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DANCE LIKE NO ONE’S WATCHING, Backi Petrovac | VSS31 | 2018-08-01 - 2018-08-12 | ENVI,RENO | Age: 18 - 40

 

"YMCA Serbia" is an organization dedicated to work with children and young people (between 8 and 30 years old). Our goal is to support personal development of children and young people by organizing activities for their leisure time, enabling them to live better and more fulfilling lives. This will be the third time we organise workcamps.

Work: Work includes gathering trash, cleaning and arranging green surfaces (parks, ponds, gardens), painting, repairing and making furniture from used materials, folklore dancing, participation at the biggest event of Slovaks in Vojvodina ever, Slovak national festivity, which is held every year. Those days, Backi Petrovac is visited by many guests and tourists. During the camp members of YMCA Serbia will prepare for their own show, which will happen in August this year. At the top of it, before officially closing the camp, we will present what we have learned with performance. It is expected that there will be a lot of visitors and folklore dancers from Vojvodina, who will also take a part in this show and because of that, we need conditions for this to happen.

Accomodation and food: The volunteers will be accommodated in the facilities of Backi Petrovac Tourist Organization, within a 10-min walk from the youth centre where most of the work and activities will take place. Food, toilettes and showers are provided on the spot.

Location: Backi Petrovac

Location and Leisure: Backi Petrovac is a small town in Vojvodina, located 25 km from Novi Sad. It is a typical agricultural town of Vojvodina, over 260 years old, known for its Slovak traditions. There will be excursions to nearby villages and to Novi Sad, walk around Backi Petrovac and in the evening, the movies can be watched. Volunteers will learn about and have workshops on topics like history and life of Slovaks in three parts of Vojvodina – Backa, Banat and Srem – about their culture, customs and traditions, educational presentations about their folklore, national costumes and environmental issues.

Train/Bus station: Backi Petrovac

Requirements:

Language: eng

Extra Fee: 0

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