Cultural Heritage Workshops in Rovaniemi

On March 14th the students involved in the SOS Comenius project participated in a series of workshops in Arts, Drama, Handicrafts and Ice fishing/Woodcraft skills.

In the Drama workshop the students created scenes for their multimedia presentation, the topic of which is the Finnish Sauna. For earlier generations the Sauna was not only a place for bathing but also a place for women to give birth and bodies to be stored before burial.




The students of the Arts workshop explored topics such as Reindeer, Torne River Valley, the Lapland War in Finnish cultural heritage.













In the Handicrafts workshop the students visited a local feltmaker Helvi Juujärvi. She is an artisan, who is specialized in handmade felting and traditional sheep pelt blankets. In Helvi's workshop the students learnt the basic techniques of wet felting.














The students and teachers in the Ice Fishing / Woodcraft skills workshop spent the day by the river ice fishing, glowfrying salmon and learning the skills needed when hiking in the wilderness.