Last Friday we had a really interesting day! In the afternoon we met with all the other PCT groups for a Moldovan Diversity session. We had presenters from the Moldovan, Russian, Jewish, Roma (Gypsy) and Bulgarian. We also had folk dancing and singing from each of the ethnic groups, that was both beautiful and interesting. Below are videos of Moldovan dances performed by students of the State University:
The second presenter for the day was a presenter for the Roma community. She explained to us that Roma is the politically correct term for gypsy. After the presentation, a couple performed a Roma dance. The female dancer had a “wardrobe malfunction” during her performance and some of the male volunteers were quite excited to see her butt cheek. Unfortunately, I didn't catch that in my video.
The third presenter for the evening was from the Moldovan Jewish community. I didn't take a picture of her because she was not wearing traditional clothing, but she had a great joke about traditional clothing for Jews being a fur coat and diamond earrings. Our third presenter was from the Russian Community. She was also one of the LTI's (Language and Technical Instructors) for the PCT group that is learning to speak Russian. She didn't seem too enthused about wearing the traditional Russian Garb, but was an excellent sport about it.
The last presenter was from the Bulgarian community in Moldova. After her presentation, her and her assistants sang several Bulgarian folk songs.
After all of the presentations and performances, we all danced the Moldovan Hora. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of this, because I was showing off my sweet dance moves. You will all have to take my word about how awesome my dance moves were.
That is all for now. I am trying to write a bunch of entries to update everyone while I have access to the internet, so expect more updates soon. I miss everyone.
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