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00:00 We have organized workshops "We bake Ukrainian gingerbread".
00:07 This is an event that we organize from year to year and it is very successful.
00:14 Because we have a calendar filled long before the workshops themselves.
00:21 These are workshops organized for groups. Usually early school groups come, class 1-3.
00:31 And they make gingerbread for children.
00:36 And what is it about? How do these workshops look like?
00:41 At this time we have such Christmas exhibitions.
00:45 So children, apart from visiting these exhibitions, learn about the traditions of Christmas,
00:53 about the Christmas tree, about what Christmas Eve looked like, because it changed over the years and centuries.
01:01 In addition, they have lectures on the gifts of the star.
01:06 And the most important part are the workshops themselves.
01:10 They take an active part in the workshops. First they listen to what spices were used for gingerbread,
01:16 how it was seasoned, how the dough was made, where the name of gingerbread dough came from.
01:23 And then they go to work, help make the dough, then mix it, roll the dough and cut out individual cookies.
01:34 The biggest surprise is that children did not have as much sweets as they do today.
01:40 So gingerbread cookies were a rarity.
01:43 They were also given as a Christmas gift for children, along with nuts and apples.
01:50 So there was no big choice.
01:52 And gingerbread cookies, because they are sweet, were a joy for children.
02:00 (dramatic music)