THE CARNIVAL OF BEIJING INTERNATIONAL The BLCU hosted the 11th edition of the Carnival of Nations. A fascinating journey of discovery of tastes, smells, colors and music from around the world.

Di Elvira Agnese

There is nothing better than to be proud of their country and shout it to the world. It is more or less this is the slogan of the Carnival of Nations for eleven years takes place in late April at the University of languages and cultures in Beijing. But the purpose of this initiative is also to be heard for a moment a little ‘ less alone those many students who are away from their homes and their habits. Last , why not, to prove to the world that BLCU is truly an international university . Here, in fact, every year come together – united by the desire to learn this difficult language and fascinating – hundreds of young people from every corner of the planet . So the 26th of April, for a day, foreign students of BLCU they felt magically everyone at home coming back to speak their language with their compatriots and teaching to say ” hello ” to the hundreds of excited Chinese flocked to this fast-paced tour of the world. The event was really great and filmed by various national TV , has filled all day its colors, sounds, tastes and smells of the stadium and all the BLCU campus. Significant student participation , that they would never lose this chance to flip the roles for a day, doing taste , feel and understand their culture . A flood of Chinese students and not only that, armed with fake passport to be stamped at the passage , it occurred to the many stands set up for the occasion. Almost no country in the world missed the call , from Togo to Cameroon , from Australia to Canada, Belize to Peru. A sea of music so beautiful , languages , colors, flags , cultures and traditions that are all mixed together in the same place he had never seen. It certainly could not miss Italians . Are many who have chosen to come to study here in Beijing, and they would not have missed the opportunity to see how beautiful their culture has to offer. The emotion was really huge when approaching the booth of Italy an intense aroma of espresso hit the nostrils of the writer : no Italian here can tell you not to feel nostalgia for the dear old ” coffee maker ” . Thanks in particular to the aid of the Italian Institute of Culture in Beijing and Italian Youth Association in China, the Italian boys have managed to paste dozens of patrons to their location. Among the Chinese who sang ” My O’Sole ” with the flag painted on his face and Oriental who have proven knowledge of the formation of ‘ Italy in 2006 , alas , the better the writer , the day seemed not to have to go on forever. But , unfortunately , it’s over and you go back the same way to all be students of Chinese, still thirsty for China , but a little ‘ refreshed by a small whiff of home.