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Cultural Exchange Program - Cultural Talks

Date - 23/09/2017

All of us were asked to prepare a speech about our country's culture and national holidays beforehand. So in the last segment of the Program, we sat with our other friends from our countries,  discussed and gave some informal presentations about our cultures.

We were around 25 people in the room. There were Korean volunteers, some participants from Indonesia and three students from Singapore alongwith the five of us.

Indonesian students talked about their Independence Day and Labaran. These are two of the major national holidays. Flag hoisting is the main event on Independence day and they organise games like Sack race, etc for the children throughout the country.

In Singapore there are four races and all of them celebrate their own festivals. But the major three groups are Chinese, Malays and Indians. They were Chinese so they told us about the Chinese New Year and other Chinese festivals they celebrate in Singapore. Indians in Singapore also celebrate Diwali.

Major Korean holiday is Chuseok. It is a 10 day long national holiday in Korea which is gonna be next month. Korean people visit their parents, grandparents and other relatives during these holidays. They play a lot of traditional games with their families and cook traditional food during the holidays. In the recent years, many Koreans have also began to go abroad with their families for these ten days.

We talked a little about the variety of culture that comes from India and told them about Diwali and Holi. We also told them abour our traditional wear and foods. It is also a known fact that Koreans love Indian Curry. 

After this dicussion, we shared our experiences about our day, they distributed prizes and we also recieved certificates for participating in the function. In the end clicked a group picture together before leaving.

It was a great day and I made a lot of friends too. We shared our contacts and plan to stay in touch. All the student volunteers were so friendly and cheerful. I am very happy that I met them. I am so grateful to them for organising it and making our day so special. It is one of the days I will always remember of my stay here.



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