Ever since i came to RPI, i realized that there are different asian communities, however they don't seem to interact with each other at all. It may because of language barrier if the person cannot speak English well, while no longer be able to find another common language in between. It may also because of cultural traditions that segregate them from communicating. This is very disappointing since nobody is taking advantage of our diversified student body in RPI. I would love to create an activity that would create a higher level of interaction within these asian communities, break the barriers and experience Culture! Here is what I see ART in this project.
In the past years, we have been holding events for Asian Awareness Weekend every year. It mainly consists of the Night Market and the Asian Night. It is a good way to bring all the asian clubs together, but problem is, for Night Market, people are just buying and selling food; for asian night, each club put up their own performance. Afterall, it did not facilitate the whole idea of bringing a direct interaction in between all the asian clubs. Therefore, this year, i decided to make them do it!
Now it has to be something that doesn't require verbal language, in replacement of this, we can do body language! It also needs to be something relatively easy for them to pick up without too much effort, but at the same time be focused. Last but not least, it has to be something fun and easily motivated, so people will be a little lose about themselves and be willing to do it.
As a result, i decided to do Tinikling.
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