.. Intercultural Evening!

Hi guys!! =)

I have been here for more than three weeks now, time seems to fly.
There are really a lot of things to do, many places to see.
I forgot the meaning of the word “boring!”.
For example, one of the most expected events of this month took place last week here in the Gymnasium: the intercultural evening. A beautiful – and successful! – attempt to bring together the diversity of habits, costumes and cultures of some European nations. Linda and Marie, my coworkers and friends, dealt with a great part of the organization of the event. I tried to help them as best as I could and to uplift their mood when the stress got them down.
They were great, and the result was spectacular!

At 4 on Thursday 21 January, after a morning of intense preparations, the show started. Two strange beings from another planet (Ernesta, a student, and Marie, dressed in a sparkling costume homemade) landed on the stage of the Hall of Didzdvario Gymnasium. Confused by the large variety of differences between the inhabitants of the globe, they asked "humans" for some explanation.

The first nation presented was Lithuania with a video made by students who showed some characteristics and peculiarity of this state. Unfortunately I was not able to understand much, because I don’t know the Lithuanian language enough. I think it was very appreciated ‘cause all the people were laughing! ;)



One after the other all the performances were shown: queen in nearly every country was the music. Some students sang in Russian, others entertained the audience with the British sound of a Beatles’s medley. The students of German class sang a famous song by Nena, 99 Luftballons, coloring the scene with funny red and yellow balloons that recall the colors of the German flag.

Eduardo, the physical education exchange teacher, was fundamental for the Portuguese presentation: he showed a video in which there was some of the most beautiful landscapes of his country.

Italy, thanks to the collaboration of the Italian teacher Dovile, showed a few of its most famous inhabitants and some stereotyping ideas that a lot of people all over the world have about Italy.

The student of French Class did a nice performance, declaiming some of the most famous French personality of the past, all accompanied by a wonderful video showing some of the most characteristics streets of Paris.

As a conclusion of this first part, some students showed Lithuanian typical dances. It was really wonderful to see their circling in different amazing choreography with a really fast rhythm.

The second part of the event took place in the Cafeteria: every nation presented some of their typical dishes. A lot of different delicious scents in the air: from the Italian pizza to the German apfelkuchen, and also French cheese, British cookies and tea, Lithuanian bread..
Colour and scent from all over the Europe [and everything was really great!] ..



Last but not the least, the fashion show!
The corridor was transformed into an haute – couture catwalk: some students prepared particular clothes which refer to every nation represented in the intercultural evening.
Last model was a child with a globe: great symbol of the whole event.




Ten in One.
A single evening, ten nations, ten different cultures.
Colors, scents, tastes, sounds and voices. All different, but all united, together.

Great!

Seee yaa!
MartinI. =D