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Cultural Migration in Autobiography Grundtvig Partnerships 2009-2011

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Thanks for the rainbow of the cultures Mara Bilzena

From childhood I was interested in foreign countries with different cultures: songs, dances, clothes, and traditions. To learn it I had to know English. When folksschool started to work in Malpils culture club, I signed on immediately. Before long I read in Malpils newspaper about the project ‘’ Cultural Migration in Autobiographics ‘’ I decided to take part in it as other students from English language coursies, in order to make use of English language and to steady knowledges of it. I had to travel much to different countries such as Bulgaria, Germany, Portugal, India and all 15 Republics of Soviet Union. But my native country is Latvia and I always have lived only in Latvia. Therefore I decided to write about my neighbour Jadviga Jurevicha who arrived in Latvia from Byalorussia in 70 - tieth searching of job. Many evenings we met together. With pleasure she told me about her childhood and jouth. It was very interesting for us both. And it was interesting travel in the past for her daughter and grandchildren.I’m very grateful to this Project for possibility to meet different nationalities many beautiful and interesting people from Germany, Italy, Portugal, Poland Romania and to visit such nice countries as Italy and Portugal and enjoy inhabitants kindness.

Grate honour and satisfaction was reception of guests in Malpils Farewell party was very warmhearted and interesting with possibility to taste other countries national dishes and to learn folk dancies steps. And the most important – the story of every participant moved and enriched me. There arose new personal contacts and I believe that friendship started during Project will continue.