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First flight from Miami International Airport to Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Aerolineas Argentinas; flight AR 1303, begins at 12:01, arrive at 9:00.
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The team will take an 1 1/2 long Tango lesson where they were learn the basics of the dance, to be preformed at the next destination. -10:30
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Register for a free bike at Ecobici, and bike half an hour to La Boca, -11:00
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The team will bike back to the airport and take Aerolineas Argentinas to Lagos, Nigeria on a 19 hour flight and arrive at Lagos, Nigeria at 7:05
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La Boca is a neighborhhod in Argentina that has a high concentration of Europeans such as Italians. This is th DIASPORA(People who come from a common ethnic background but who live in different regions outside of the home of their ethnicity) of Italians who mainly came around the 19th century in the great immigration wave.The team will preform the Tango which is FOLK CULTURE(A constellation of cultural practices that form the sights, smells, sounds, and rituals of everyday existence in the tradi
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Two team members will travel all around the world learning about the unique cultures that thrive in every country.
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The team will arrive in Lagos, Nigeria at 7:05 and will head to the fabric store to start part one of the Nigeria challenge.
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The team will go to a fabric store and purchase fabric similar to that used in the traditional dance of Igbo Kwenu and sew an outfit for themselves this takes 2 hours. -9:30
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The team must drive 5 hours from Lagos to Igboland- 2:30
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The team will learn the coreography of Igbo Kwenu a dance that makes these people a SUBCULTURE(a group that share in some parts of the dominant culture but have their own distinctive values, norms, language, and/or material culture) in this large coutry. The dance is a type of FOLK CULTURE(Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.) because everyone dances and this dance has a universal meaning of harmonious occasions as m
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Such as marriage or a bonding issue such as death or war. There are GENDER(social differences between men and women, rather than the anatomical, biological differences between the sexes. Notions of gender differences) such as men are louder and have upper body movemens with large steps while women take small steps and dance more with their lower half. This takes 2 hours it is now 4:30
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Team will take a 5 hour drive back to Lagos and head for their next destination -9:30
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Flight schedule organized
Lagos – Addis Ababa
Ethiopian 900 ·Boeing 777
5h 10m
Layover in Addis Ababa ADD4h 15m Addis Ababa – Bangkok · ADD–BKK
Ethiopian 618 - Boeing 767 Layover in Bangkok BKK1h 10m Bangkok – Kuala Lumpur · BKK–KUL
Ethiopian 618 · Economy class · Boeing 767
2h 15m
Layover in Kuala Lumpur KUL4h 00m Kuala Lumpur – Bandar Seri Begawan ·
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The team will take another tedious 19 hour flight into Brunei and arrive at 4:30 p.m.
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The team will take a 20 minute long boat ride to Kampong Ayer and learn the steps of the Adai-Adai dance- 5:30
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National Holiday of Brunei, This dance is descriptive of the hard work that the fisherman did and what they passed to generation upon generations. It is now 6:30
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The team will drive 30 minutes back to the country capital and will set off for their n ext flight.-7:00
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Flight organized
Bandar Seri Begawan – Singapore · BWN–SIN
Royal Brunei 423 · Boeing 787
2h 05m
Layover in Singapore 40m Singapore – Beijing
Air China 970 · Airbus A330
Overnight flight
6h 05m
Layover in Beijing 35m Beijing – Ulaanbaatar
Air China 901 · Boeing 737
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At Kampong Ayer a CULTURAL LANDSCPAPE(Fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group) fishing was an is a main staple of the people living there. They are celebrated with Adai-Adai dance is taught to children to prevent ACCULTURATION(a process in which members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another group.) It is a NORM(rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members) for grade school children to preform this on the National Holiday of
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After a 17 hour flight arrive in mongolia at 11:50 am.
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Create a Biyelgee dance based on nomadism and self, 3 minutes each. Create boots for the dance from felt and animal hide.Take a 1 hour 30 min flight to Dalanzadgad Airport where the jouney to Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park begins. 3:20 p.m
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Fly to Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park on Dalanzadgad Airport 3:20
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The team will preform their dance about NOMADISM(movement among a definite set of places. Ex of cyclic movement) that is the founding of the culture. The dances vary from each area as the CULTURE HEARTH(area within which an advanced and distinctive set of culture traits, ideas and technologies develops and from which there is diffusion of those characteristics and the cultural landscape features they imply.) the dances may have the same meanings but different parts of the country isolate differe
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The dances may have the same meaning but the styles are unique to their places. The MATERIAL CULTURE(The physical manifestations of human activities; includes tools ,campsites, art, and structures. The most durable aspects of culture) such as the dances clothes all her specific meanings from the hats to hankerchiefs. The team will preform thei dance of nomadism in the Hongor sands, and their dance that represnts themselves and emotions will be preformed at Yolin Am 6:20
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1 hour 30 min flight back to the capital. 7:50
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Check into Kempinski Hotel Khan Palace for the night and eat dinner. 9:10
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Check out of Kempinski Hotel Khan Palace and drive to Bayaan Olgii. 8:00
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Fly another 1 and 30 mins to Gobi reserve. 9:30 and drive 8 hours to Bayaan Olgii 5:30
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As a break from the stressful challenge the team gets to pick what they want to do and they choose to observe the ancient Golden Eagle hunters of Mongolia. They live in Bayaan Olgii, ride their horses and hunt with their eagles, which are later released into the wild. The eagles are only treated with respect and honor by the Kazahk nomads.Drive back 8 hours 1:30 a.m
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Flight Organized Ulaanbaatar – Moscow
Aeroflot 331 · Airbus A320
6h 50m
Layover in Moscow 1h 25m Moscow – Oslo
Aeroflot 2174 · Airbus A319
Total flight takes 11 hours and 5 minutes.
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Arrive in Norway at 12:30 p.m
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The team will find a hat and a stick as well as learn the meaning of Hallingdans. 1:30
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Fly from Oslo to Stavanger for 50 minutes.
Flight Details
Oslo – Stavanger
Norwegian 522 · Boeing 737
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At Stavenger the team will preform the Halling dance( Hallingdans) which is preserved for thousands of years and believed to be the oldest dance in europe due to LOCAL CULTURE(a group of people who collectively work to preserve their traits and customs). This is a folk dance but is often used to show strength and show off martial arts. Men often do this dance which makes it GENDERED(designed for or claimed by men or women.) The dance is usually preformed at weddings or solemn events. The dance
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Moves from the dance are also found in breakdancing in places such as the USA due to RELOCATION DIFFUSION(The spread of idea by physical movement of people from one place to another.) 4:20
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Flight Organized Oslo – London
British Airways 763 · Airbus A320
2h 35m
Layover in London 45m London – Miami ·
British Airways 205 · Boeing 777
10h 10m
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Arrive back in Miami, Florida at 5:20 A.M.
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Arrive home will a increased knowledge of spatial geography and understanding of cultural traditions.