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Student Trip Blog
Today was a day for the group to express themselves through Art and Dance! We were treated to an eggcellent and nutritional authentic Dominican breakfast. This was the fuel we needed to be able to flesh out our artistic ideas and thoughts during Gato’s sculpting class, which featured the sculpting of the Taino people’s Gods BUT with a hint of our own uniqueness incorporated into it! We then headed back to the villa to enjoy another nice and fulfilling lunch where we discussed and played certain mind games, like hats, and horses, where it may have admittedly made a few Global Glimpsers crash out. We then headed to Paul’s dancing class to learn dances with historical backgrounds that takes inspiration form many cultures, the dances being Bachata and Merengue. And shout out to Safi and Karina for showing us some of their traditional dances as well! And after such we were treated to some delicious fruity ice cream and a trip to a big store for beach stuff, trinkets, and souvenirs. At home we had free time until it was documentary time, where we all sat around the TV and watched an educational video on the hidden side of the immigration problem in the Dominican Republic regarding the Haitians. Where problems are revealed that when it comes to them, they’re discriminated against, being given no due process, victims of colorism and unfair pay, much like the path the USA is following when it comes to immigrants and deportation. After which, we had a deep conversation that brought us all together in understanding. Finishing the day with a lovely dinner, and yet another terrifying day of Mafia!
- Signing off, LDDs of the Day; Sephora and Gabriel!