VENEZUELA--International Day Ideas

[KATHINOWA]

My girl scout troop is hosting a booth for our Internation Day on Venezuela. Typically the girls learn a few facts about the country, have food samples and play a game.

The facts are easy to find out. We have the food item covered but I'm having a hard time finding out about games played in Venezuela.

Any ideas?

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

Baseball

 

[BCDisneyFanatic]

How soon do you need to know? There are a few moms at my DDs' school who are from Venezuela. We're out of school until at least Monday because of the earthquake, but if it's not urgent I can ask then...

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

From wiki:

Baseball is Venezuela's most popular sport, although football (soccer), spearheaded by the Venezuela national football team, is gaining influence.

Venezuela is well-known for its successions in beauty pageants. Miss Venezuela is a big event in the country, and Venezuela has received 5 Miss World, 6 Miss Universe and 5 Miss International titles.

The World Values Survey has consistently shown Venezuelans to be among the happiest people in the world, with 55% of those questioned saying they were "very happy".

 

[BCDisneyFanatic]

Contacted one friend who lived in Venezuela for a couple of years. She seconded the national obsession with baseball (!), but also recommended Bolas (which is maybe a little more original!):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolas_criollas

Hope that helps