: Stefka Pavlova

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Turkey

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Yasemin Atılgan Selçuklu Anaokulu KONYA 

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Spring Activities was made in plants for transmission experiment and that roses this haunting

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Belene Bulgaria
Group Minnie and Mickey Mouse
Teacher Elka Vraykova
Creative story by picture
Siana 4 years old
Thunderstorm
It was a terrible storm. A branch of the tree broke and a small bird fell on the ground. A little boy saw the bird on the ground and returned it to the nest. The mother bird thanked the boy by singing a good song to him.

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Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Kindergarten Zname na mira, Belene, Bulgaria

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Spring, Antonio Vivaldi
Group Minnie and Mickey Mouse
Teacher: Stefka Pavlova

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Kindergarten Zname na mira Belene Bulgaria Group Ladybird

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Kindergarten Zname na mira Belene Bulgaria Group Ladybird

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Elka Vraykova

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Stefka Pavlova
On the 1st of March Bulgarian people celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of a new life cycle, the long awaited spring. Pretty much everyone exchanges “martenitsa” with the words “Chestita Baba Marta”. “Chestita” means “Happy”, and Baba Marta comes from grandmother (“baba”), “Marta” is rooted in March. In folklore Baba Marta is presented as the wife or sister of Big Sechko (January) and Little Sechko (February). She is constantly unhappy with them; in different tales they drink her wine or do different mischiefs. She gets really angry and as a result the weather breaks. One of the most popular tales tells us about an old lady, who took her goats out in the mountain. It was the end of March, the very last days of the month.  The old lady was counting on Baba Marta for blessing her with good weather – she is as ancient as I am, the old lady thought to herself, she will have mercy. Baba Marta did anything but. She got so mad, asked her brother April to land her a few days and got them. These days are what we call “borrowed days”.  Baba Marta set free all the blizzards and snowstorms and the old lady and her goats were frozen. They then became  a pile of stones, from which healing water started running. Yet, the 1st of March, the Baba Marta holiday, symbolizes the spring and brings us wishes for health and abundance in the beginning of the new cycle of life in nature. The tradition is linked with ancient pagan history of the Balkan Peninsula, committed to agricultural cults.

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Kindergarten Zname na mira
Belene
Bulgaria
Elka Vraykova

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Stefka Pavlova
On  the 1 of March  Bulgaria celebrate one of its most loved traditional holydays - Baba Marta, which is believed to mark the beginning of spring.Celebrated on March 1, Baba Marta (Grandma March) is believed to be a feisty lady who always seems to be grudging at her two brothers, while the sun only comes out when she smiles.

As folklore often goes there are different versions of the Baba Marta tale. One says that on that day she does her pre-spring cleaning and shakes her mattress for the last time before the next winter - all the feathers that come out of it pour on Earth like snow - the last snow of the year.

On March 1, almost everyone in Bulgaria can be seen with a Martenitsa - a small piece of adornment, made of white and red yarn, which will be warn until around the end of the month (or the first time an individual sees a stork, swallow or budding tree - the first signs that spring has arrived.)

A legend goes that the martenitsa tradition has been inspired by Bulgaria's first Khan Asparuh, who sent a white string to his wife to tell her he survived a battle.

People are supposed to take off their martenitsas when they see the first signs that spring has already come - a blooming tree or a stork.

When the martenitsa is taken off, many people tie it to a tree - one that they'd like to be especially fruitful. Others place it under a rock and based on what they find there the next morning guess what kind of a year this one would be.

The martenitsa now comes in all shapes and sizes - from Guiness-worth giant building packages to two tiny simple strings gently placed on a newborn's arm.

However, it always bears the same meaning - a lucky charm against the evil spirits of the world, a token for health and a sign of appreciation.