Video – Buryatia
Videos from the days we spent in the two villages. Fights in Buryatian Surharban
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We are back from our Summer School in Buryatia experience. There are a lot of things to tell, so many new things, a very special experience. We will write posts about it when we have time, and also some individual emails.Here’s the link to my flickr photo page with some pictures:http://www.flickr.com/photos/photos-eva/sets/72157621025438518/
Read MoreBuryatia School – Engorboy
Engorboy was only 800 inhabitants, there were no asphalted roads. The village size was more of less the same as Mikhaylovka. Besides the many cows there were also some pigs and horses in the streets. Finally there I had my long running question answered. We were at 1200m above sea level. At our presentation outside […]
Read MoreBuryatia Experience Part 2: Teaching the children
The aim of the volunteering project was to teach something to the children in the 2 villages. We were free to choose our subject and teaching method, and once we were there, we soon realized that we had to be VERY flexible. Due to numerous festivals and other activities, the days of actual teaching were […]
Read MoreOne of the strangest nights of my life – Comedy/Terror real story
(translated from Portuguese without much thinking) With Ayuna the relations continue very tense. Yesterday night she went for a walk telling us “help yourself” at her grandmother place. It was 20:30. At 21:45 I went to uncle’s house where only her uncle smoking and Sasha (the oldest -5years- grand-daughter) were present. There were no signs […]
Read MoreThe story of the sheep’s head
Those of you who have been on my flickr homepage and seen the photos from our Buryat Summer School experience are probably impatient to hear the story of the sheep’s head… 🙂 so here you go. Part of our extensive “social program” during the Summer School was to visit some buddhist celebrations called “Surcharban”. One […]
Read MoreBuryatian dictionary
Aimed to portuguese readers, some of the words we learnt during the school:Good night – Han UntugtiThank you – Han daaI’m portuguese – Be Portugalia’haGood morning – dobro utra (as russia)I’m full – SadapWater – UhanHot tea – AlunzeGrand-mother – ToviHello – San beneSee you – BaierteBread – Talhan
Read MoreBurtyatia school – Mikhaylovka
Mikhaylovka is 1200 inhabitants. About 500m from the main highway, the village is more or less surrounded by a cow gate, so the cows are kept in the village. Two roads have asfalt: the one from the entrance and, prependiculary, one connecting the school to the “club”. Other roads are made of dirt. All roads […]
Read MoreBuryatia Experience Part 1: Departure from Ulan-Ude and arrival in Mihailovska
As most of you already know, we decided to participate in a volunteering project organised by a young russian student from Moscow, but originally from Buryatia which is a republic in southern Siberia. We were going there to teach something to the school children there, and also to experience their way of life. The departure […]
Read MoreTwo weeks away
From Tuesday (or Wednesday) next week, that means 23/24 June and for two weeks we will be in the yellow pins marked on the map above. we will be there participating on this voluntary project in two Buryati villages near the Mongolian border, where most of the children never saw foreigners. Eva will try to give some basic […]
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