Difficulty Difficult
Duration 45-60 minutes
Type of activity Long term activities
Season Spring
Occasion Any
Suitability Physically fit
Locations Outdoor
Tools
scissors
dummy (puppet) symbolizing Morana
crepe paper
markers
Goal
The objective is to introduce the tradition to celebrate the end of winter and have common experience. Typical custom of spring welcoming. Group activity which is outdoor and brings seniors and children together outside.
Intergenerational benefits
Understanding and relationship building
Understanding and relationship building
The activity promotes the understanding and appreciation of the attitudes, opinions, and experiences which different generations bring to the relationships, understanding and avoiding generational stereotypes and fostering tolerance of different lifestyles and an appreciation for cultural heritages, traditions and histories.
Intergenerational learning and skill sharing
Intergenerational learning and skill sharing
The activity promotes learning and skill sharing among younger and older generations. It involves the sharing of positive resources that the young and old have to offer each other, especially the experience with novelties of modern times and valuable life lessons as well as cultural and familiar traditions.
Health and wellbeing
Health and wellbeing
The activity promotes physical and mental well-being. It has a positive impact on the quality of life (feeling of self-worth and a reduction in loneliness and isolation, promotion of physical and cognitive activity).
Personal impact
Personal impact
Developing soft skills (like empathy, confidence, communication abilities, learning skills) and developing their own strengths and talents.
Cognitive skills
Cognitive skills
Supporting mental / brain-based skills we need to do anything from the simplest to the most complex tasks:perception, attention, memory, motor skills, language, visual and spatial processing, executive functions.
Community involvement
Community involvement
The activity increases confidence and involvement within the community. It offers a starting point that could have a positive impact within the community.
Step by Step
- Organize a parade to the nearest brook or river (flowing water).
- Celebrate the end of winter by singing song and saying rhymes.
- By the river everyone writes their wish or trouble which they want to let go on a piece of crepe paper and attach them to Morana.
- Morana is then thrown in the water as a symbol of leaving winter.
- On your way back look for the first signs of spring (spring flowers, grass sprouts etc.) and take them home with you.
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