Celebrating Karneval

Last week was Karneval! We celebrated by singing a little song with a dance, learning a little about what Karneval and Lent is about and closed by making masks.

Students had a short homework assignment to color masks according to the directions.

Hei wir feiern Fasching is a fairly repetitive song and uses some of the verbs we learned the first day of class (hop and turn around). The songs I found on YouTube cut off the end, but the main part of the song the students will remember is there.

In the song we sung, it ended by mentioning the Polonaisen Schritt. This is a Polonaise ballet dance. If students watch closely, they should recognize the main elements of the dance we did, though it was a far cry from anything related to ballet! (hop on one leg, turn to your partner and dance in a circle).

And for some additonal cultural education, this is a clip from the actual Polonaise in native costume. It is a traditional Polish dance. It is danced for Karneval and also for the Polish equivalent of the prom 100 days before exams.

And, to close, another TroTro because everyone seems to love him. This episode has nothing to do with Karneval, but he does put on a mask. And he wants to be a Tiger, one of the things we imagined ourselves to be in the song we learned.

~Frau Hanley