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Today I became more aware of how important the History of a people is, its culture and its heritage.
When visiting the Saga museum in Iceland, I had the privilege of obtaining relevant historical knowledge on a tangible and intangible level.
Wearing the clothing of a fighting and surviving people was a great emotion and allowed us to understand that it is necessary to preserve the identity of a people through its future generations

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Respect!
Much respect for Iceland's ancestors and culture.  A truly warrior people.  I heard its history involving many weapons and strategies of war, defense and peculiar religions in order to strenuously preserve its culture and its identity. At the Saga museum I learned that it is very important to preserve and transmit our cultures and traditions in order to stand out in the face of globalization.

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Today I learned...
How important is it to understand, from the outset, the importance of the intangible cultural heritage, the one that is most in danger of disappearing, because it is not material and is constituted by the histories, traditions, gastronomy, language and art forms of a people or country. This intangible culture reflects the identity of a people and its uniqueness.
We were also able to reflect on the language of a people or country and how it can be a very important cultural mark that carries all the intangible culture and traditions of a people - an expression of their cultural uniqueness and an instrument to transmit and experience it.
When we passed through the streets of Reykjavik, a Portuguese lady, who was driving a van, approached us and came to talk to us because she recognized the sounds of her language, her culture and her uniqueness pronounced by us Portuguese...
In this global world, sometimes we don't value the difference, the uniqueness of a people or their culture, however with the visit to the Saga museum, we could see a good example of what we can do to value and not let disappear the intangible cultural heritage of a people.

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Already many things for the 1st day : 1st contact with colleagues and 1st contact with the educational approach of the course. I fell like a fish in water : seam vision in another context. We all learn from experience, young and less young. I like this words : "enter by practice and exit through knowledge". Practical and material life is culture like all knowledges and way of seeing the world.
Exactly, 1st day that I eat dried fish of iceland. I also had heard of it but I never tasted it. Wonderful ! Like salt candy ! Today, I subscribe to this cultural heritage, this story of the work, experience and knowledge of many generations before us in wich we always are : "Folk-lore means science of the people".
Like a (wet) fish in water and a (dried) fish in the mouth ;)

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The foto sums up a colourful experience: Bachmann family (Saga) grasseater (Lamb), clear view (Hallgrímskirkja) walk along the seashore, relaxing stay at a café …and I have learned that Patrícia can do speerfishing!

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Today I’ve learned a lot from Rita, my new colleagues, the Saga Museum and from the tangible and intangible culture of Iceland.
Reflecting about culture and it’s survival under the pressure of globalization I believe a part of it will survive, another will die and other will change.
I think no human being can live without culture just as no building can stand without pillars.
The globalization brings new challenges  for culture’s survival but also great opportunities for it’s reinvention.
I chose this picture because you can see a man doing meditation while two people walk by. Two paces at the same time in the same Icelandic culture.

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I am very happy to share the same pedacogal idea of teaching and learning about the culture with Rita. On the trips with the students the most important thing from my point of view is that they learn by their own experience; by doing things, seeing things, feeling things, sharing things etc. and hopefully without any rush.

I really enjoyed sunny Reykjavik today, especially the Sundhall outside pool in the evening. That is something very Islandic and I envy that a little bit...I mean we don't have any outside pools in the area where I live in Finland. But then I realized (after having a chat with a local man) that our own cultural heritage, sauna, that we have in almost every house in Finland is in the same way very relaxing and important for us who live in a northern country with long and dark winters. Our anchestors (all over the world) have invented how to make the most of the natural resources available.

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Today we started a new adventure: getting to now Iceland, a country with a great and hard history from what we have heard. We had the chance to view a part of that history at the visit to the Saga Museum and learn more about it.
We have learnt also the importance of cultural heritage in our lives and the role that teachers can play at the students learning abilities as an educational figure.
It will be rewarding to go back to Madeira and share these moments and the culture of Iceland with our students in comparison with ours.
It has been a dream, as well, to visit the Blue Lagoon, one of the 25th wonders of the world and to share it with some of our collegues!

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Hello, everyone! Today I learnt about   the importance of  intangible cultural heritage. I learnt more about the story of Iceland, and I understood that Icelanders are a people who respect the Mother nature, and they privilege the simple and essencial in life.  I choose this photo because it was the place where I had the  pleasure to meet everyone.

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Hello, everyone! Today I learnt about   the importance of  intangible cultural heritage. I learnt more about the story of Iceland, and I understood that Icelanders are a people who respect the Mother nature, and they privilege the simple and essencial in life.  I choose this photo because it was the place where I had the  pleasure to meet everyone.

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Gabriela

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Today we started talking about immaterial and material heritage, the importance of culture and its definition, which it's quite recent (around 1900) and how it's connected to other domains such as music, art, literature, gastronomy and identity.
I think it's important to preserve our national or regional heritage and also to be proud of it and pass it on to other generations.

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Today I had the privilege to learn a lot more about the history of Iceland. It was an unique way to introduce us the very early years of this beautiful country. The first settlers most certainly didn't have an easy life. Life was tough and unpredictable in those early years. Rita also told us about cultural heritage in detail. That is something to pounder on more closely during this week. Last but not least; it was nice to get to know you all! We had a sunny and nice day together.

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Today it was so beautiful weather. It was so nice to walk around the city. It was also so nice to visit in the Saga museum. The most touching story which I remember from the museum was the story of sister Katrin who was sentenced to be burned in 1343.

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Intangible cultural heritage is the most fragile as it can only survive with the knowledge and stories that are passed through times.
Here is an example from today - we all saw some swords. We all know that they were weapons. But do we know that it was also the symbol of the status and wealth, the object of applied arts, the spiritual emblem of a warrior. Here is a small story:
There is some evidence from Viking burials for the deliberate and possibly ritual "killing" of swords, which involved the blade being bent so that it was unusable. Because Vikings were often buried with their weapons, the "killing" of swords may have served two functions. A ritualistic function in retiring a weapon with a warrior, and a practical function in deterring any grave robbers from disturbing the burial in order to get one of these costly weapons.
Knowing the stories behind the objects puts more value on them. When there is more value we want to know more about them. And thus knowledge keeps the stories and our cultures alive.