GUIDE BOOK

GUIDE BOOK

By Mati, Gabi, Presi, Boji, Kris, Lily, Koko, Ema, Adele, Sanq, Sofi, Kati, Kris Alex

By Mati, Gabi, Presi, Boji, Kris, Lily, Koko, Ema, Adele, Sanq, Sofi, Kati, Kris Alex

GUIDE BOOK

Are you ready for this week’s adventure?

GUIDE BOOK

DANCES (samba) by Adele

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• The samba is a traditional Brazilian dance, that occurred in the 20^th century and has similar moves to the dances of black women.
• The samba can be danced both solo and with a partner.

SAMBA

STAR GIRL

Presi dancing samba!!!

Traditional dance costumes

Women’s costumes

for samba are

rather short

dresses in

bright colors

mostly with

fringes and many

cut-outs, sequins, beads,

sometimes feathers, sewed-in flowers, showing women’s bare backs. A lot of times the dress is paired with a big colorful mask with feathers. The pretty dresses are descendants of the pretty costumes, used in the lavish festivals and carnivals in Rio de Janeiro.

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DANCES and FESTIVALS: by Presi and Mati

Dances: �Paso doble

• The paso doble is an energetic and fast-paced Spanish dance, based on the drama, sound, rhythm and movements of the Spanish andIn the 18^th century, the music of paso doble was used in the Spanish army to establish the speed and tempo of the march. With modern times, the dance form evolved as a ballroom dance and is performed in pairs.

FLAMENCO & PASO DOBLE

PRESI

Spanish culture:� festivals

• Spain is one pretty amazing country! I haven’t really been there before, but I admire it and it’s the one I want to visit most, especially for its festivals.�

FIESTAS in Spain

SUSHI, MOCHI and SUMO: by Gabi, Sofi and Kristofur

Japanese food: Sushi

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Sushi is a traditional Japanese dish. It is made of rice, combined

with various ingredients like raw fish,

shrimp, vegetables

and sometimes

tropical fruit.

Then you wrap it

around with dried

seaweed into rolls.

Sushi is often served with soy sauce and wasabi.

Mochi is a Japanese rice cake. Traditionally that’s a

desert you would make

with your family on a Holiday,

even though nowadays

those traditions

aren’t followed

that much. The original

mochi has one

ingredient only

– whole rice, and is

made in only three easy steps.

Now there are different

variations of the mochi recipe, depending on which Holiday is closest to the time you make it. For example, around New Year’s be prepared to eat Kagami mochi, and during the Star festival – Saku mochi.

Japanese sport: Sumo

Sumo is a sport that is performed like traditional wrestling.

There are two wrestlers

fighting,

called rikishi.

In Japan sumo

is considered a

martial art.

Its traditions

are very

old and related

to Shinto

– Japanese ethnic religion.

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY: by Kris

Did you

know,

that the

Statue

of Liberty

was

originally

intended

for the Suez Canal?

When French sculptor

Frederic-Auguste

Bartholdi first had

the idea to build a

statue of a peasant

woman, dressed in

robes and holding a

massive torch, he originally wanted it to stand at the entrance of the Suez Canal with the name “Egypt bringing light to Asia”.

MYTHOLOGY and CAMELS: by Koko and Alex

Mythology

Another famous thing from

Ancient Egypt is its mythology.

People in the past believed

in the Afterlife – that is the

reason the pharaohs were

buried in special toms with

some of their most important

and expensive things. Another fact

is that they had different gods for

different things, for example Ra

– the god of the sun, Anubis –

god of the afterlife, Osiris

– god of the underworld,

Horus – god of the sky, Set- god

of the sky and thunder.

• In conclusion, Let’s celebrate the richness of cultures and cuisines that bring us together! Cheers to diversity and shared experiences!

That’s a wrap!