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Câmara Municipal de Ourique
Childhood Takes Over the Multipurpose Pavilion on World Children’s Day
Do you still remember what it was like to be a child? There is an age when the whole world fits into a street 🏡, a game ⚽, a story 📚, a laugh 😄, or a hastily invented adventure 🚀. Being a child means turning the simple into the extraordinary, inventing worlds from almost nothing, and finding in play one of the most beautiful ways to grow up.
Recognizing the importance of play, imagination, and socialization in children’s development, the Municipality of Ourique celebrates World Children’s Day on June 1 with a program specially designed for the municipality’s children at the Ourique Multipurpose Pavilion.
Throughout the day, the little ones will visit different activity stations designed to stimulate play, creativity, curiosity, movement, team spirit, and social interaction. The program combines recreational, educational, and sports activities in an environment designed for learning, experimenting, and smiling.
From the Family Puzzle to the Playful Books, from the Magical Journey to the Safe School, from the Dance of the Stars to the Extreme Adventure Mission, each activity was designed to highlight what is most important in childhood: curiosity, joy, imagination, and the right to play.
The initiative is sponsored by the Municipality of Ourique, with support from the Ourique CPCJ, the GNR Safe School, the Ourique Volunteer Fire Department, the CLDS 5G Ourique, and the parish councils of the municipality.
It should be noted that World Children’s Day was officially established in 1950, following the congress of the International Democratic Women’s Federation held in 1949 in Paris. Portugal, like many other countries, adopted this day to celebrate Children’s Day with the aim of raising awareness about children’s rights and the need to promote improved living conditions, with a view to their full development.
Happy Children’s Day!
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Sat, 21 Nov · 21:30
Ourique Once Again Honors Commander Hélder Mendes with a Film Series An animated adventure for the youngest viewers, a look at contemporary Alentejo, and a cinematic portrait of Natália Correia. Three films, catering to different generations, make up this year’s edition of the Film Series in Honor of Hélder Mendes, organized by the Municipality of Ourique at the Sousa Telles Cinema-Theater. The first screening takes place on November 18 with “Dora: A Magical Adventure Under the Sea” (vp), a showing intended for preschoolers. On the 21st, “18 Holes to Paradise,” by João Nuno Pinto, hits the screen. The film is set on a farm in the Alentejo region affected by drought, where owners and workers experience the same reality from different perspectives. The screening is open to the public, admission is free, and Rui Pedro Tendinha will be present for a discussion following the screening. The series concludes on November 25 with “The Woman Who Died Standing,” by Rosa Coutinho Cabral, a cinematic essay on Natália Correia, her life, work, and influence on Portuguese culture. The screening is aimed at high school students. Three distinct films that, through cinema, continue the tribute to Hélder Mendes, a native of Ourique, filmmaker, cinematographer, and one of the pioneers of audiovisual media and television in Portugal.