World Language Culture Day

18 y 19 de diciembre, 2025

CHINA - ITALY - FRANCE - GERMANY - MEXICO - PANAMA - PERU - ROMAN EMPIRE - RUSSIA - SPAIN

Explore your world ...

All World Language Students will have the opportunity to visit TWO other language classrooms. During class, students will sign up to visit TWO other countries and build their passport. On the day of the event, they will visit and experience a cultural activity provided by that language instructor. Prepare to have fun and learn a little about other countries. Don't forget to get your passport stamped!

Students visiting Panamá this year ...

Kuna Indians and their "molas"

Molas are hand-made using a reverse appliqué technique. Several layers (usually two to seven) of different-colored cloth (usually cotton) are sewn together; the design is then formed by cutting away parts of each layer. The edges of the layers are then turned under and sewn down.

Let's watch...

Let's make a MOLA!

Paper Molas

Who are the Kuna Indians?

Panamá activities from previous year's ...

Tembleques

Panama's national outfit are the pollera (worn by women) and the montuno (worn by men). Tembleques are decorative accessories that polleras wear to adorn their head. These ornamental hairpins are made with beads and are typically flower-shaped. They are an integral part of the pollera outfit.

Let's make a TEMBLEQUE!

Students will have the opportunity to create and keep a tembleque that they will make with jewelry beads.

Wounaan & Emberá Indian Baskets

Handmade baskets from the Darien Rainforest region of Panama made by the Wounaan and Embera' Indians out of "Chunga" or fibers from the Black Palm. Intricately decorated, and very finely woven, these beautiful baskets are usually hung on the wall to show off their fine designs and truly amazing basket weaving technique.

Let's make a BASKET!

Fun & Easy DIY: Cardboard Basket Weaving

Who are the Wounaan / Emberá?

Wounaan Rainforest Baskets from Panamá

Pottery

Native American pottery are both beautiful and useful. The indigenous people used ceramics for multiple practical purposes such as storage of food, utensils, and even as urns.

DID YOU KNOW?

Panamanian pottery at one time used a very UNIQUE purple hue on their pottery.

Let's do some POTTERY!

Students will have the opportunity to create their own piece of pottery called a "pinch pot".

Fun & Easy DIY: Pinch Pots

Máscaras artesanas de Chitré y los Santos- los diablicos

During carnival time you will see performers parading the streets as "diablicos" (devils). The origin of these "devils" stems from colonial times with the evangelization of the indigenous people. A lot of effort is put into the making of the masks that these street performers wear. Students will have the opportunity to view how local artisans work countless hours to create these masks.

Let's decorate a MÁSCARA!

Students will decorate their own carnival mask to enjoy this cultural experience.

DIY mask

Ojo de Dios

Students will do an arts and crafts project making an "Ojo de Dios".

A God's eye (Ojo de Dios) is a craft made out of yarn upon a wooden cross. Origins come from the Huichol people of Mexico. Often several colors are used. They are commonly found in Mexican, Peruvian people and Latin American communities, among both Indigenous and Catholic peoples. Often made for little children as gifts.

Let's make an OJO DE DIOS!

Youtube video instructions
Ojo de Dios instructions PDF (Aunt Annie's Crafts)