Though modern Turkey was founded in 1923, it used to be "Ottoman Empire" which influenced the centeral and Mideast Asia, and of course badly influenced by these Asian countries correspondingly.
There was even "Traditional Shadow Play" in the festervial; I was wondering it's a traditional
Chinese play or a Turkish one?
Some of the potteries were quite similar to that of China though their colours were brighter. Some women were weaving tapestry in the festervial and I was superised to find that these handicrafts were almost the same as that of Yunnan Province. Of course there were other things quite different from China. They have amazing Marbling Art which can produce beautiful pictures from a basin of dyes. The food served there were western-styled and I tried one Lamb Kebob (I cannot remember its name) which is said to be a famous Turkish fast-food. It was OK, I had to say. I also saw the fashion show in the middle of the festervial. The costume was quite beautiful with flowery and shining decoration on it, quite similiar to that of Mid-east or Indian costume. My Turkish classmate Seraphine said she had brought several traditional dresses here but she got no chance to wear them and she didn't like to wear T-shirts and jeans. Anyway she had to
After attending this interesting festervial, we continued our trip to our next destination---Devon Street. It's on the north of Chicago and quite far away from Hyde Park where Uchicago is located.
I think it could be called as "Indiatown" because most of the shops, restaurants are Indian. We had a big meal in an Indian Restaurant and I had to say "It's OK" again, not comparable to our Chinese food
I was rather impressed by the Indian jewelry sold there, so huge, exaggerated and shinning
There are also a few Russian stores and my Russian classmates seemed to like them very much.
On the way home, I was so happy to see a bright and rounded moon that I couldn't help myself applausing
It was a tired day but we had fun
However, I have say that Asian students trend to be more easily to understanding each other because of the similiar culture or history background, so are those western students. During the trip, the Korean guy Bae talked with me much more than the others. The culture gap, a comfort zone, there are many things involved......
