{"id":644,"date":"2019-11-11T16:53:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T16:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/?p=644"},"modified":"2019-11-11T16:53:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T16:53:52","slug":"the-international-festival-11-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/ghs2019\/2019\/11\/11\/the-international-festival-11-9\/","title":{"rendered":"The International Festival (11\/9)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday morning was definitely the busiest day at the International Festival, or at least the busiest time I was there. That morning four of us who were volunteering at 9 decided to carpool. We did not realize that the marathon was going on, so our normally 10 minute drive took us about thirty minutes with all the roadblocks from the marathon and traffic from everything that was happening at the fairgrounds. We felt bad that we were running late, but Kwan was very understanding of our situation. It turns out that no one had realized the impact that the marathon would have on the attendance of the Festival, because they decided to delay the parade until around noon. This delay meant that I would not be able to participate in the parade or the performance at noon because I was leaving at 11. We all ended up being able to watch some of the performances and walk around to look at the booths. We also had the opportunity to talk with some of the people from the dojo that were performing tai chi and Eric, the drummer who performs along with Kwan. It was very interesting talking to both of them and getting to hear how they got involved with the IACA or why they practice martial arts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The performances we saw were all very interesting, but I learned that I am not very good at figuring out what culture performances were showing. When I first went to the stage, they were in the middle of a dance. There were multiple age groups, and a couple of us were trying to figure out what country it was. None of us had any idea, but we soon found out they were from Bulgaria. One of the next performances was a tai chi demonstration from the dojo that shared the booth with the IACA. I had not realized that there are different forms of tai chi and that sometimes they used swords. I was really impressed with the movements and how they made it look so easy. I remember when I took my PWB tai chi class, I always felt like I had no clue what I was doing. Overall, I really enjoyed working with the IACA at the International Festival and I am glad that Kwan gave us the opportunity to look at the other booths and learn about some of the other cultures that were there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday morning was definitely the busiest day at the International Festival, or at least the busiest time I was there. That morning four of us who were volunteering at 9 decided to carpool. We did not realize that the marathon was going on, so our normally 10 minute drive took us about thirty minutes with … <\/p>\n

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