Day 9
For the past few days, the regular English teachers from the Guangxi secondary school has had some meetings with the summer program students at the school. They have been planning something special for us, a team of Canadian teachers doing some volunteer teaching there for the past week and half.
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| The students met with their day school teachers about the Cultural Night event |
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| The school held an event especially prepared for us. |
We have been looking forward to the cultural night.
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| Canadian teachers sit back & enjoy the Cultural Night celebration. |
Though many of the visiting Canadian teachers are ethnic Chinese themselves, we know very little about the customs and cultures of the various ethnic groups in China; we have much to learn about them.
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| The Cultural Night was like a big festival for the school community. |
I was a little worried about the weather as it poured quite a bit in the afternoon. But the sky cleared after dinner.
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| Students opened the evening with songs to welcome us |
The event took place in the school's outdoor sport area under moonlight. Everyone was happy and excited. It was just like a great festival and a celebration.
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| Students performing traditional a Chinese dances |
The teachers and students rehearsed and prepared for this night at the school for the past few evenings for us!
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| Students performing a modern dance |
Some even went to the school on the weekend to practice for this special event.
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| Studentss performed their traditional dances for us. |
Their preparation and hard work were evident in their performances.
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| Canadian teachers performed the K pop songs. |
The students performed a series of dances, songs and games that reflected their culture and tradition.
The Canadian teachers also performed a couple of K pop songs for the students.
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| Canadian teachers learning the bamboo dance right there! |
The best part of the evening was when the staff and students invited us to take part in some of their cultural performances.
Our team members were happy to take part and learn the bamboo dance right at that instance.
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| We were invited for a Mao Nan sports games |
The younger members of our team took part in the basket ball throwing game too.
Jeannie and I volunteered to be on the wrestling team against the girsl and we won too!
The Mao Nan tribe has quite a few things that are interesting and unique to their culture.
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| A fashion show out on by the staff & students of the school |
The regular of the school and the students in the summer program prepared a fashion show fr us.
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| The school's English teachers in their elegant traditional dresses |
We loved the beautiful colour and elegant styles of the Chinese dresses modelled by the English teachers of the school. They received the greatest applause from us.
Our team of teachers did a mix dance performance and the students loved it!
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| Eman, Stan and students form their class |
It was a fantastic evening of cultural exchange between the Chinese and Canadian cultures.
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| A great celebration! |
I was glad that I was a part of the cultural evening!
R,T,
Cultural Night
Guangxi, China
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