Amertha Bhavani Goes to Spain, Day 9 (Aug 9, 2015) - Portel, Portugal

11:52 PM / BY Marcella Denada
Not my typical Sunday morning. We started the day by joining the second workshop, which is by Timor Leste and Uzbekistan. Timor Leste taught us Sepe Lari Lari dance, if I'm not mistaken. The routine is danced repetitively in a line while playing musical instrument for the beat. They taught us the steps first which I thought was easy to follow. But when I tried to dance it with the instrument, it became a lot...

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Amertha Bhavani Goes to Spain, Day 8 (Aug 8, 2015) - Paraleda de la Mata

5:39 PM / BY Marcella Denada
That morning we were having our first workshop, yeay! Although I was a bit sleepy, I got the energy to learn the moves. Uruguay and Georgia would start this workshop series. Uruguay taught us Tango dance which made me very excited since I had only been watching it on So You Think Can Dance but never actually doing it. We danced in a couple. They really paid attention to us, making sure we were doing...

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Amertha Bhavani Goes to Spain, Day 7 (Aug 7, 2015) - Cáceres

4:47 PM / BY Marcella Denada
We had two events today, which is Gastrofolk and city tour. Gastrofolk is the event where each group made traditional dish to be served to everybody who came since it was opened for public. The idea of the event is because Cáceres is the gastronomy capital of Spain. Only 5 countries participating that day, including us. 4 people from each group had to attend the Gastrofolk at the Cáceres tourism office while the rest joined...

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