tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38227727944240816662024-03-14T05:30:22.313+01:00La Cité des VentsMa vie, mes passions / My life, my passionsLa Cité des Ventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01352608197243432219noreply@blogger.comBlogger568125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822772794424081666.post-63076136419756744532017-06-18T11:00:00.000+02:002017-06-18T11:00:31.036+02:00Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop June 2017<br />
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Created by Frances of <a href="http://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.blogspot.com/" title="Discovering the World through My Son's Eyes">Discovering the World through My Son's Eyes</a>, the blog hop has now found a new home at <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/multicultural-kid-blogs-welcomes-creative-kids-culture-blog-hop/" title="Multicultural Kid Blogs Welcomes Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop">Multicultural Kid Blogs</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.marcellinamaria.my.id/" title="Living Ideas">Living Ideas</a> on <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/" title="Multicultural Kid Blogs">Multicultural Kid Blogs</a><br />
<a href="http://lacitedesvents.blogspot.com/" title="La Cité des Vents">La Cité des Vents</a><br />
<a href="http://www.castleviewacademy.com/" title="Castle View Academy">Castle View Academy</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bringinguptheparks.com/" title="Bringing Up the Parks">Bringing Up the Parks</a><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/wittyhoots.com" title="Witty Hoots">Witty Hoots</a></div>
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My children are not learning Chinese, however they have many friends who have at least one of their parents who is Chinese. Leaving in Germany or France means for them that they have to rely on their parents (and sometimes grand-parents) to teach them their mother tongue. Chinese schools (on saturday or in the afternoon) can be found in several cities but it's not always possible for the children to attend the classes. Having helpful and good resources on line can be a great advantage for families. So thank you <a href="https://www.misspandachinese.com/">Miss Panda Chinese</a> for this list of resources!</div>
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La Cité des Ventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01352608197243432219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822772794424081666.post-14517056060065778272017-05-26T07:00:00.000+02:002017-06-05T20:15:06.597+02:00As people of faith (Guest post from Sarah Ager)<div class="Textbody" style="line-height: 160%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span lang="IT" style="color: #3d3029; font-family: "oxygen, 'helvetica neue', helve";">As people of faith, we sometimes act under the assumption that
ours is the only way of perceiving God. We hold this view even though Muslims
make up only a seventh of the world's population. We sometimes forget that we
live in a multi-cultural world alongside people of many diverse beliefs and
faith backgrounds, who have their own unique ways of approaching and perceiving
the Divine.<br />
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<span lang="IT" style="color: #3d3029; font-family: "oxygen, 'helvetica neue', helve";">There are many lenses through which people perceive the world –
the Bible, the Torah, the Qur'an, the Bhagavad Gita – to name just a few. There
are a wealth of religious and non-religious texts which guide people in their
daily lives – just as the Qur'an acts as a moral compass for Muslims.<br />
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In our increasingly globalised world, constant contact with other backgrounds
and faiths make it imperative to learn more about the diversity of our
neighbors because we are all an intrinsic part of the communities in which we
live. Developing mutual respect, rather than merely tolerating one another, is
not something that can be learned overnight. Through reaching out and speaking
openly we can begin to nurture genuine appreciation for the ways others express
their faith.<br />
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<span lang="IT" style="color: #3d3029; font-family: "oxygen, 'helvetica neue', helve";">Without education, we can all too easily develop an irrational
fear and mistrust of those we deem to be 'other'. This is especially true
between people of different faiths, and when political groups, individuals, and
certain factions of the Media so often seek to divide by exploiting and
exaggerating religious difference.<br />
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<span lang="IT" style="color: #3d3029; font-family: "oxygen, 'helvetica neue', helve";">Fear and mistrust of people based on assumptions of race or
faith are at the core of countless acts of discrimination. To overcome this
problem, we need open and constructive communication – the foundation of all
positive relationships.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Through interfaith, an all-encompassing and inclusive way of interacting with
one another, we endeavour to transcend human-made boundaries and make personal
connections with people from all faith and non-faith backgrounds. Interfaith
invites us to come as individuals with personal stories rather than being
burdened with collective responsibility and representation of an entire faith
community. Through sharing we gain greater understanding and become more
inclusive in our interactions with the people around us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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As a Muslim from a predominantly Christian family, my inspiration for promoting
interfaith is not only social, as a means of strenghtening ties with family and
friends, but also deeply spiritual. Interfaith is not a foreign concept to
Islam, it is in fact an intrinsic part of our faith. Within the pages of the
Qur’an, we are called to protect “cloisters and churches and synagogues and
mosques, wherein the name of God is oft commemorated” (Qur'an, 22:40). In
his lifetime, Muhammad </span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #3d3029; font-family: "oxygen, 'helvetica neue', helve"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Oxygen\, \0027Helvetica Neue\0027\, Helve"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ﷺ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="IT" style="color: #3d3029; mso-bidi-font-family: "Oxygen\, \0027Helvetica Neue\0027\, Helve";"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span lang="IT" style="color: #3d3029; font-family: "oxygen, 'helvetica neue', helve";">encouraged and was actively involved in interfaith.</span><span lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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On one such occasion, Muhammad </span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #3d3029; font-family: "oxygen, 'helvetica neue', helve"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Oxygen\, \0027Helvetica Neue\0027\, Helve"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ﷺ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="IT" style="color: #3d3029; mso-bidi-font-family: "Oxygen\, \0027Helvetica Neue\0027\, Helve";"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span lang="IT" style="color: #3d3029; font-family: "oxygen, 'helvetica neue', helve";">met with a delegation of Christian Chiefs from Najran and
together they signed a peace treaty which included the terms;</span><span lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IT" style="color: #3d3029;">“</span><span lang="IT" style="color: #3d3029; font-family: "oxygen, 'helvetica neue', helve";">No
compulsion is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be removed from their
jobs nor their monks from their monasteries. No one is to destroy a house of
their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims'
houses. Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and
disobey His Prophet.”</span><span lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Alongside the promise that the Christians of Najran could worship freely, the
treaty also included the understanding that “their Churches are to be
respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the
sacredness of their covenants,” meaning they would be able to uphold their
faith tradition alongside Muslims in the Arabian Peninsula.<br />
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It is clear that building strong communities by taking care of all those within
it is an integral part of Islam and should be considered the duty of Muslims
who strive to please Allah. The fighting we see between faith groups, and even within them, hurts the whole
community and goes against the golden rules of each faith, from the Christian
concept of loving our neighbour and the Islamic principle that doing harm to
another human being is as if you have hurt the whole of mankind, symbolising
our intrinsic interconnectness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Present day examples of interfaith in action include the iconic images of
Muslims protecting Coptic Christians in Egypt during the 2011 Arab Spring and
more recently, Christians providing refuge for persecuted Muslims in the
Central African Republic despite the serious risk to their own lives. On a
smaller but no less significant scale, there are regular and heartening stories
of religious groups coming together to help other groups in times of need, from
churches providing safe spaces for Muslims to pray during far-right protests in
various European cities, to Muslims looking after synagogues in Kolkata.</span><span lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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On a more local level, Interfaith helps us to develop new and comprehensive
ways of speaking in our daily lives that respects differences, and brings
people together based on shared values. This inclusivity feeds into all our
relationships, with family, friends, co-workers etc, and is particularly
relevant for converts who have non-muslim family members or those in interfaith
families. The tools of interfaith can also aid us in much needed intrafaith
dialogue, creating stronger ties between different groups under the umbrella of
Islam.<br />
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<span lang="IT" style="color: #3d3029; font-family: "oxygen, 'helvetica neue', helve";">Although Interfaith dialogue invites us to share our personal
experience of faith, we should remember that interfaith is not about throwing a
net to catch potential converts. Critics of Muslim-based interfaith initiatives
have argued that it's cleverly disguised dawah of the "creeping
sharia" variety. Similarily, many Christian websites have written articles
which recommend interfaith dialogue as a way of proselityising and essentially
going undercover to gather information about how best to convert members of
certain religious or secular groups. It is important to recognise the fine line
between education and evangelism. Trust is crucial for open dialogue but it
cannot develop if we suspect the other party is trying to boost their own
numbers. Instead, interfaith offers us a safe space where we are able to come
together, explore our similarities, change stereotypes, and build relationships
based on constructive communication.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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For people of faith, learning about other religions allows us to gain insight
into how others worship and, ideally, helps us to deepen our connection with
God while honouring our own faith tradition. Interfaith dialogue and hands on
engagement provides us an opportunity to gain insight into our own tradition as
we explain our beliefs to others and in turn learn how how faith is viewed
through the lens of other faith traditions. In his book 'The Good of Religious
Pluralism, Austrian-American sociologist Peter Berger states that 'pluralism
influences individual believers and religious communities to distinguish
between the core of their faith and less central elements'. As a result of
pluralism, Mormon writer Daniel Peterson believes that we not only gain
intellectual benefits from engaging with other but we also 'become better by interacting with
people different from ourselves.' People of diverse faiths share a common
journey as learners and as seekers towards a better self and a better faith
community in which we are a part. <br />
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journeys seeking to find meaning in our lives, be our best selves, and for
those who have faith, grow closer to our Creator. Interfaith dialogue reminds
us of how much richer our lives can be when we strive towards these goals hand
in hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Welcome to the May 2017 Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop! </h4>
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The Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop is a place where bloggers can share multicultural activities, crafts, recipes, and musings for our creative kids. We can't wait to see what you share this time!<br />
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Created by Frances of <a href="http://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.blogspot.com/" title="Discovering the World through My Son's Eyes">Discovering the World through My Son's Eyes</a>, the blog hop has now found a new home at <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/multicultural-kid-blogs-welcomes-creative-kids-culture-blog-hop/" title="Multicultural Kid Blogs Welcomes Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop">Multicultural Kid Blogs</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://lacitedesvents.blogspot.com/" title="La Cité des Vents">La Cité des Vents</a> on <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/" title="Multicultural Kid Blogs">Multicultural Kid Blogs</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bringinguptheparks.com/" title="Bringing Up the Parks">Bringing Up the Parks</a><br />
<a href="http://www.castleviewacademy.com/" title="Castle View Academy">Castle View Academy</a><br />
<a href="http://www.marcellinamaria.my.id/" title="Living Ideas">Living Ideas</a><br />
<a href="http://lacitedesvents.blogspot.com/" title="La Cité des Vents">La Cité des Vents</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Well, we live in Germany and all my kids' grand-parents are in France. It's not far away and at the same time, we can't see them as often as we would like. We are already doing some of the things listed, however I know many other people would be interested in those ideas!</span></div>
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La Cité des Ventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01352608197243432219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822772794424081666.post-66156293695239486822016-09-18T22:59:00.001+02:002017-05-19T08:12:00.798+02:00Creative Culture Blog Hop September 2016<br />
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The Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop is a place where bloggers can share multicultural activities, crafts, recipes, and musings for our creative kids. We can't wait to see what you share this time!</div>
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Created by Frances of <a href="http://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.blogspot.com/" title="Discovering the World through My Son's Eyes">Discovering the World through My Son's Eyes</a>, the blog hop has now found a new home at <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/multicultural-kid-blogs-welcomes-creative-kids-culture-blog-hop/" title="Multicultural Kid Blogs Welcomes Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop">Multicultural Kid Blogs</a>.</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://creativeworldofvarya.com/" title="Creative World of Varya">Creative World of Varya</a> on <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/" title="Multicultural Kid Blogs">Multicultural Kid Blogs</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.marcellinamaria.my.id/" title="Living Ideas"><span style="color: black;">Living Ideas</span></a><br />
<a href="http://peaklepie.com/" title="Peakle Pie"><span style="color: black;">Peakle Pie</span></a><br />
<a href="http://lacitedesvents.blogspot.com/" title="La Cité des Vents"><span style="color: black;">La Cité des Vents</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.castleviewacademy.com/" title="Castle View Academy"><span style="color: black;">Castle View Academy</span></a><br />
<a href="https://bringinguptheparks.com/" title="A MultiAsian Family Life"><span style="color: black;">A MultiAsian Family Life</span></a><br />
<a href="http://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.blogspot.com/" title="Discovering the World through My Son's Eyes"><span style="color: black;">Discovering the World through My Son's Eyes</span></a></div>
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If you want to help your children learn geography and other important facts about our world, this post should be interesting for you. <a href="http://www.practical-mom.com/" target="_blank">Practical Mom</a> has come with a nice cross between a where's Wally and a map hunt game. As my son loves both Wally and maps, I think we're going to do that activity during the next holidays.</div>
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Barcelona, Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé. Barcelona 1992</h3>
This, this is the first song I really remember when someone talks about the Olympics. Not because I remember the opening ceremony with the big screen showing the recorded video of the two singers, just a few months after Freddie Mercury's death. It's just because I sung it with my middle school choir during several concerts. This song always gave me the chills and a "je ne sais quoi"... I will always have a special place in my heart for it.<br />
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Reach, Gloria Estefan. Atlanta 1996</h3>
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This song talks about motivation and going beyond oneself... and it's not only in sports but also in life in general. In facts, it was written six years after Gloria's car crash in which she had her spine fractured. She succeeded in overcoming her pain and was able to walk again. That's a powerful song, isn't it?</div>
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One moment in time, Whitney Houston. Seoul 1988</h3>
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If this video-clip doesn't represent the Olympic Games, I don't know what could! Whitney received an Emmy Award for it in 2008.</div>
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Hand in hand, Koreana. Seoul 1988</h3>
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The Flame, Tina Arena. Sydney 2000</h3>
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The singer Tina Arena sung it with a children choir and it's one of the best remembered singing act of an Olympics ceremony.</div>
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Heroes live forever, Vanessa Amorosi. Sydney 2000</h3>
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I discovered this song while researching for this post and I totally felt in love with it! What a beautiful and powerful voice! <a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/vanessaamorosi/heroesliveforever.html" target="_blank">The lyrics</a> are not bad either...</div>
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Every football / soccer fan knows it: for each world cup or regional championship, songs are recorded and (heavily) passed on the radios. Here are 5 memorables, that could also aplied for Olympics athletes.</div>
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Waka waka, Shakira. South Africa 2010</h3>
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La Copa de la Vida, Ricky Martin. France 1998</h3>
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We are the champions, Queen. USA 1994</h3>
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Dar um Jeito (We will find a way), Carlos Santana, Wyclef, Avicii and Alexandre Pires . Brazil 2014</h3>
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Magic in the air, Magic System. Brazil 2014</h3>
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In France, it was the biggest hit with the song from Shakira (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TTx_0opABA" target="_blank">La la la</a>) and the one from Germany (Auf Uns, from Andreas Bourani) during the 2014 Wordl Cup.</div>
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Welcome to our <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/olympics-for-kids/" target="_blank">Olympics for Kids series</a>! The Olympics are a wonderful opportunity to teach kids about the world and explore cultures together. Today, you can find more about other music posts about various countries thanks to our participating bloggers:</div>
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<b>How Dutch Nursery Rhymes Helped Me as an Expat Mother - <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2016/08/03/dutch-nursery-rhymes-helped-expat-mother/" target="_blank">Multicultural Kid Blogs</a><br />
Songs for Past Sports Championships and the Olympics - <a href="http://lacitedesvents.blogspot.com/2016/08/songs-for-past-sport-championships.html" target="_blank">La Cité des Vents</a><br />
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - <a href="https://globetrottinkids.com/" target="_blank">Globe Trottin' Kids</a><br />
Chile - <a href="http://www.laclasedesradufault.com/" target="_blank">La Clase de Sra. DuFault</a><br />
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La Cité des Ventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01352608197243432219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822772794424081666.post-63695834304921114872016-07-29T10:07:00.000+02:002016-08-04T15:35:09.402+02:00Places where Olympics took placeFrance has seen many Olympic Games. As the "founder", <a href="http://lacitedesvents.blogspot.com/2016/07/baron-pierre-de-coubertin.html" target="_blank">Baron Pierre de Coubertin</a> was French, France and French have strong ties with them.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games" target="_blank">Three times </a>France has been the host: 1924 was the first time the Winter Games took place, and it was in Chamonix. 5 sports for 9 different competitions... Quite less than our actual Olympic Games with 7 sports and 15 disciplines.<br />
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Second time was in Grenoble in 1968: 37 nations were present for the tenth Winter Games.<br />
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Third time in Albertville, in 1992, was my first real exposition to winter sports on television. I was 10 and I loved to watch biathlon, bobsleigh, figure skating (that's a sport I already watched), or ski jumping.<br />
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South Africa's Flag: A Symbol of Unity and Progress</b> - <a href="https://globetrottinkids.com/2016/07/29/south-africas-flag-a-symbol-of-unity-and-progress/" target="_blank">Globe Trottin' Kids</a><br /><b>
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La Cité des Ventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01352608197243432219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822772794424081666.post-43101284399210006932016-07-25T10:06:00.000+02:002017-06-05T21:24:05.255+02:00Sports to try when visiting FranceVisiting France for foreigners has a feel of "Yes, I've been there!!!" However, if some places are huge touristic areas (say: Paris city, Alsace, Côte d'Azur, Provence, Vallée de la Loire, the island of Corse, etc), the possibilities for enjoying my lovely country are far more diverse.<br />
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As the Olympic Games will start next month, let see which sports you can try while touring France. [Post from the MKB series during the 2016 Olympic Games]<br />
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Hiking in the mountains</h3>
A definitly easy (or not) sport to do! France has several mountain ranges, some high (Alpes, Pyrénées) and others more medium (Vosges, Massif Central). Ask the tourist office in the city or village of your choice, and they will explain you all the hiking roads and paths in the area!<br />
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Hiking in the mountains was part of my childhood experiences. Living at the foot of the Pyrénées (in Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales), each year my scholls organized a pic-nic in the mountains. We even crossed a couple of time the border between France and Spain... and if the teachers hadn't tell us, we would have never known! Because a pathway on the top of a mountain looks the same in both countries. ;-)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lac des Bouillouses, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. Photo: <a href="http://www.tourisme-pyreneesorientales.com/fr/4135/pages/d/montagne-pyrenees/webcam-des-bouillouses/page/0" target="_blank">Office de tourisme des PO</a></td></tr>
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Ok, it's not everywhere you can go canoeing, but do it if you are near <i>gorges </i>(= canyon): <a href="http://www.gorgesdutarn-sauveterre.com/uk/sport-activities/canoeing-kayaking.html" target="_blank">gorges du Tarn</a>, <a href="http://www.itinerairepassion.com/en/index.php" target="_blank">gorges de l'Ardèche</a>, <a href="http://www.leguidemontpellier.com/loisirs/canoe.php" target="_blank">gorges de l'Hérault</a>, <a href="http://www.lesgorgesduverdon.fr/en/canoe-in-verdon-canyon.html" target="_blank">gorges du Verdon</a>... The list is open!<br />
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My mother is not really of the adventurous type, so I never tried canoeing. I hope I will be able to do it with my kids when they will be a bit older.<br />
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Nothing is like <i><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9tanque" target="_blank">pétanque</a></i> when in holidays. That's the friendly yet competitive, slow yet precise, sport you can enjoy with your family, friends or people you know nothing about. It's a custom in the South of France, and you can play it in the whole country (we even have some <i>pétanque </i>sand pit in my town in Germany!!!) Be careful not to lose the cochonnet, and don't walk in the middle of game: you would be in serious danger of "verbal abuse" from the players you have disturbed. <i>Pétanque</i> is not a child game, it's serious matter!<br />
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If you like horseriding, France has <a href="https://www.google.fr/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=4AqTV-roFcyo8wems5C4Dg&gws_rd=ssl#safe=off&q=horse+riding+in+france" target="_blank">many opportunities</a> for you to both discover the landscape and have a good time with a horse. Riding in woods, in the countryside or on the beaches, pick what you prefer!<br />
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I tried it once in my childhood, but I'm not as balanced as needed for this sport. <a href="http://www.climb-europe.com/RockClimbingFrance.htm" target="_blank">On this website</a>, you have a list of all the good rock climbing places in France. You can't say you didn't know where to go!<br />
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The website of the <a href="http://www.ffcv.org/les-centres-de-char-a-voile-labellises/" target="_blank">French federation lists</a> all the clubs where you can do some char à voile. My son has seen a video of that sport and now he can't wait to be big enough to try it! (Have I told you how adventurous he is?)<br />
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You like to go fast or drive through the mountains? Check the <a href="http://www.ffsa.org/Pages/home.aspx" target="_blank">website of the French Federation of Motor Sports</a> for all the dates of the future rallyes, where <a href="http://www.ffsa.org/pages/carteInteractive.aspx?TermId=cda2ad9b-7208-471c-bd51-6867573fdf7a" target="_blank">you can train</a>, etc. (website in French only). It's not my cup of tea, but I know people who love to discover a region that way.<br />
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Skiing and everything "winter sports"</h3>
This is it! You're coming to France in winter, and you would be eager to mix touring and winter sports? Haha! We have everything you want (and more) in France! It's not for nothing that the Winter Olympic Games have been held 3 times in my country (in the Alpes)! If you go to Chamonix, Grenoble or Albertville, you will be able to play many winter sports. But you have also wonderful ski pists in the Pyrénées.<br />
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Sports to Try When Visiting France - <a href="http://lacitedesvents.blogspot.com/2016/07/sports-to-try-when-visiting-france.html" target="_blank">La Cité des Vents</a><br />
A Journey in South Africa - <a href="https://globetrottinkids.com/2016/07/25/a-journey-in-south-africa/" target="_blank">Globe Trottin' Kids</a><br />
Sports to Try When Visiting France - <a href="http://lacitedesvents.blogspot.com/2016/07/sports-to-try-when-visiting-france.html" target="_blank">La Cité des Vents</a><br />
Traveling to Chile - <a href="http://www.laclasedesradufault.com/2016/07/traveling-to-chile.html" target="_blank">La Clase de Sra. DuFault</a><br />
Tomar, Portugal: the Last Templar Town - <a href="http://www.thepiripirilexicon.com/2016/07/tomar-portugal-last-templar-town.html" target="_blank">the piri-piri lexicon</a><br />
7 Places to Explore in the Netherlands - <a href="http://lifewithadoublebuggy.blogspot.com/2016/07/7-places-to-explore-in-netherlands.html" target="_blank">Expat Life with a Double Buggy</a><br />
Explore Buenos Aires, Argentina - <a href="http://hispanicmama.com/2016/07/25/exploring-buenos-aires-in-argentina/" target="_blank">Hispanic Mama</a><br />
Kid-Friendly Vacation in Puerto Rico - <a href="http://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.blogspot.com/2014/06/kid-friendly-vacation-in-puerto-rico.html" target="_blank">Discovering the World Through My Son's Eyes</a><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Each country taking part in Olympic Games has some sports in which their athletes have more chance of winning medals. For the best performances of France in the Summer Olympic Games, we can count the following sports:</span><br />
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Escrime / Fencing</h3>
Que ce soit au fleuret, à l'épée ou au sabre, la France est considérée comme d'une des meilleurs nations en escrime. Depuis le début des JO, <a href="http://franceolympique.com/equipedefrance/medailles.phtml?NSport=10&p=1&NPlace=0" target="_blank">115 médailles </a>ont été gagnées. 41 en or, 40 en argent et 34 en bronze.<br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">Foil, sword, sabre, France is considered one of the best countries in fencing. Since the beginning of the Olympics, <a href="http://franceolympique.com/equipedefrance/medailles.phtml?NSport=10&p=1&NPlace=0" target="_blank">115 medals</a> have been won: 41 golden, 40 silver, 34 bronze.</span><br />
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Cyclisme / Cycling</h3>
De nombreuses disciplines sont sous cette dénomination: cyclisme sur piste, sur route, VTT et BMX. En tout, les Français ont eu 92 médailles: 41 en or, 27 en argent, 22 en bronze.<br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">Many different types of cycling exist: road cycling, track cycling, VTT and BMX. In total, French succeed 92 times to win a medal: 41 gold, 27 silver and 22 bronze.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jeannie Longo, so many races won and records set!!!<br />
Par Fanny Schertzer — Travail personnel, CC BY-SA 3.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7915145" target="_blank">wikipedia</a></td></tr>
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Athlétisme / Athletism</h3>
Avec <a href="http://franceolympique.com/equipedefrance/medailles.phtml?NSport=1&p=1&NPlace=0" target="_blank">61 médailles</a>, la France arrive à chaque JO à rafler au moins une ou deux médailles. Les athlètes français sont meilleurs en saut à la perche, course de vitesse et relais en général. 14 médailles en or, 22 en argent et 25 en bronze.<br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">With <a href="http://franceolympique.com/equipedefrance/medailles.phtml?NSport=1&p=1&NPlace=0" target="_blank">61 medals,</a> France usually win one or two medals at each Olympics. French athlets are better at pole-vault, track run and relay. 14 gold, 22 silver and 25 bronze.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Par Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21606036" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a><br />
Renaud Lavillenie (here in 2012), vaulting pole recordman in World championship and Olympics.</td></tr>
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Judo</h3>
Depuis quelques décennies, la France a misé sur ses judokas pour remporter des médailles. <a href="http://franceolympique.com/equipedefrance/medailles.phtml?NSport=17&p=1&NPlace=0" target="_blank">47 médailles</a> au total sont assez exceptionnelles pour un pays qui s'est mis à la pratique des arts martiaux assez tard par rapport aux pas plus "historiques" comme le Japon ou la Chine. Les judokas français ont combattus vaillement pour obtenir 12 médailles en or, 10 en argent et 25 en bronze.<br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">For a few decades, France improved their judokas training to win medals.<a href="http://franceolympique.com/equipedefrance/medailles.phtml?NSport=17&p=1&NPlace=0" target="_blank"> 47 in total</a> is rather exceptional for a country that is not a country of origin for martial arts, like Japan or China. French judokas won 12 golden medals, 10 silver and 25 bronze.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Par Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20743892" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></td></tr>
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Viennent ensuite, la natation, le tir, le tir à l'arc, la voile, la gymnastique, le canoë-kayak et l'aviron.<br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">You have also these sports which French are often good at: swimming, shooting, archery, sailing, gymnastic, canoë-kayak, rowing.</span><br />
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Donc si vous voulez entendre la Marseillaise durant les cérémonies de remise des médailles, suivez l'une de ces compétition!<br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">So if you want to listen to la Marseillaise during one of the medals ceremony, watch these competitions!</span><br />
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It's all thank to Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French noble who thought that sports could be a force to unite nations and bring peace!<br />
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Born in Paris, on the 1st January 1863, Charles Pierre Frédy de Coubertin could have followed his ancestors' path into military offices but he prefered to pursue academical fonctions. Even if his family was of noble class, he chose to follow politically the republicans, which caused great disputes with his father, a staunch royalist. He threw himself into education, sports, literature, history and sociology, the two first being his main subjects of work.<br />
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During his researches and readings, he started to develop his theory of physical education, based primarily on the ancient Greek example of the <i>gymnasium</i> (a training facility encouraging both physical and intellectual development).<br />
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For him, unity in these places, such as old and young people working and learning together different disciplines, or practical and theorical studies both possible, was a kind of ideal humanity forget along the centuries.<br />
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His ideas were also forged on a will of preparing better men for war and of a democratic approach of sports (although classes brought together wasn't in his theories).<br />
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Having failed in his propositions of more physical education in schools, Pierre de Coubertin devoted his time in a new endeavour: the revival of the Olympic Games.<br />
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If he was not the only one who wanted more internationalism in sports, he was the one behind the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics" target="_blank">1896 Summer Olympics</a>. At a Congress on amateurs in sports, held in Paris the 23rd of June 1894, he supported the choice of Athens for a first international competition (however at first he wasn't sure the Greek government had the potential to host such a special competition). The four years cycle was also voted as did the banning of money prizes in the contests and the amteurism of the participants (no professional allowed, which is not the case anymore).<br />
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The closer the Games came, the lesser the Greek government used the services of Coubertin. On the international front, Coubertin had issues with the German athletes who suspected that he wanted to exclude them (because of the Franco-Prussian war Germany won) and the French who didn't want any German in this competition. It was luckily settled before the Games.<br />
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Even if the <a href="https://www.olympic.org/athens-1896" target="_blank">first Olympic Games</a> were a success with 14 competiting nations (despise some bumps in the road like the cancellation of the football tournament due to lack of participating teams!), the Paris Games in 1900 and the Saint-Louis Games in 1904 were shadowed by the World Fairs organized at the same time in these cities and marred with scandals. Pierre de Coubertin didn't take much part in the organization of them.<br />
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Working in the background with the creation of the International Olympic Committee, he became his first president in 1896 until 1925. We can thank him on designing the Olympic flag in 1913, on the <a href="https://www.olympic.org/documents/olympic-charter" target="_blank">Olympic charter </a>and on the olympic devise: <i>Citius, Altius, Fortius</i> (Faster, Higher, Stronger).<br />
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Pierre de Coubertin was a sportsman: he enjoyed fencing, horseriding, boxing and rowing.<br />
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In 1911, he founded the inter-religious Scouting organisation Éclaireurs Français (EF) in France.<br />
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He won the gold medal for literature at the 1912 Summer Olympics for his poem Ode to Sport.<br />
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He was definitly a man of his time. Women in sports' competitions were not an option for him, as much as for many doctors of that time who argued that violent movements weren't good for the women physical health and that they should keep on procreating and not working up like a warrior. He is also seen as a racist. However, he viewed many "primitive" ethnies as physicaly superior, because the "white men" grew out of their nature and forget their abilities.<br />
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The legacy of Pierre de Coubertin is still alive. We will soon celebrate new Olympic Games, in Brazil this time. We hope that the athletes, judges and coaches will keep their oath of sportsmanship and fairness, and that the sports will prevail and bring unity and peace... Eventhough we know how much they have already pained the local populations with their preparation (something Coubertin wouldn't have agreed with).<br />
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Fasting, praying, being mindful of what you do, being charitable... those are principles that Muslims follow diligently during the month of Ramadan.</div>
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I'm not a Muslim woman, neither am I a refugee. But I have eyes to see what is happening in many parts of the world. And I have a heart too, a big crushed one. How could it not be so?</div>
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Some of my friends have met, teached, played with refugees from different countries in camps here in Germany, or in Greece or in Calais, France. They have shared the stories they have heard, orally, in <a href="https://melissadaltonbradford.wordpress.com/2016/04/13/life-in-limbo-the-ahmed-and-shafeka-khan-story/" target="_blank">blog posts</a> or even in <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/04/refuge-from-the-storm" target="_blank">a talk broadcast in the whole world</a>. Those stories that make us want to shout how unfair life can be, how some people are more monsters than people...<br />
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Refugees who are also Muslims may want to follow in one week this principle of Islam and fast everyday for 30 days. But how many of them have the requirred medical condition to properly do it? How many are underfed, sick, in dirty places and without access to proper food for the festivities? Far too many. </div>
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Their lifes are at risk, their past and home have been pushed aside, and they have faced such hardships, even for some torture (psychological and physical) and rape. They have witnessed their loved ones die, from bombing, shooting while crossing the borders or drowing in the Mediterranean see because the boat is too small, the sea too dangerous or the coast guards are pressuring them to back off...</div>
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<b>So this Ramadan, I would encourage you -and your whole family- to think of them and share goodness around you. When lots of them are parked in camps and can't do anything beside waiting for a hypothetical approval to live in a new country, show them some love.</b></div>
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It was hard to chose this month for me, but as I like Shakespeare and the theatre, I would like to present you this post about "<a href="http://www.mylearningtable.com/hamlet/" target="_blank">Hamlet for kids</a>" (free printable) from the blog <a href="http://www.mylearningtable.com/" target="_blank">Learning Table</a>. My son is still too young to read by himself, but I plan to start reading theatre plays with him when he will be 8.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_David-N%C3%A9el" target="_blank">Alexandra David-Néel</a> was a Belgian-French woman reknown for being the first foreign woman to visit and stay in Lhasa, Tibet. She had many chapters before and after that event in her adventurous life: explorer, anarchist, opera singer, spiritualist, Buddhist and writer.<br />
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During her trips in Asia, she met and talked with the 13th Dalaï Lama, befriended Maharaj Kumar (crown prince) Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal of the kingdom of Sikkim, learned meditation techniques and buddhist philosophy from Lachen Gomchen Rinpoche for several years, visited without authorisation Tibet and met the Panchen Lama, was expulsed from India ("thanks to missionaries" that were not thrilled with her being so well accepted by Tibetan people), traveled to Japan, Korea, China, Mongolia and finally came back to Tibet.<br />
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In 1924 -she was 56 years old-, under the disguise of a beggar, she stayed two months in Lhasa. Even if she knew the Dalaï Lama, she couldn't announce herself to him because of the ban (no foreigners in Lhasa).<br />
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She came back in France one year later and bought a house in Digne-les-Bains, where she wrote many books. Her companion of adventures for 11 years (she met him in 1914, he was 15 years old) Aphur Yongden came with her. She adopted him as a son.<br />
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She traveled again in China and Tibet between 1937 and 1946. Her retreat in Tibet lasted five years. She definitly came back to France in July 1946.<br />
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If you want to learn more about her life, I advise you to visit <a href="http://www.alexandra-david-neel.org/" target="_blank">the website of the association</a> managing her home Samten-Dzong or "fortress of meditation"in Digne-les-Bains, France, where she died at nearly 101 years old.<br />
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The following videos will show you how an adventurous, spiritual and smart woman she was.<br />
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A video in French, but you can add subtitles: a portrait by her friend Marie-Madeleine Peyronnet, her biographe, and by Priscilla Telmon who went to Lhassa.</div>
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<i>Portrait d'Alexandra David Neel la célèbre exploratrice et écrivaine bouddhiste</i></div>
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<i>commenté par sa secrétaire et amie, Marie Madeleine Peyronnet, sa biographe </i></div>
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<i>et par Priscilla Telmon qui a marché dans ses pas jusque Lhassa.</i></div>
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This is the summary of The Secret Oral Teachings in Tibetan Buddhist Sects by Alexandra David-Neel, lama Yongden, H. N. M. Hardy, Alan Watts.</div>
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Interview of Alexandra David-Néel a few days before her death.</div>
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One house, one artist: (in French)</div>
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La Cité des Ventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01352608197243432219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822772794424081666.post-5000783043571920852016-03-20T00:03:00.001+01:002016-05-15T19:58:43.272+02:00Julie-Victoire Daubié: first French woman to have the Baccalauréat [Women's History Month]<br />
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On the great blog <a href="http://plume-dhistoire.fr/julie-victoire-daubie-premiere-femme-a-obtenir-le-baccalaureat/" target="_blank">Plume d'Histoire</a>, the author has written about the strong-minded woman who was Julie-Victoire Daubié, the first French woman who succesfully passed the Baccalauréat. I love how she brings to life the era and the mindset of her society.<br />
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A bit of History:</h4>
The Baccalauréat has been "reinvented" by Napoleon Ist in 1808, becoming a diploma allowing to start college education. Three Baccalauréats existed: Baccalauréat en Lettres (Letters), Baccalauréat en Sciences (Sciences examination) and Baccalauréat en Droit (Law). This last one was only for a few years.<br />
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When Napoléon published the decree, it was not mentionned that women were not allowed. Just people up 16 years of age. As the education of women in letters and sciences were very rare and no middle and high schools were available for them, they didn't have the idea to pass it. As Plume d'Histoire stats in her article, women during the majority of the 19th century were not considered as "humanly equals" to men. Working for 13 hours in a factory, that was acceptable, but learning astronomy, medecine, philosophy, etc, were way too difficult for them... (I'm so sarcastic here... grr)<br />
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Julie-Victoire Daubié's upbringing:</h4>
All that changed with a young woman raised in the Vosges, France. Julie-Victoire Daubié was born on March 26th 1824 and was the eighth child of a modest bourgeoise family. She lived in her paternal grand-father's house and was able to attend primary school -where she received her Brevet Elémentaire (Elementary Certificate).<br />
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With the help of her brother - a priest- who taught her Latin, Greek, history, geography and German, she succeeded at the <em style="background-color: #cfe2f3; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brevet d’aptitude à l’enseignement primaire supérieur (</span></em>Certificate of capacity in the upper primary education), the only diploma accessible to women. She became a governess in France and later in Germany. She started to write a book "La femme pauvre au XIXe siècle" (the poor woman in the 19th century)... a book which will become a reality a few years later.<br />
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When she wrote an essay on June the 15th of 1859 for the competition opened by the <i>Académie impériale des sciences et belles lettres</i> in Lyon, her life changed. The topic was inspired by François Arlès-Dufour, an industrial businessman:<br />
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Look for, especially on a moral point of view, (...) the most practical measures (...) to raise the salary of the women in equality as the men's one when there is equality of service or work; to open to women new career and to procure them jobs that replace those successively taken away by the concurrence of men and the transformation of uses or customs.</blockquote>
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Her memoir "The poor woman by a poor woman" won the first prize. Arlès-Dufour became her protector. She decided then to register for the <i>Baccaleuréat</i> (legally nothing could prevent her to register) and was denied the registration by two <i>Académies</i>. The University of Lyon accepted and the 16th of August 1861 she passed her examination. The following day, she became the first <i>bachelière es Lettres.</i><br />
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Some said that the news of her success was not well received by everyone... What follows is seen as a "legend", but I couldn't leave it out of this post.<br />
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Her joy at being a <i>Bachelière</i> turned quickly to bitterness: the minister of Public Instruction, Gustave Rouland, refused to sign her diploma. As Julie-Victoire wanted to attend college for a <i>Licence es Lettres</i>, she needed her <i>Baccalauréat</i>!<br />
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François Arlès-Dufour spoke with the empress Eugénie who was a charitable woman and was moved by Julie-Victoire's plea. The same happened with her husband Napoléon III, a progressist and "equalitarian" man who forced Gustave Rouland to sign the diploma in March 1862. Nine month after she passed it, she had her diploma in her hands.<br />
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Some historians are dubtious of this story, because the delay between the examination and the diploma being received was between six to ten months during the Second Empire. Even if Julie-Victoire Daubié was not forced to plead with the Emperor, finally, an higher education was possible for the French women!<br />
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She was at that time a great example for many women, and even if only 10 women passed with flying colors the Baccalauréat in 1892, new secondary schools had opened for women. In 1920, they were more than one thousand.<br />
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Julie-Victoire had a career as an entrepreneur (she bought an embroidery company), a journalist, a militant and a woman of letters. She had two goals: refute the inferiority of women and permit them to access to equal jobs and salaries.<br />
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Between 1866 and 1869, she published her work <i>La femme pauvre du XIXe siècle</i> (=,The poor woman of the 19th century), the fruit of vast researchs. The 28th October 1872 she also became<i> </i>the first woman <i>Licencié es Lettres </i>(without a "e" at the end, as the diploma title was only male at that time)<i>, </i>and founded the "Association for the progressive emancipation of woman".<br />
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She had several correspondances with illustrious feminists and progressists men and women -Georges Sand, Alexandre Dumas Jr, Josephine Butler, Jules Simon, Léon Richet... She wanted for the French women to engage in economy, politics and vote, something that they were finally allowed to do only in 1944 (and they voted for the first time in 1945) !!!<br />
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Deadly sick with tuberculosis in 1874, she didn't have the time to finish her doctoral thesis "The woman condition in the Roman society". She left, at 50 years old, an imprint on the women of her time and others would further carry the hopes and vision of this discreet but persistent woman for more acknowledgement of women's rights.<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Woman will become in the society whatever she will be able to be.</span></b></i> Julie-Victoire Daubié.</blockquote>
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I passed my <i>Baccalauréat Scientifique</i> in June 2000 and I can't really grasp all the implications her will and her success had concerning the rights and socio-economic situation of women in France. Perhaps another woman would have tried a few years later than her? We don't know for sure... But what I know, is that, because of her, women received the opportunity to study and have better education. They weren't anymore these people that could not think and do something only men were able to...<br />
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She wasn't the only woman in the world who stood up for what was right and what women should be allowed to do, but for the French woman I am, the one who feverishly checked the lists of the results and shouted "YES" when I saw my name and my grade for the Baccalauréat examination, she's very important. So, thank you Julie-Victoire. All the French Bachelières should know your name and your story!<br />
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Join us for our second annual Women's History Month series, celebrating the contributions and accomplishments of women around the world. Follow along all month plus link up your own posts below! Don't miss <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/heritage-months/womens-history-month-series/">our series</a> from last year, and find even more posts on our <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/MKBlogs/womens-history/" title="Pinterest - Women's History">Women's History board on Pinterest</a>:</div>
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<strong>March 1<br />
</strong><a href="http://acraftyarab.blogspot.com/">A Crafty Arab</a> on <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2016/03/01/women-artists/" target="_blank">Multicultural Kid Blogs: 7 Women Artists Who Changed History</a></center>
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<strong>March 3<br />
</strong><a href="http://artcuratorforkids.com/peggy-lipschutz/">The Art Curator for Kids: Songs We Can See - The Art of Peggy Lipschutz</a></center>
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<strong>March 4<br />
</strong><a href="http://kidworldcitizen.org/2016/03/04/childrens-books-about-women-scientists/">Kid World Citizen: Children's Books about Women Scientists</a></center>
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<strong>March 7<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.mamasmiles.com/great-women-in-history/">Mama Smiles: Picture Books about Great Women in History Your Kids Need to Know</a></center>
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<strong>March 8<br />
</strong><a href="http://hispanicmama.com/2016/03/08/4-latina-women-who-made-it-happen/">Hispanic Mama: 4 Latina Women Who Made It Happen</a></center>
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<strong>March 9<br />
</strong><a href="http://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.blogspot.com/2016/03/felisa-y-el-magico-coqui-spanish.html">Discovering the World Through My Son's Eyes: Spanish Children's Book on the Life of Felisa Rincón de Gautier, First Female Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico</a><br />
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<strong>March 10<br />
</strong><a href="http://wittyhoots.com/cms/the-women-who-have-had-a-positive-influence-on-me/">Witty Hoots: Some Awesome Women in My Life</a></center>
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<strong>March 11<br />
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<strong>March 14<br />
</strong><a href="http://craftymomsshare.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-thinking-girls-treasury-of-real.html">Crafty Moms Share: The Thinking Girl's Treasury of Real Princesses</a></center>
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<strong>March 15<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.thejennyevolution.com/books-about-women-for-kids/">The Jenny Evolution: Non-Fiction Books about Women for Kids</a></center>
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<strong>March 16<br />
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<strong>March 17</strong><br />
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<strong>March 18<br />
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<strong>March 21<br />
</strong><a href="http://acraftyarab.blogspot.com/">A Crafty Arab</a></center>
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<strong>March 22<br />
</strong><a href="http://lacitedesvents.blogspot.com/">La Cité des Vents</a></center>
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<strong>March 23<br />
</strong><a href="http://peaklepie.com/">Peakle Pie</a></center>
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<strong>March 24<br />
</strong><a href="http://alldonemonkey.com/">All Done Monkey</a></center>
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<strong>March 25<br />
</strong><a href="http://artcuratorforkids.com/">The Art Curator for Kids</a> on <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/" target="_blank">Multicultural Kid Blogs</a></center>
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<strong>March 28<br />
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<strong>March 29<br />
</strong><a href="http://familyinfinland.blogspot.co.uk/">Family in Finland</a></center>
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<strong>March 31<br />
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<i>Recipes you should try this week-end:</i></div>
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<a href="http://www.thepiripirilexicon.com/2016/03/my-authentic-french-quiche.html" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">My authentic Quiche Lorraine</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.ketchupmoms.com/tandoori-chicken-recipe/" target="_blank">Tandoori chicken!</a></div>
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<i>An activity you could plan:</i></div>
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<a href="http://www.kcedventures.com/blog/101-fun-things-to-do-with-the-kids-this-spring" target="_blank">101 fun things to do with the kids this spring</a></div>
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<a href="http://kellysclassroom.com/japanese-girls-day/" target="_blank">Origami: kimono</a>, on <a href="http://kellysclassroom.com/" target="_blank">Kelly's classroom</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.planetsmarty.com/2016/02/geometry-for-kids-islamic-art.html" target="_blank">Geometry for kids: islamic art</a>, from <a href="http://www.planetsmarty.com/" target="_blank">Planet Smarty Pants</a>, will help you understand how the islamic art use geometry and colors. Stained glass geometry is very fun!</div>
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<a href="http://barefootbarn.com/2014/09/raising-girls-who-are-includers-instead-of-mean-girls/" target="_blank">Raising girls who are includers instead of mean girls.</a> If you have a boy, the advices still stand.</div>
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<a href="http://www.steampoweredfamily.com/brains/supporting-a-child-with-trauma-history/" target="_blank">Supporting a child with trauma history</a>, on Steam powered Family.</div>
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<a href="http://www.changingplate.com/itabo-cooking-flower-holy-week/" target="_blank">Flor de Itabo, cooking flower of Holy Week</a>, from Changing Plate</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dekhobhopal/videos/10154018394094490/" target="_blank">Man and woman's brains,</a> by Dekho Bhopal</div>
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<a href="http://www.kristinagrum.com/2011/06/my-personal-sunscreen-psa.html" target="_blank">What to look for in sunscream? The good and the bad...</a></div>
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La Cité des Ventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01352608197243432219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822772794424081666.post-19944471448430097582016-03-11T22:41:00.001+01:002016-03-23T15:15:48.487+01:00La procession de la Sanch [Easter around the World]<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Départ de la procession, avec au fond, la croix des anciennes confréries de Perpignan (gantiers, tisserands, jardiniers, etc).<br />
<span style="color: #a64d79;">Start of the procession, with in the background the cross of the ancient fraternities of Perpignan (gloves makers, weavers, gardeners, etc).</span></span></td></tr>
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</span> <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Vendredi Saint, dans les rues du Vieux Perpignan. Que le soleil rayonne ou qu'il pleuve à la mode méditerranéenne (bien fort pour quelques heures), la <b>procession de la <i>Sanch</i></b> (= du sang) commémorant la Passion et l'Agonie du Christ <a href="http://www.lindependant.fr/2015/04/03/ce-qu-il-faut-savoir-pour-bien-suivre-la-procession-de-la-sanch-a-perpignan,2012740.php" target="_blank">s'ébranle à 15h depuis l'église St Jacques</a>. Passant par les rues et ruelles médiévales et faisant deux arrêts - 16h à la cathédrale St Jean et 17h à l'église St Matthieu-, les <i>misteris</i> retourneront juste à côté de leur point de départ, aux jardins de la Miranda. Un lieu qui d'ailleurs n'est pas que géographiquement leur départ mais surtout historiquement.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #a64d79;">Good Friday, in the streets of the Old Perpignan. Sun shining or mediterranean rain pouring (very heavy for a few hours), the<i> <b>Sanch</b></i><b> procession </b>(= the blood)<a href="http://anglophone-direct.com/la-procession-de-la-sanch/" target="_blank"> commemorating the Passion and Agony of Christ </a>starts at 3pm from the church of St James. Walking through the medieval streets and alleys and stopping two times - 4pm at the Cathedral St John and at 5pm at the church of St Matthew -, the<i> misteris</i> will go back near their starting point, in the gardens of the Miranda. A place that is not only the geographic start but also the historical one.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: inherit;">Le 11 octobre 1416, la " Confrérie du Précieux Sang de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ " y fut fondé par <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Ferrier" target="_blank">Saint Vincent Ferrier</a>. Ses buts étaient / sont:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">The 11th of October 1416, the "Fraternity of the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ" was founded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Ferrer" target="_blank">Saint Vincent Ferrer</a>. The aims of this fraternity was:</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">• l'accompagnement des condamnés à mort (par le passé) / <span style="color: #a64d79;">support to the people sentenced to death (in the past)</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">• la visite et l'accompagnement des prisonniers / <span style="color: #a64d79;">visiting and supporting the prisoners</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">• la participation aux cérémonies liées à la Semaine Sainte ainsi qu'une pratique religieuse réelle et active / <span style="color: #a64d79;">participation in the ceremonies during the Holy Week and also a sincere and active religious practice</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">• la participation aux diverses maintenances (renforcement des liens de coopération et d'entraide entre les différentes Confréries de Pénitents de France et de la Principauté de Monaco / <span style="color: #a64d79;">participation in various maintenances (building stronger bonds of cooperation and relief between the different Fraternities of Penitents in France and Monaco)</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: inherit;">La confrérie des Jardiniers (<i>Hortolans</i>) et celle des Tisserands (<i>Teixidors</i>) <a href="http://www.mediterranees.net/vagabondages/divers/sanch.html" target="_blank">existaient déjà </a>dans la paroisse St Jacques et leurs membres furent les premiers pénitents dans leurs sacs noirs et encapuchonnés (les <i style="text-align: justify;">caparutxes</i><span style="text-align: justify;">). La cagoule qu'ils portent permettait aux pénitents qui avaient un passé criminel de pouvoir prendre part à la procession et invoquer le pardon divin au milieu des autres habitants. La tradition est restée, ainsi que le nom qui a vite désigné l'ensemble de leur tenue noire ou rouge. Pour connaître la paroisse d'origine d'un pénitent, c'est la couleur de la ceinture de corde qui ceint sa tenue qui vous l'indiquera (blanc pour La Réal, rouge pour St Jacques, etc). Les pénitents portent des chaussures noires ou bien vont pieds-nus. Autour du cou, <a href="http://pyreneescatalanes.free.fr/Decouvrir/Traditions/ProcessionSanch.php" target="_blank">le scapulaire</a> -objet de dévotion béni par l'évêque- est attaché et passé sous le sac (sorte de robe) du pénitent.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #a64d79; text-align: justify;">The Fraternity of the Gardeners (<i>Hortolans</i>) and the one of the Weavers (<i>Teixidors</i>) existed then in the St James parish and their members were the first penitents in their black bags and hoods (the <i>caparutxes</i>). The cowl they are wearing allowed the penitents who had a criminal record to take part in the procession and to invoke the divine forgiveness in the middle of the other inhabitants. The tradition stayed, as did the name which quickly designated their whole clothing, black or red. To know from which parish they are from, it's at the color of their rope belt you will see it (white for La Réal, red for St James, etc). the penitents have to wear black shoes or they can go barefoot. Around their neck, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapular" target="_blank">scapular </a>-an object of devotion blessed by the bishop- is attached and hid under their bag of penitent (a kind of dress).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">The regidor and his iron bell</span></span></td></tr>
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<li><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">le <i>Regidor </i>de procession, <i>caparutxa</i> rouge écarlate, ouvre le cortège avec dans ses mains la cloche de fer qu'il fait retentir à intervalles réguliers. / <span style="color: #a64d79;">the <i>Regidor</i> of the procession, with a scarlett <i>caparutxa</i>, opens the procession with an iron bell in his hands, that he will ring from time to time. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">les tambours, voilés de crêpe noir. Des chants accompagnent la processions: les <i><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goigs" target="_blank">goigs</a></i> de la <i>Sanch</i>. / <span style="color: #a64d79;">the drums, veiled in a black mourning crêpe. Hymns support the penitents: the <i>goigs</i> of the <i>Sanch</i>.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">les <i>Misteris</i>: ces groupes statutaires portés à main d'homme en capuchons noirs ou rouges, ou de femme en mantilles, pendant trois heures, représentent les scènes de la Passion du Christ. Chaque pénitent porte 30 à 50 kg et ils sont 8 pour en transporter un <i>Misteri,</i> qui de plus est toujours orné de fleurs. / <span style="color: #a64d79;">the <i>Misteris</i>: group of statues hold by men in caparutxes black or scarlett, or women in mantilla, during three hours, representing scenes from the Passion of the Christ. Each penitent holds between 30 and 50 kg and they are 8 to carry one, very decorated with flowers, <i>Misteri</i>.</span></span></li>
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</span> <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Les <b><i>Misteris</i> </b>que vous pouvez voir lors de la procession sont au nombre de 36 et évoquent <a href="http://www.cathedraleperpignan.fr/site/les-paroisses/accueillir-ses-freres/archiconfrerie-de-la-sanch.htm" target="_blank">les scènes suivantes</a>: / <span style="color: #a64d79;">There are 36 <b><i>Misteris</i></b> you can see during the procession and they show the following scenes:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">l'<i>Hort</i> (= le jardin) porté par la Confrérie des Jardiniers et abondamment fleuri / <span style="color: #a64d79;">the <i>Hort</i> (= the garden) carried by the Fraternity of the Gardeners and beautifully flowered.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">la Flagellation / <span style="color: #a64d79;">the Whipping</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">le Couronnement d'épines / <span style="color: #a64d79;">the Crowning of thorns</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">l'<i>Ecce Homo</i>. Les porteurs du misteri de l’Ecce homo (présentation à la foule devant le palais de Pilate, de Jésus battu et couronné d’épines) sont habillés de vermeil - comme le Regidor - pour rappeler le sang du Christ. / <span style="color: #a64d79;">the <i>Ecce Homo</i>. The bearers of the Ecce Homo (when Jesus, whipped and crowned with thorns, is presented to the crowd by Pilate) are clothed in vermeil - as the Regidor - to remember Christ's blood.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">les <i>Misteris</i> de Jésus portant la Croix / <span style="color: #a64d79;">the <i>Misteris </i>of Jesus walking with the Cross</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">les <i>Misteris</i> du Christ cloué sur la Croix /<span style="color: #a64d79;"> the <i>Misteris</i> of Christ on the Cross</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">la <i>Mater Dolorosa</i>: Marie au pied de la Croix, son coeur en argent transpersé de 7 glaives (ses douleurs) /<span style="color: #a64d79;"> the <i>Mater Dolorosa</i>: Mary at the cross feet, her silver heart being pierced by 7 swords (her pains)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">la <i>Pieta</i>: Marie portant le corps de Jésus après qu'on l'est descendu de la Croix / t<span style="color: #a64d79;">he <i>Pieta</i>: Mary holding Jesus' body after they took him down of the cross.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">la <i>Soleda</i>: Marie regardant la croix où son fils a été supplicié quelques heures plus tôt, son corps reposant désormais au sépulcre /<span style="color: #a64d79;"> the <i>Soleda:</i> Mary looks up at the cross where her son has been tortured a few hours ago, his body laying in the sepulcre.</span></span></li>
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</span> <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Deux autres processions de la Sanch existent en Catalogne du Nord: à Arles-sur-Tech et à Collioure et une en Catalogne du Sud, à Gérone.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #a64d79;">Two other Sanch processions exist in North Catalunya: in Arles-sur-Tech and in Collioure, and one in South Catalunya in the city of Gerona.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">J'y ai assisté deux fois, parmi la foule "silencieuse", et bien qu'à l'époque je n'appartenais à aucune religion, la vie du Christ me touchait déjà beaucoup et je me considérais déjà comme chrétienne. Ces statues et la ferveur dans le regard des pénitents et pénitentes m'avaient beaucoup intéressé.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #a64d79;">I watched the procession two times, in the "mute" crowd, and even if at that time I didn't belong to any religion, the life of Christ was already deeply touching me and I considered myself as a Christian. Those statues and the fervour in the eyes of the penitents interested me a lot.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Si vous avez l'occasion de venir à Perpignan au moment de la Semaine Sainte, la procession de la Sanch est une célébration à ne pas rater! Surtout que 2016 marque le <a href="https://www.facebook.com/perpignan.infos/videos/468555756684710/" target="_blank">600e anniversaire</a>! Le <a href="http://www.destinationsuddefrance.com/Sortir/Grands-evenements/Festival-de-Musique-Sacree-de-Perpignan" target="_blank">Festival de Musique Sacrée</a> se déroule également à ce moment-à. De même vous pouvez aller le Lundi de Pâques à Ille-sur-Têt pour la <a href="http://www.perpignan.catholique.fr/culture/sanch/" target="_blank">procession du Ressuscité</a>. Et puis, les Pyrénées-Orientales regorgent de trésors architecturaux et naturels... pourquoi se priver d'une belle balade?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #a64d79;">If you have the opportunity to come to Perpignan during the Holy Week, the Sanch procession can't be ignored! Especially as 2016 is<a href="https://www.facebook.com/perpignan.infos/videos/468555756684710/" target="_blank"> the 600th anniversary!</a> The <a href="http://www.destinationsuddefrance.com/Sortir/Grands-evenements/Festival-de-Musique-Sacree-de-Perpignan" target="_blank">Sacred Music Festival</a> takes place at the same time. On Easter Monday, you can drive to Ille-sur-Têt to see the <a href="http://www.perpignan.catholique.fr/culture/sanch/" target="_blank">procession of the Risen Christ</a>. And also, the Pyrénées-Orientales area abouds with architectural and natural treasures... why would you deprive yourself of a nice roadtrip?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">A lire: <a href="http://www.lindependant.fr/2016/03/15/la-sanch-600-ans-de-patrimoine-religieux-et-de-tradition-culturelle-l-ancien-eveche-dedie-a-la-sanch,2170177.php" target="_blank">Article sur les 600 ans de la Sanch </a>publié le Mercredi 23 mars 2016 sur le site L'Indépendant.fr.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Un grand merci à<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ZebulonNogS3/" target="_blank"> Zebulon nog s3</a>, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="font-size: large;">This post is part of the series <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/easter-around-the-world-2016/" target="_blank"><b>Easter around the world</b></a> </span></span><br />
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Explore the diverse traditions of Easter around the world with us, and don't miss our <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/easter-around-world-2015/">series from last year</a> and this wonderful overview of <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2014/04/11/easter-around-world/" title="Easter Around the World">global Easter traditions</a>. You can also find these posts and more on our <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/MKBlogs/easter-around-the-world/" title="Pinterest - Easter Around the World">Easter Around the World Pinterest board</a>:</div>
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<strong>March 7<br />
</strong><a href="http://femmeaufoyer2011.blogspot.com/">Femme au foyer</a> on <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2016/03/07/priecigas-lieldienas-latvian-easter/">Multicultural Kid Blogs: Priecīgas Lieldienas: A Latvian Easter</a></div>
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<strong>March 8<br />
</strong><a href="http://craftymomsshare.blogspot.com/2016/03/exploring-easter-in-australia.html">Crafty Moms Share: Exploring Easter in Australia</a></div>
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<strong>March 11<br />
</strong><a href="http://lacitedesvents.blogspot.com/2016/03/sanch-procession.html">La Cité des Vents: La Procession de la Sanch</a></div>
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<strong>March 13<br />
</strong><a href="http://coloursofus.com/multicultural-childrens-books-about-easter/">Colours of Us: 15 Multicultural Children's Books about Easter</a></div>
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</strong><a href="http://www.marcellinamaria.my.id/index.php/20-diy-craft-kids-can-make/160-diy-indonesian-easter-basket-from-recycled-can">Living Ideas: DIY Indonesian Easter Basket from Recycled Can</a></div>
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<strong>March 15<br />
</strong><a href="http://alldonemonkey.com/2016/03/15/easter-dessert-from-brazil-pacoca-de-amendoim/">All Done Monkey: Easter Dessert from Brazil - Paçoca de Amendoim</a></div>
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</strong><a href="http://kidstravelbooks.com/">Kids Travel Books</a></div>
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</strong><a href="http://koriathome.com/">Kori at Home</a></div>
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</strong><a href="http://www.letthejourneybegin.eu/">Let the Journey Begin</a></div>
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<strong>March 24<br />
</strong><a href="http://hispanicmama.com/">Hispanic Mama</a></div>
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La Cité des Ventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01352608197243432219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822772794424081666.post-86984854656760029912016-03-04T10:20:00.001+01:002016-03-04T14:14:18.021+01:00Friday Good Ideas #5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b>A recipe you should try this week-end:</b></i></div>
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<a href="http://www.changingplate.com/mango-and-mandarin-sorbet/" target="_blank">Mango and mandarin sorbet</a> by Adriana of <a href="http://www.changingplate.com/mango-and-mandarin-sorbet/" target="_blank"><i>Changing Plate</i></a></div>
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<a href="http://mamapapabubba.com/2016/02/27/awesome-diy-squishy-soap/" target="_blank">DIY squishy soap</a>, from <i>Mama Papa Bubba</i>. I will try it next month, before we go on our French holidays, to pack a "ball" of it. The kids will love to wash their hands with that fun soap.</div>
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<a href="http://www.firefliesandmudpies.com/2016/02/26/paper-straw-flowers/" target="_blank">Paper straw flowers</a>: some straws, cut out paper hearts and you have a flower!</div>
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<u>For kids up to 5 years old</u>. Learn the different words refering to<b> water</b>, in several languages (more than 15!). <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2016/02/18/water-free-multilingual-printables-15-languages/" target="_blank">Free printables </a>you can also color (on <i>Multicultural Kid Blogs</i>)</div>
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<u>For the younger ones</u> (2 to 4 years old), <a href="http://www.milkcraftsandhonesty.com/activity-mathbook/" target="_blank">here is a lovely activity mathbook</a>, created by <a href="http://www.milkcraftsandhonesty.com/" target="_blank"><i>Milk, Craft and Honesty</i></a>. You can either print it or just download it on a tablet or smartphone. My daughter loves it, your children should too.</div>
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<a href="http://carrotsareorange.com/preparing-yourself/" target="_blank">Teaching Kids money sense: preparing yourself</a>, from <a href="http://carrotsareorange.com/" target="_blank"><i>Carrots are Orange</i></a>. Well, my husband is the "banker" in our couple, but as I am the one who buy most of the things, my kids look up to me to know what can be bought and what is not affordable. This post has some good insights on how we can be ready to explain "money" to the children.</div>
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THIS TEDx video about <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_lesser_take_the_other_to_lunch?language=fr" target="_blank">Invite the "Other" to lunch</a>. </div>
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<a href="http://psychpedia.blogspot.de/2015/11/the-science-of-happiness-why.html?m=1" target="_blank">The Science of Happiness: Why complaining is literally killing you.</a></div>
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Il a neigé il y a 12 jours. Le Samedi matin nous avons pu profiter d'une promenade juste avant que la neige ne fonde. Avoir la forêt juste derrière notre résidence est un grand plaisir!</div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">It has snowed 12 days ago. On Saturday morning we strolled in the wood just behind my building complex. It's such a joy to have the wood so near!</span></div>
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I will talk a bit in this post of one point in History that is explained in a museum in Nantes: the <b>Slave Trade in French ports</b>, in the <b><a href="http://memorial.nantes.fr/" target="_blank">Memorial de l'abolition de l'esclavage - Nantes</a>.</b><br />
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Americas, after the first explorators and conquistadors traveled to these lands, have been seen as properties of European monarchies. Their ressources had to be harvested and as the native population was 1/ not willing to accept ownership and 2/ killed by imported illnesses and violence, new ways had to be found. Moldabled, cheap and "hard-working" people were sent there to help the tenants of the lands. First, it was prisonners or poor people hoping they could gain some richness as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servant" target="_blank">indentured servants</a>. Religiously persecuted groups came too, however they were not controlled by the different governements in the same manner as the other "migrants".<br />
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Quickly, the new tenants started to use<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade" target="_blank"> slaves they brought from Africa</a>. If the slave trade knew its peak in the 18th century, Africans have arrived first in 1619 in what will be later the USA. They were then seen as indentured servants and freed after the term of their working contract. At the end of the 17th century, it had changed drasticaly and the Africans were all slaves and property of their owner/master.<br />
In South America and Caraïbean islands the first slaves from Africa came in the 15th century from razzias made by the Spanishs. With the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tordesillas" target="_blank">treaty of Tordesillas</a>, Spain lost his "right" to send ships to Africa and had to let Portugal, Dutchland and later Great-Britain and France deal with local slave markets on the West coasts of Africa.<br />
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The French, with their colonies in the Caribbean, took part in the slave trade only in the second half of the 17th century, when Louis XIV took the monopole of the tobacco production and forced the colons in the Antilles and Caraibean islands to start the production of the sugar cane. This production needs more workers and so slaves started to be imported. The triangular trade route it induced, opened some new possibilities for the French ports. [<a href="http://dp.mariottini.free.fr/esclavage/france-negriere/france-negriere.htm" target="_blank">see here for more infos in French</a>]<br />
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The redaction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Noir" target="_blank">Code Noir</a> in 1685 (a series of decrees) helped the colonies and the traders in their acquisition and management of slaves. The slaves in the French colonies had rights (to marry, to be fed, to not be separated from their family, etc) that many others in spanish and english colonies never had. Many were literate and owned businesses. They had to be educated in the catholic faith, meaning that they were human beings with a soul, something that have been denied in other territories.<br />
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<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traite_n%C3%A9gri%C3%A8re_%C3%A0_Nantes" target="_blank">17 ports in France </a>participated in the slave trade, with 41,3% for the sole port of Nantes (and it was only between 1707 and 1830). Three other ports - Bordeaux, La Rochelle and Le Havre - made together 33,5% of the ships expeditions. France organized more than 3300 transatlantic slave trade expeditions, with a total of 4220 ships.<br />
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During the 18th century ( the big moment in France for slave trade), only 500 families armed around 2800 ships to Africa. These people were not only interested in the slave trade (10 to 33% of the naval long-term trade) but also in the more common trades such as wheat, coton, wine, textiles, salt; fishing ships, insurances... In 1786, 60,8% of the imported products in the port of Nantes was the brown sugar from the Antilles <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">-<span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">22 605 000 </span><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livre_tournois" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.4px;" title="Livre tournois">livres</a></span> in total!-</span> that came through the triangular trade but mostly from the direct trade. We have this high number an example of why slaves were so important for the colons.<br />
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With the benefits they made on the triangular trade, these families invested in industries and manufactures. In Nantes, in 1775, 17 manufactures were listed: textile with the production of <a href="http://www.musee-impression.com/collection/indiennes.html" target="_blank">indiennes</a> and linen, cords, nails, hats, amidon, bottles of glass, breweries, sugar refinery. The port became also one of the biggest shipyard.<br />
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In 2012 was opened in Nantes a Memorial for the abolition of slavery. The past of the city as slave trade port had been "forgotten" for many decennies but in the 90', the historical part of the city was shown in an exhibit and since then, the city has tried its best to research its past. The memorial talks about the abolition of slavery and the city museum (in the castle of the Dukes of Britain) explains what happened in Nantes during 150 years.<br />
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A virtual tour is available <a href="http://memorial.nantes.fr/visite-virtuelle/" target="_blank">here</a>. And <a href="http://memorial.nantes.fr/dossiers-pedagogiques/" target="_blank">pedagogic documents </a>can be downloaded for the teachers, in French. I like <a href="http://memorial.nantes.fr/pour-en-savoir-plus/liens-utiles/musees/" target="_blank">the list of museums</a> that have exhibits about slavery (old or modern). You can see if you have one near where you live. A pdf document has been translated into English and you can <a href="http://memorial.nantes.fr/pdf/memo_tourist_en.pdf" target="_blank">read it here.</a><br />
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The French magazine L'Histoire dedicaced one of their issue to the topic <a href="http://www.histoire.presse.fr/dossiers/esclavage/et-la-france-devint-une-puissance-negriere-01-05-2010-5990" target="_blank">France and its slaves</a>. Some articles in french can be found online.<br />
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Today's population in North, Middle and South America are a mix of Native Americans, Europeans colons or migrants, Asian migrants and descendants from African slaves. For many people in this continent, their family history is marred with blood and tears. It is important, essential that historians keep researching about the past of those who came as slaves. Important for those descendants, but also for the countries they live in now, the African countries who have brothers and sisters in Americas and for the world as a whole.<br />
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I love History, but what I prefer the most is Love. Those studies, those heart-wrenching discoveries historians and genealogists are founding and showing to the public, this is a work of Love. May we understand better the dark part of the world history to overcome our actual struggles and lead a brighter path, without slavery, deshumanisation, or cruelty.<br />
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Here's my favorite from last time: <b><a href="http://craftymomsshare.blogspot.de/2016/01/hatshepsut-of-egypt-multicultural.html" target="_blank">Hatshepsut of Egypt</a>,</b> a book review from <a href="http://craftymomsshare.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Crafty Moms Share </a>that threw me back in my Antiquity period when I was a teen. The best thing with this book collection is that it talks about historical feminin figures. They were tough, and some even portrayed as "monsters" but in a men's world they certainly had to be...<br />
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As I have hinted in my New Year's wishes and my absence from blogging, we had a few challenges in our family these past weeks. One of them was my son's schooling.<br />
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When we moved to Germany in September 2013, we had chosen <a href="http://lacitedesvents.blogspot.com/2014/03/et-si-jelevais-des-trilingues-and-if-i.html" target="_blank">to enroll our children in the German school system. </a>Gabriel went to a German kindergarten as soon as we moved here and then had his "Einschulung" in our neighborhood school, and Sophie started in a kindergarten a week later, last September.<br />
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We thought that French at home and German at school would be great for them. Guess it was not to be. We knew that Gabriel could be a handful in class and were a tad worried about behavioral issues. In fact, his teacher told us he was loud and (too) energetic. Yeah, we know. We work on that at home too. However, she also told us to help him with his German vocabulary and I tried to repeat with him all the new words he encountered in his school books. The <i>Logopädistin</i> (ortophonist) he sees every week helps him too with vocabulary and how to pronounce some sounds (the <i>sch</i>, <i>tch</i>, <i>ch</i>, <i>r</i>, etc). This professional was optimistic and said he made real efforts.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Then, four days before the Christmas holidays came a letter from the school director. About the fact the children and the teachers had great difficulties to understand him. With his grammar, his vocabulary: in short, everything.</b></i></span><br />
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We were in shock. So was my son. He cried: "No one told me they couldn't understand me!" Huge meltdown during the week-end for him, and parental crisis for my husband and I.<br />
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In the letter, the director ordered us (because asked is not strong enough to translate how he phrased it) to bring our son after the holidays to a free helping class provided by the land of Hessen. 4 times a week, 45 minutes each time. That would have been a good help. If it wasn't in another school (it's easy with the U-bahn he said), during lunch time (yeah, cold sandwichs each time for the whole family), and with around 20 kids in a computer room playing educative games (we discovered that when we tried it)...<br />
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I went there once after the holidays, as ordered to do, with the two girls in tow, and if my son liked to play on a computer (no, really? huge surprise for me... tss), I was NOT thrilled to consider doing it four days in a row and know that my son will not learn much in such a big group without proper human interaction. If "everyone" couldn't understand him in German, how a computer would help him in the talking aspect? The ortophonist was also very sceptical because of my son's personality. Gabriel needs more a small group, or even better a one-on-one, approach to make him progress.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgK314rZ5fqlDASA55qPF_9p2iQmmmc8y15p5WavQbI6hzylMVvEkIGgoMxYPsYzNzimYjp3a-4iHqeb6GMEVUnlXMj2O1blHorR4qf5qTROsA9Vmn_VOOjlzrywYI2aMrYj5Ubj3Uq9E/s1600/proud+to+be+French.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgK314rZ5fqlDASA55qPF_9p2iQmmmc8y15p5WavQbI6hzylMVvEkIGgoMxYPsYzNzimYjp3a-4iHqeb6GMEVUnlXMj2O1blHorR4qf5qTROsA9Vmn_VOOjlzrywYI2aMrYj5Ubj3Uq9E/s320/proud+to+be+French.jpg" width="320" /></a>We could have forced him (and me) to go everyday to this "class", and start to speak to him in German, as "suggested" when we talked together, the director and I. We could have reduced his exposition to French and focused on him learning the "perfect German" they expected from him.<br />
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</i></b> <b><i>Sorry Mr Director, but NO.</i></b> We love living in Germany, learning your language, discovering your culture, interacting with people... However, we are French and we are not going to forgo our culture, our language. You should have guessed, French people are known to be stubborned. Very so.<br />
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It's already difficult for a family to maintain what is seen as a "minority" or "family" language during the whole childhood and youth of the children, in a foreign country. We have many examples of people who didn't speak often their own languages (their mother tongue usually) to their children and have seen them lost contact with family members because of that. I have friends who told me how they have been rebucked by their in-laws to speak their own languages to their kids on the pretext of "you are in our country, so the children have to learn our language first"...<br />
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We did what we have the opportunity to do: we contacted the <a href="http://www.lfvh.net/" target="_blank"><b>French school in Frankfurt</b></a> to see if places were available for a mid-term schooling. And we asked my husband's job if they can help. It was not written in his contract that we could have a part of the kids' education payed... But we tried, and we explained my son's situation. During the holidays, he was sad, and when we talked about the French school (in fact a bilingual school) he was so happy and wanted to go there. We also prayed a lot, as did many friends and family members, to find guidance. I personaly felt relief, peace and the feeling that everything will turn for the better.<br />
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And it did. The day after my son tested the "free class", we received an answer from my husband's superiors. Our family was granted a kind of "educational fund", and now we have to pay only a part of the fees and of course, the lunch and transports. Then, the director of the French Primary school said to my husband that my son could start on the 1st of February in a CP (Cours Préparatoire = 1st Grade). We even found a nearby family who agreed with driving my son back from school.<br />
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My son turned 7 years old at the end of January and was able to have a Birthday party in his German class before transferring to his new bilingual school. I talked to his teacher on his last day and I really hope she understood that I have no ill feelings against her and that she didn't "failed" my son. She's a young teacher and these stressfull situation can damage confidence. My son liked her and he wishes to visit his "old class" during his holidays (not the same as the ones in the Hessen schools).<br />
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His start in the CP had been difficult. The French programm is more advanced than the German one on the topics of writing and reading. He hasn't the same level as the other kids in his class, but he is willing to learn and as long as he can do his beloved maths, he's happy. Well, he's struggling a bit but the teacher has lots of experiences with bilingual kids and 1st graders, so she has found a way to interest him and make him work on his writng and spelling skills. During the German class, he is in a group with a good German level. It doesn't seem that he is so "not understandable"... His French teacher has kindly given us a list of exercices we can do with him during these two weeks of holidays.<br />
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He will have to overcome a few issues to pass in CE1 next year, but -with my husband- we are more likely to be good helpers. French is our mother tongue, we are fluent in it and have a good grammar. For my son to be able to learn both his mother tongue and the majority language (German as we live in Germany), and in two years to start English, it's a great privilege, a huge blessing. We had planned differently, but the change is all for the better for my son.<br />
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On a more personal note, it's so strange for me to think that I'm in the "privilege group" now. I wasn't in my youth. So for my children to experience this multiculturality and this degree of both cultures, it's quite mind-blowing. I knew the moment we started to live in Germany that we had "more" than many of other Frenchs. Luckier in the job opportunity my husband had, more foreign knowledge and culture at my fingertips, a vision of the world more wider, more languages to speak on a daily basis, and so on.<br />
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But the Mother Tongue, the French part of our family which is so essential in our home, how were we going to live it? to pass it on the next generation? to treasure it? We tried to do it "alone" at home, but it was tough...<br />
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French expats are some of the most blessed people out there: with <a href="http://www.aefe.fr/" target="_blank">the net of French schools around the world</a>, many of us are able to provide for our children both our French culture and the one from the country we live in. And when the parents are a mix-couple (ex: a French dad and a German mom), the two cultures can be taught to the children and both sides of the family are happy...<br />
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I'm quite proud of these schools and this network. I so wish for other countries to be able to provide such high standards of education to their own expatriated populations. I think about my polish, spanish or danish friends. They can find playgroups but rarely bilingual schools... or they are expensive (more than the French schools). Accessing the culture of our home country, our mother tongue, this is essential in the preservation of our identity and the understanding of who we are and who we can be.<br />
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<b>Learning in our mother language shouldn't be a privilege. It should be possible along classes in the majority language(s) of the country you live in. That's why the programm of UNESCO and the International Mother Language Day are so important! </b><br />
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La Cité des Ventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01352608197243432219noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822772794424081666.post-49108974158127923432016-02-17T21:40:00.001+01:002016-02-17T21:40:13.592+01:00Wordless Wednesday #11We had some bumps in the road these last weeks, especially my o so painful experience with a panaris on my big toe...<br />
Between several rainy days and the start of my nasty issue, I had a great Saturday. The kids were at the park with their dad, so I went for a stroll in the neighborhood with Alice in the Ergobaby. She slept and I enjoyed the sun. I didn't know it was my last walk for a while...<br />
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<br />La Cité des Ventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01352608197243432219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822772794424081666.post-29087681680513032112016-01-26T22:49:00.003+01:002016-04-04T09:43:27.001+02:00Her name is Talisha... but everyone call her Snow White [Multicultural Children's Book Day]<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Mirror, mirror on the wall! Who is the fairest one of all?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I received a digital copy of this colorful book written by </span><a href="https://twitter.com/aphrodyi" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Aphrodyi Antoine</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and illustrated by </span><a href="http://eloyclaudio.com/about/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Eloy Claudio</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and as soon as I started to read it, I wanted to understand all the references the author made to different African cultures. </span></div>
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't know much about Africa's history and culture (even if I went to college to study History...) and the pages at the end of the tales, explaining some words and sharing games for the young readers, made me want to learn more. Although it's a book written for children, any adult (may it be parents, teachers, librarians, educators, etc) can feel the spirit of curiosity coming from the story.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">My children don't speak English, so I had to read it first in English and then translate for them in French. It was not the first time for me to do it, and the kids like to hear my voice change from my English tone of voice to my French one. Yeah, I kinda have different way of speaking depending on the language. But that's not the subject for today... or is it not?</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">In fact, Aphrodyi Antoine laced her tale with African names and words from different languages - for example: Talisha, Thema, Yeka -, cultural references like the Apple and Spice Cake (makes me hungry everytime I read the lexicon) and a good dose of talent. Her take on the Brothers Grimm' story is a bit like listening to a Griot. (If you don't know what a griot is, check <a href="http://www.mariespastiche.com/2015/01/the-singing-man-learning-about-west.html" target="_blank">this informative and educative post</a>.) I had to adapt my voice and pronunciation to these foreign words. And of course my three and a half years olf daughter asked me "What is this word? / <i>C'est quoi ce mot?</i>" each time... The lexicon had been a great help!!! </span><br />
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</span> What made me like even more the story - and my kids 100% agreed - is the quality of the drawings and the way the text and the pictures are displayed. We love "comics" as a family - especially the <i>bandes-dessinées</i> we have in Europe- and <b>Talisha Snow White</b> reminds me of one. The text and the pictures work together to bring life to the story of Talisha and the numerous cultural references to Africa.<br />
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When you will have read the book, you will understand that the story plot of Snow White has changed quite a bit. If Talisha is fair and kind, she doesn't need a Prince to release her from an evil sorceress. Her family will suffice, thank you very much. No love after just a gaze, but loving and everlasting family bonds. Bonds that are not from blood, but from adoption, acceptation and love.<br />
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Many children can see themselves in this story as one of the munchkins, and adults will be thrilled to play the part of Talisha's protective adoptive parents. With just the right dose of magic and African background, this new adaptation of the Snow White's tale will help children to be more curious of other cultures and also to be more confident in the loving family bonds they can have with adoptive parents and siblings. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/" target="_blank">The <b>MCCBD</b></a> team’s mission is to spread the word and raise awareness about the importance of diversity in children’s literature. Our young readers need to see themselves and experience other cultures, languages, traditions and religions within the pages of a book. We encourage readers, parents, teachers, caregivers and librarians to follow along the fun book reviews, author visits, event details, the multicultural children’s book linky (see on one of the co-host link) and via our hashtag (<b>#ReadYourWorld</b>) on Twitter and other social medias.</span></div>
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The<b> co-creators </b>of this event are Mia Wenjen from <a href="http://www.pragmaticmom.com/" target="_blank">Pragmatic Mom</a> and Valarie Budayr from <a href="http://www.jumpintoabook.com/" target="_blank">Jump Into a Book/Audrey Press</a>. You can find a biography for these two bookworms / women <a href="http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/about/co-founders/http:/www.jumpintoabook.com/about" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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To help them promote and amplify the event, </div>
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they have asked some multicultural bloggers to be<b> co-hosts </b>of this year's event:</div>
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<a href="http://alldonemonkey.com/" target="_blank">All Done Monkey</a>, </div>
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<a href="http://craftymomsshare.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Crafty Moms Share</a>, </div>
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<a href="http://www.theeducatorsspinonit.com/" target="_blank">Educators Spin on it</a>, </div>
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<a href="http://growingbookbybook.com/" target="_blank">Growing Book by Book</a>, </div>
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<a href="http://imaginationsoup.net/" target="_blank">Imagination Soup</a>, </div>
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<a href="http://www.imnotthenanny.com/" target="_blank">I’m Not the Nanny</a>, </div>
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<a href="http://www.incultureparent.com/" target="_blank">InCultural Parent</a>, </div>
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<a href="http://kidworldcitizen.org/" target="_blank">Kid World Citizen</a>,<a href="http://mamasmiles.com/" target="_blank"> </a></div>
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<a href="http://mamasmiles.com/" target="_blank">Mama Smiles</a>, </div>
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<a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/" target="_blank">Multicultural Kid Blogs</a>, </div>
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<a href="http://www.spanishplayground.net/" target="_blank">Spanish Playground</a></div>
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<b>And of course this event wouldn't be possible with the <a href="http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/2106-sponsors/platinum-gold-silver-bronze-sponsors-2016-2/" target="_blank">sponsors</a> who gave each reviewer one book. So thanks to them!</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003300;">Platinum Sponsors:</span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://storyquestbooks.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Story Quest Books</a>.<a href="http://www.wisdomtalespress.com/index.shtml" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Wisdom Tales Press</a>, </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://www.lillibros.com/about.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Lil’ Libros</a>. </span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e3820b;">Gold Sponsors: </span><a href="http://www.candlewick.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Candlewick Press</a>, <a href="http://torinighthawk.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Tori Nighthawk: Don’t Judge A Bird By its Feathers</a>. <a href="http://bharatbabies.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Bharat Babies</a></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Silver Sponsors:</span><a href="https://www.leeandlow.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Lee & Low Books</a>, <a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Chronicle Books</a>, <a href="http://www.capstonepub.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Capstone Young Readers</a>, <a href="http://www.chinainstitute.org/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">China Institute.org</a>, <a href="http://www.tuttlepublishing.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Tuttle Publishing</a>. <a href="http://kidlit.tv/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">NY Media Works, LLC/KidLit TV</a></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #993300;">Bronze Sponsors: </span><a href="http://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Jacqueline Woodson,</a> <a href="http://pomelobooks.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Pomelo Books</a>, <a href="http://www.papalemonedu.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Papa Lemon Books</a>, <a href="http://goosebottombooks.com/home/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Goosebottom Books LLC</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Darebones-Big-Break-Gleeson-Rebello/dp/0982925670" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Author Gleeson Rebello, M.D .</a>, <a href="http://www.shoutmousepress.org/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Shout Mouse Press</a>, <a href="http://www.wisdomtalespress.com/authors_artists-childrens/Mahvash_Shahegh.shtml" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mahvash Shahegh</a>. <a href="http://www.liveoakmedia.com/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: blue; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">LiveOak Media</a></span></h3>
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From the link-up in December, I have chosen to feature the post <a href="http://craftymomsshare.blogspot.de/2016/01/shi-shi-etko-book-review-and-native.html" target="_blank">Shi-shi-etko : book review and Native Residentials Schools</a>. It's in continuity with the topic of the post I featured last month about the Navajo Nation. </div>
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Native Americans have been schooled in special schools where their culture and identity was taken away and the "European way of life" was forced on them. So sad, but it happened... This book is both interessant and beautiful. I love the drawings showned in that post.</div>
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The Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop is a place where bloggers can share multicultural activities, crafts, recipes, and musings for our creative kids. We can't wait to see what you share this time!</div>
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Created by Frances of <a href="http://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.blogspot.com/" title="Discovering the World through My Son's Eyes">Discovering the World through My Son's Eyes</a>, the blog hop has now found a new home at <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/multicultural-kid-blogs-welcomes-creative-kids-culture-blog-hop/" title="Multicultural Kid Blogs Welcomes Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop">Multicultural Kid Blogs</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://peaklepie.com/" title="Peakle Pie">Peakle Pie</a> on <a href="http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/" title="Multicultural Kid Blogs">Multicultural Kid Blogs</a><br />
<a href="http://creativeworldofvarya.com/" title="Creative World of Varya">Creative World of Varya</a><br />
<a href="http://craftymomsshare.blogspot.com/" title="Crafty Moms Share">Crafty Moms Share</a><br />
<a href="http://www.castleviewacademy.com/" title="Castle View Academy">Castle View Academy</a><br />
<a href="http://lacitedesvents.blogspot.com/" title="La Cité des Vents">La Cité des Vents</a><br />
<a href="http://peaklepie.com/" title="Peakle Pie">Peakle Pie</a><br />
<a href="http://www.trilingualchildren.com/" title="Raising a Trilingual Child">Raising a Trilingual Child</a><br />
<a href="https://bringinguptheparks.wordpress.com/" title="Our MultiAsian family life">Our MultiAsian family life</a><br />
<a href="http://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.blogspot.com/" title="Discovering the World Through My Son's Eyes">Discovering the World Through My Son's Eyes</a><br />
<a href="http://www.marcellinamaria.my.id/" title="Living Ideas">Living Ideas</a><br />
<a href="http://www.crazylittlefamilyadventure.com/" title="Crazy Little Family Adventures">Crazy Little Family Adventures</a></div>
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