Leading person gives short presentation with photos/ movies and comments on Romanian local traditions and customs – depending on region it may be for example: local food, local festivals, local educational/ cultural facilities etc.

Presenter welcomes any questions and discussion.

Cultural mapping

Leading person presents map of the region and invites participants to mark/spot places they know, for example: shops, restaurants, cultural/ educational centers, sport facilities, services. Participants share they knowledge and feelings about those places. Leading person completes the maps with other spots that hasn`t been marked so far and tells the story about them.

Presenter welcomes any questions and discussion.

Watching the VR movie “There is always an amicable solution” does not need any preparatory tasks.
However, the participants should be instructed to pay attention on dialog between a man (customer) and a women (cosmetician) as well as a reactions of other customers.

After watching the video participants are asked to write down on separate colorful stick-it cards 5 different expression connected to emotions they felt.

Sharing emotions

Presenter divides the group into teams of 4-5 participants (from different cultural background if possible) and organises separate space to work for them. Presenter can use support cards - asking questions like: “How did you feel?”, “What did you like?”, “What did you not like?”. The support cards may help participants reflect on the video and come up with expression.

Each group of participants sits into the circle and puts in front of themselves 5 stick-it cards with their own notions. Presenter delivers to each group the colorful sheet of paper in the shape of circle (called “the sun” - Attachment 1) with the following words written in the middle: “emotions” and place it in the middle of group. One person form the group shares the expression and explains what it means. The person puts his stick-it cards in front of “the sun” – each of them need to stick to the circle creating “sun with its rays”. Another person read aloud his expression and place it next to “the sun” - if the expression is the same as one of previous or comes from the same category it goes next to the previous ray making it longer. If it new it creates new ray. All participants from the group share their expressions.

After finishing teams discuss their impressions in the forum: what was new, what was important, what was surprising, what they liked, what they did not liked, what they do not understand ect. Each team shares its reflection and “sun” with other groups in the forum.

It is important that presenter explains everyday routine and customs of local businesses and services. Participants are welcome to share their own stories from their cultural backgrounds.

Drama activities
Participants stays in teams. Presenter hands to each team manuscript of dialogs form the beauty centre. Partcipants are encouraged to play scenes and roles. After these exercices presenter hands cards with random services/ facilities names to each group. Teams are asked to play little scenes in those places in th forum the way they feeel them - with no big preparation and rehearsal.
After finishing the task presenter checks the ideas (it is possible to use Powerpint presentation to introduce solutions, routines, dialoges). Presenter makes kind comments on the rutines and reality of those places. Discussion is welcome. Teams are encourgae to make amendments to their scenes and play them again.
Presenter welcomes any questions and discussion.