Presentation of delegations (13 May 2012)

                                                           

After arriving to the hostel everyone should get to know each other; how would we cooperate without knowing each other? We had a delegation presentation ceremony. Everyone brought traditional things from their country. Some of us used their national costumes, candies, music, etc. Turkey, for example, brought Turkish delight which had different flavors like rosewater, lemon peel, etc. Sweden presented one of their most famous dollies; Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, in Swedish) made by the writer Astrid Lindgren. Now I think you understand how different it was, from one corner of Europe to the other! This way we understood each other better, we got to know other cultures better. Our mission was not just to present our own country; we should also begin presenting next country with three words about the country and end our own presentation with three words about our, this was also a way to make the delegates closer. For instance, we used words like capital cities, famous people and famous places. 

 

In Turkey’s presentation, they wore their traditional clothes; boys wore fez, which Turks used to wear at the time of Ottoman Empire, and girls wore traditional dresses, which sultanas used to wear. They also distributed their special dessert, Turkish delight which had different flavors. Furthermore, they showed their flag and they distributed ‘evil eye’, which they believe that this bead protects them from bad events.

Sweden presented some Swedish traditions, Pippi Långstrump, the Maypole (a pole you are dancing around and singing happy songs in the end of June to celebrate the summer solstice) and of course, the pop band ABBA which won the European 1974 with the song Waterloo.

Denmark sang a children song about a snail and a ladybug, showed their red and white flag and they also taught us Danish which was hard!







Fredrik/Sweden
Ezgi/Turkey