Bobbing for Apples – This is a Halloween game that goes back hundreds of years. Place apples with stems in a large tub or kettle with water. They must remove an apple only using their teeth. Alternatively, you can tie 13 apples to strings and hang them from a tree. Each child must try to bite an apple while blindfolded.
Candy Hunt – Similar to an egg hunt, wrap little packages of candy corn in netting or use other candy and hide them for the children to find. Read the rest of this entry »

German customs and traditions take a very important place in everyday life. Traditions mean integration. People in Germany and other countries create their own customs and rituals in their strong drive to build community around themselves, such as celebrating certain occasions, cooking definite dishes for some holidays, wearing certain clothes on different occasions, setting up fan clubs, organizing sports sections, etc. Read the rest of this entry »

Bedouin
The Bedouin Nomads
For thousands of year Bedouin nomads have roamed the deserts of Arabia, and some of the older Bedouin in Qatar spent their youth travelling in the desert. Read about their culture and life in this article.
Bedouin Food
The Bedoin could live in the harsh, inhospitable Qatar desert – but it wasn’t always easy. Fran Gillespie shows us just how they managed. Read the rest of this entry »

The country boasts a population close to 3.5 million people, which by standards of the region, is not large at all. El Salvador, for example, is half the size of Costa Rica, but it has double its inhabitants. Also, the growth rate of the population of Costa Rica is only 2.3% per year, and it’s actually decreasing. Read the rest of this entry »

Celebrating a wedding with the local population is indeed a great honour and something very enjoyable. As guests one is made to feel very welcome at Chinese weddings.
There are many variations of wedding celebrations in China. Traditionally the ceremony starts with fire crackers, lots of confetti, noise, dancing and walking to the celebration point. Read the rest of this entry »