August 2010 – Museum of Ethnology Report
Hi Culture Linkers,
Well last month was my first month organizing the Culture Link event and I must say that I had a lot of fun!
First off, we had an informative class about cultures and tribes from around the world. Stephen and I taught you about the traditional clothing and costumes that are worn by tribal people, and I’m sure you’ll never forget the word of the day – ‘LOINCLOTH’. We learnt about tribes from Canada, Australia, Borneo and South Africa and I hope you didn’t tell your mothers about some of the pictures that we brought to the class!
After lunch, we met at the Museum of Ethnology on Nguyen Van Huyen to learn more about the people of Vietnam. It was a very hot day and Stephen and I were happy to wait by the air conditioner while you hunted for the information to fill in the questionnaire. Some of the questions were a little bit tricky but everyone did very well, gathering the information and
answering all the questions. It was a very close first round, but Pham Duc Minh and Bui Anh Quang won the t-shirts as they finished the questionnaire first.
Before we started the next questionnaire we gathered outside and broke up into two teams. Each team had to walk across the bamboo bar without falling off and unfortunately for my team, Stephen’s team all managed to walk across the bar first. So they won some snacks. Congratulations! Then Stephen walked across the bar, but he cheated as he was tall enough to
reach the tree and hold onto it while he was walking! After he finished, I had a go, and it took me a while but I made it! It was hard work! Well done to everyone who made it over the bar without falling off.
Round 2 of the questionnaire was upstairs and, you would not believe it, but the same dynamic duo Pham Duc Minh and Bui Anh Quang won again! This time their prize was a couple of dictionaries. Congratulations again guys!
We were all quite tired after all that hard work, so we sat down to watch the water puppet show and eat some ice-cream and relax. What a great end to the day.
This month, I hope you have even more energy because we’re going to be jumping around a lot more. The theme for this month is dancing! I really can’t wait and I hope that I see all the same faces again, and even more! It’s gonna be a blast!!
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Until we meet again,
Nicki
