He who does not know his past has no future…

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          In ГУО "Клайшанская базовая школа" there is a magnificent Museum of ”Heritage". Despite the fact that the Museum exists recently, but today it surprises with a large number of interesting exhibits. These are not only works of decorative and applied art, made in a variety of techniques, but also ethnographic exhibits-various household items and peasant life.

          The date of Foundation of the Museum is January 26, 2014. Originally it was called the ethnographic room "heritage", and since 2015 it has become an ethnographic Museum. The founder of the Museum is a teacher of Belarusian language and literature Vilchevskaya GA exhibits of the Museum are systematized in such areas as” folk clothing“,” weaving“,” embroidery“,” tools“,” Babi Kut"," dishes " and others. You enter the room-and the eyes scatter: so much is interesting. The subject matter of the expositions testifies to the most typical existing phenomena of Ethnography and life of peasant Khatia. Almost all of the original items, except those that are restored according to the drawings. A device for removing shoes, a press for pressing cheese.

         The pride of the Museum are its exhibits: things and objects lying in the hall, barn, attic of grandmother's houses or in a chest. These are towels, napkins with authentic patterns, bedspreads, tabletops, jugs – what is not there! Each thing has its own interesting destiny, distinctive character. We are proud to have such rare things as a tool for removing shoes, spinning wheels for spinning wool or tow and a huge mortar with pesto.

         On pokuty of the Museum-icons, and near the wooden bed, covered with self-sewed dorogoi hanging from the stroller for baby. One of the main places is occupied by the furnace and the Krosno, or hand loom. Once this device was worn by the whole family.

         Many exhibits are widely used in lessons, information and classroom hours, in exhibitions. Decorate the interior of school and district events.

         In some regions, folk crafts are forgotten, but in our area-quite another matter. Here for many centuries women and girls spared the charm of embroidery. Therefore, a significant place in the Museum is occupied by towels – woven and embroidered.

         As part of the Museum's activities, teachers and students collected good ethnographic material, because they established a close relationship with the carriers of local folklore and crafts. They learned a lot: bake bread and weave baskets, learned about the secrets of vine weaving, embroidery. It is interesting for pupils to carry out ethnographic travel, to come to houses to villagers, to write down their stories, to make photos and videos that subsequently to analyze and systematize a material. Students seek to understand the essence of folk rituals, get acquainted with the symbols of the folk towel, folk clothes and dialect features of speech.

          To preserve the folk traditions and features of our town, there is no better means than the ethnographic Museum "Heritage". It is the center of active and fruitful work on the revival of the material, spiritual and cultural heritage of the Polesie region. The Museum preserves the memory of its ancestors, keeps antiquities and carefully transmits to young people memories of the life of their grandfathers and great-grandfathers, telling descendants about their lives. It helps to form students ' respect for their native land, so that children never shy away from their roots, to be proud that they were born in such a beautiful land.