EU Family gives a cultural treat to Pinoy youth this weekend
PINOY children and youth are in for a special cultural treat this weekend on Friday 5 June at 10:30 a.m. and on Saturday 6 June at 8pm through the FB page of the EU Delegation to the Philippines.
The European Union Delegation to the Philippines together with the Embassies of Czech Republic, France, Italy (through the Philippine-italian Association), Poland, and the Manila Street Astronomers have developed a cultural extravaganzaof films,games,songs,storiesandanastronomy event. Thomas Wiersing, Chargé d'affaires, a.i. EU Delegation to the Philippines said: “Lakbayin Natin ang EU” and “Ode to the Stars and to the Moon” aim to enable children to learn about the European Union without having to physically visit the continent especially during this pandemic. While both events have been organized previously, this is the first time that the EU Delegation and its partners have ventured into holding the twin events virtually.
Opening Salvo - French Children’s Films France is the birthplace of film and has contributed immensely to the history, enrichment of the film as an art form. “Fantasmagorie” is an animated film from France by Emile Cohol and is said to be one of the earliest examples of traditional animation. The French Embassy in this year’s edition of “Lakbayin natin ang EU” has lined up the following children’s films which are accessible until 25
June: 14 (On the Tour de France) a champion cyclist of the Tour de France finds his way by accident into a small town https://vimeo.com/223996470 Sales Gosses (Naughty kids) a story about how a parent instills discipline onto children https://vimeo.com/70768878 directed by Hassan Bensmaine, Alexis Kerjosse, Emmanuelle Ngan Sing, Marine Vilette, and Delphine Zombo On Parentchildren relationship Raoul (Embouteillages, on traffic) Getting caught in traffic, and how to get out of it https:// vimeo.com/70768878 Breakfast in Paris - A Parisian teenager skips breakfast https://vimeo.com/101030171 (on parent-children relationship). Le Ballet (on watching a ballet at the Opera) https://vimeo.com/48547146 directed by Louis Thomas. Travelling through the EU Czech Republic, Italy and Poland
Do you know that Czech children also play two of Filipino’s favorite games: the skakani panaka (similar with “piko”or“hopscotch” and guma“chinese garter”.
The Embassy of the Czech Republic shall demonstrate how exciting and how similar their two games are with the kind of games that the Philippines has.
From Italy, children will surely get amazed with stories to be told live during the “Lakbayin natin ang EU”: “The Young Shrimp” and “Tonino the Invisible” by Italian writer Gianni Rodari. Incidentally, this year is the 100th birth year of Rodari. Writer Rodari is regarded as the most important children’s literature writer in Italy.
The Philippine-italian Association and the National Library of the Philippines (NLP) shall continue their storytelling sessions at the fb page of the NLP.
Meanwhile, the Embassy of Poland through Chargé d'affaires, a.i Jarosław Szczepankiewicz, shall teach kids a traditional birthday song in Poland. The birthday song is“sto lat”(one Hundred Years) and is sung to express good wishes, good health and long life to a person. It is also a common way of wishing someone a happy birthday in Polish. The duration of the “Happy birthday” song, incidentally, is also the time needed to wash hands during this pandemic.
The EU Delegation to the Philippines has invited a gifted filmmaker Jade Dandan Evangelista, 8 years old, to present her film “Get Well Soon”. Her wish through her film is “for the world to get well, safe and better”. Jade is a digital native artist and expresses herself in music, coding, clay and cardboard sculpting, drawing, video and animation. She is a Grade3 home schooler at Homeschool Global - Victory Christian International School. Her first short film is doing the rounds as part of the official selection in BAM! Festival, Mostra Internacional Cinema Educatiu in Valencia and has been named as a semifinalist in Zoom.14 in Slovenia.