Children's folklore games and dances of Posavina

Hrvatska je zemlja s vrlo bogatom kulturom i narodnim običajima. Jedan mali dio tih običaja čine i dječje folklorne igre i plesovi Posavine. Posavinom se naziva nizinsko područje uz srednji i donji tok rijeke Save i njezinih pritoka. Djeca u Posavini od malih su nogu pomagala u radu, čuvajući stoku na pašnjaku. Tijekom ispaše smišljala su različite igre kako bi se zabavila. Igre koje su nastale spontano prenosile su se s generacije na generaciju i tako postale tradicija Posavine. Tradicionalne igre i plesovi u odgoju djece predškolske dobi jako su važni zbog toga što djeca igrom i folklornim plesovima izvode pokrete i korake uz pjevanje te se upoznaju s tradicijom i nošnjama određenog kraja Hrvatske. Primjenom različitih folklornih igara i plesova u vrtiću kod djece se potiče kreativnost i ljubav prema kulturnoj baštini. Cilj ovoga rada je sačuvati zapise o folklornim igrama i plesovima djece u Posavini te prikazati njihovu važnost s aspekta tjelesne i zdravstvene kulture. U ovom radu predstavljen je veći broj dječjih plesova i folklornih igara iz okolice Martinske Vesi koji se mogu primijeniti u radu s djecom vrtićke dobi.Croatia is a country that has very rich culture and folk customs. Children folklore games and dances of Posavina also form a small part of these customs. Posavina is the lowland area along the middle and lower banks of the Sava River and its tributaries. Children in Posavina have been helping with the chores from an early age, looking after the cattle in the pasture. They invented games during grazing to have fun.. The games that arose spontaneously on the pastures of Posavina were passed down from generation to generation and thus became a tradition of Posavina. Traditional games and dances in the education of preschool children are very important because children perform movements and steps with singing through games and folklore dances and get to know the traditions and costumes of a particular part of Croatia. Children's creativity and love for cultural heritage is encouraged by the example of different folklore games and dances in the preschool. The aim of this work is to preserve records of children's folklore games and dances in Posavina and to show their importance from the aspect of physical and health culture. In this thesis greater number of children dances and folk games from Martinska Ves is presented, which can be applied in working with preschool children