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| Before the trip, more material was prepared for the schools and for guides to Vela Spila: the route, past Vela Spila animals would take in the ice age;... | ||
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| ... animals hunted; figurines made 17,000 years ago; diagrams to show sea level changes; scenes of life in the new stone age. | ||
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| A day-to-day diary for recording all visitors, a show-and-tell book & laser pointer for the guides were brought for the cave. | ||
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| We arrived on 19th March, in time for the St. Joseph's Day traditional dances. | ||
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| The Mayor and most of the town were there, either watching or participating. | ||
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| The dances and dancers were extraordinarily energetic. | ||
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| The sword fights drews blood ! | ||
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| At the grand finale, the piper is raised on the swords. | ||
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| Other traditional dances are enjoyed; each tells a story. | ||
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| This exhibition of excellent children's art, led me to ask the teacher for artwork on the Vela Spila theme. | ||
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| Dinner at Alfa - renewing friendships. | ||
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| The Municipality widely promoted our 3rd meeting to facilitate people wanting to create work-shops to attract off-season visitors. | ||
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| One of the workshops takes place in these idyllic surroundings. | ||
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| Masses of wild, sweet-smelling flowers can be enjoyed in the Spring, including irises, hiacynths & fresias. | ||
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| Some of the thousands of kilometers of dry-stone walls. Why were they made so thick, and so close together ? | ||
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| We gathered tools & record books for the 2nd Young Archaeoligists' Week-end Workshop. | ||
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| This game helps remind them of the English names for the tools and equipment. | ||
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| This game helps them learn how to plot their test-pits (or to plot anything). The fun begins when they swap directions and the box has to be replaced in correct spot! | ||
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| The 2m tall clear plexi-glass tube arrived. This will be displayed in the cave and filled with layers of sediment and artifacts so people will understand a little better how archaeologists work. | ||
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| The group were shown some of the nany finds from Vela Spila: shells, bones, stone tools and what they tell us. | ||
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| Our thanks again to the fire service for taking us up to the cave. | ||