Customs and Stereotypes

The group was divided into the original teams of each country. First, they debated in their own groups about the stereotypes of their countries for a later presentation of them to the other groups. It was a very informative activity, which let everyone know better the countries of their new friends, finding that stereotypes actually do not define a country for themselves, and that we have to change a bit our beliefs about those countries.

Italians

They arent just plain pizza eaters. Every single region has its own traditional cuisine. Mafia is not over the whole country but is mainly active in the south. It is a stereotype that there is trash on the street because that was just a one time event in Napoli. They introduced us some gestures and their meanings through a role-play.

Polish

They sang a song that was very beautiful. They came from different parts of the country and they shared info about them. They taught us polish expressions and words. They told us stories about polish people who are world-famous. Instead of explaining stereotypes they focused on introducing their country.

Spaniards

The bullfights are not supported by everyone. They told us stories about spanish dances and they presented some of them as well. We learned about different types and styles. Flamenco has 4 types and we will have the opportunity to learn each of them during the week. We heard about the siesta and about possibilities for young people who want to have fun and party.

Romanians

Ana, the only one attendee shared information about the history of her country for example about the cemetery of Máramaros, about the parliament built by Ceausescu. About the beautiful and diverse natural habitat of the Danube Delta and about Dracula and his habits.

Hungarians

The Hungarian team devided their presentation into three parts: stereotypes, customs and fun facts. They talk about cuisine, famous Hungarian people and the attitude of society. We have gotten to learn how proud they are of having the most olympic golds and Nobel prices respectively compared to population.

Nevertheless Bucarest is not equal to Budapest!!!!