Learn the World! –Surprising discoveries await–(^ ^)
English translation below.
2/16(日)　寺井地区公民館で ‘まなびフェスタ2020’　『世界を学ぼう！　～エッ!と驚く発見が～(^ ^)』が開催され、64名の方が参加しました。
参加者は3つのグループに分かれて、ベトナム・タイ・バングラデシュ・中国・ロシア・日本の6つのブースをまわり交流を深めました。タイと中国のブースでは日本の’お手玉’に似た遊びを、ロシアブースでは‘蜘蛛とハエ’という日本の‘だるまさんが転んだ’と似ている遊びなどを体験。国は違っても共通した遊びがあることやバングラデシュの国旗と日本の国旗がよく似ている事などを発見。
ベトナムのバンブーダンスでは体験者だけでなく見学の人も多いに盛り上がり、最後は参加者全員で手をつないで『幸せなら手を叩こう』を歌いながらダンス。楽しいひと時を過ごしました。

以下英訳
At the “2020 Learning Festival” held on Sunday February, 16 our Association has conducted an experience class “Learn the World! –Surprising discoveries await–(^ ^)” at Terai District Public Hall. There were 64 participants.
The participants divided into 3 groups and went around 6 booths representing countries: Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, China, Russia and Japan. At Thai and Chinese booths, among other things, they experienced games similar to Japanese “Otedama”, and at a Russian booth a game called “A spider and a fly” similar to Japanese game of “Daruma-san ga koronda”. There were many discoveries, like similarities in games despite of the fact that countries are different, or that national flags of Bangladesh and Japan are similar.
For the Vietnamese bamboo dance both participants and viewers were very excited. Lastly, all the participants joined hands to sing and dance “If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands”. We had so much fun!