Next time you’re feeling a little “trapped” inside “liitle ol’ Provo, Utah” take a trip to a distant land by transforming your apartment into another country. Pick a country and make it the theme for your evening. For dinner, find a recipe online or from your local library associated with your country and find out what ingredients you need to get. Either get your ingredients before or as part of your evening and gather everything the recipe calls for. While dinner is on the stove or in the oven, do some research on the culture, people, history and famous sites of the country. (Hint: a quick and easy place to find info is the Provo City Library).
If you know of some traditional games or activities associated with the country try some of them out after dinner (i.e. Making Fabrege eggs or building a snow cave for a Russian night; Writing Japanese/Chinese Characters with paintbrushes; Building the Eiffel Tower out of candy; Making a Bedouin Tent in your Living Room). Or if you prefer an easier route, rent a travel film about the respective country and learn about the country through the film. Movies are also an easy way to continue the theme of an evening. You could document the fun you have by making your own travel film about the country and the things you've learned. If you have time: dressing in traditional clothing, listening to foreign music and decorating your apartment all can add spice to the evening.
OTHER HINTS: Provo is a gathering place for people from around the world with various backgrounds, interests, tastes, and cultures. Take advantage of it by making new friends and meeting new people. If someone is from another country or has visited another country invite them over for a cultural night, ask if they could share some things about their culture and country with you. Don't rule out your Professors either, many have traveled numerous places and might even enjoy sharing some of their experiences with you. Ask what fun or tasty dishes they would recommend to make and offer to provide the ingredients if they teach you how to make it.
The BYU Kennedy Center also has guest lectures from various parts of the world that speak on a sundry of topics. Sometimes they take place in the evenings. You might consider working those or other campus sponsored events that into part of your travel itinerary for your night in another culture.
2 comments:
This is a great idea...Our Apartment has had a lot of fun doing this, especially with the diversity of people that have visited other countries.
We take turns teaching each other about countries we've been to and had a really fun time experiencing the country together.
We've had food from Japan and China and watched a Kung Fu movie. Made a snow cave and watched "The Saint" as we experienced "Russia". Had crepes, paninis, French fries and French Toast for French night.
I have actually known a few people to do activities like these and really enjoy them. They have actually exposed me to fun ideas like this and I have really enjoyed learning more about different places and even more so, tasting new kinds of foods! This is a great idea and I recommend it to anyone and everyone!
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