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The document summarizes interviews between Russian student Lera Smetanina and Venezuelan student Jose Reyes for a cultural exchange project. It provides biographical details about each student, describes their universities and countries, and discusses topics they covered in their interviews including ecology, technology, culture, holidays, music and hobbies.
Venezuela
- 1. Russian Venezuelan Project Lerochka Smetanina & Jose Reyes
- 2. Diary of the interviews 03/21/2012: We met each others and divided in pairs and groups. On the Russian side there were two students and, in the Venezuelan side were three students. 03/28/2012: in this day we had to talk about two topics, ecology and technology, based on the documentary HOME. We talked about the ecology in our countries and cities and influences of the technology in ecological problems. 04/11/2012: the final interview was about culture and hobbies. We shared information about our traditions and festivities, specially about the Easter which was the recently celebrated holiday in the two countries and them we shared some songs and pictures.
- 3. About Lera: She is 18 years old, live with her mother and grandmother (and her cat). She is a History and Theory of International Relations student at the Lera and her Omsk State University of Fyodor mother Dostoevsky. About her country: Russia is a very cold country. They only have hot weather in the summer. She loves the summer and warm climate and wait every year for the summer, what is her favorite season of the year.
- 4. About Jose: He is 25 years. He lives with his mother and his brother. He is a student at the University of Rafael Belloso, he studies Software Engineers. He likes languages Jose, his mother and his brother and is studying English and Italian. About his country: its a very warm, specially his city. As a tropical country they dont have seasons but in the first month and the last ones (January- February, November- December) the temperatures come down.
- 5. The Two Universities: Omsk State University Of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Rafael Belloso Chacin University (URBE)
- 6. The HOME Project: Ecology and Technology Lera: "I was impressed by how dirty the air people breathe in different countries. Our city is dirty, because in our city there oil factory" Jose: Its a very common and uncontrolled problem in the world the differences between the rich and pours. So many countries build large building, while others living between the waste of the others. The people can make their
- 7. Solutions: Every thing that you can. Example: papers, Reuse plastic bottles. Reduce The consume of non recyclable or biodegradables products Make a selection in your house of every thing you will Recycle send to the trash Dont send trashes to the rivers or empty chemical Conscience liquids into the ground or natural flow of water
- 8. Technology: gadgets and market Jose: there arent a lot of Lera: In Maracaibo more common differences of technologies and gadgets than in our country brands comparing with Omsk. Like us in their country distributed various the have cellphones, Ipods, brands. there are some that arent computers etc. For me was very common in our country. For example curious that they dont have the BlackBerry Blackberry cellphones in there because is a very common cellphone brand in the country and the continent.
- 9. Technology: the brands Most common and popular brands in our countries:
- 10. Culture: holidays, hobbies and interests In Venezuela In Russia Make processions They paint eggs People burns puppets Make some prays named Judas with faces of non The Easter grate persons. Go to the temples Go to the church and pray
- 11. Special Holidays Venezuela Russia - New year (January 1st) - New year (January 1st international celebration, January 14th according Julian Calendar), Christmas (January 7th) - Carnivals (February or March) - The defender of the fatherland day (February 23) - Easter (April or May), Womens day (May 8th) - Easter (April or May), - Mothers day (3rd Sunday of the month of may) - Victory day (May 9) - Fathers day (3rd Sunday of the Month of June) - Independence Day (June 12) - Independence day (July 5) - Womens day (May 8) - Hispanity day (LAT) / Indians resistance day (VE) - Mothers day (November 25) - Christmas day (December 25 ) / New years eve - New Year (December 31, according Gregorian (December 31) calendar)
- 12. Culture: music genres Classical(Academic) Electronic Lera likes: Pop Music Hip-Hop Rock Jose likes: Classics Traditional Venezuela Limeicks Russia Llanera
- 13. Hobbies and Sports Hang out with her friends Hang out with his friends Reading Excursions Watch TV Go to the mall Lera Hobbies Jose Expedition Sports Football (soccer) Hockey Baseball Biathlon Jogging Swimming Rescue training Rappelling Figure Skating Running
- 14. Now reading Lera is reading Lolita from the Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov. Jose is reading the Teeth of the Tiger from the American writer Tom Clancy.