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Flight to Bogotá, Colombia
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Yagé Challenge
(Starts at 6:30PM)This drug has been taken by many travelers looking for spirituality and inspiration in Pasto, Colombia. This small town is in the middle of the Andes mountain range of southwestern Colombia. The challenge takes place in the hills right outside Pasto, where the SHAMANS (shamanism-community faith in traditional societies in which people folllow their shaman- a religious leader, teacher, healer, and visionary) are. -
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Preperations must also be made: abstaining from coffee, red meat, sex, and alcohol for two days before the cermony is to take place. (This is told to competitors in advance). Ceremony lasts until 8:00PM -
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people follow their shaman-a religious leader, teacher, healer, & visionary). These shamans are ANIMISTIC (animistic religions- the belief that inanimate objects, such as hills, trees, rocks, rivers, and other elements of the natural landscape, possess souls and can help or hinder human efforts on Earth) as they believe in a spirit world, which is what he yagé is used for- communicating with the sprit world. -
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Yagé has been used for centuries by the area's shamans. This religion is also an INDIGENOUS RELIGION (belief systems & philosophies practiced/traditionally passed from generation to generation among peoples within an indigenous tribe/group) What is actually drunk is a mixture of yagé and other plants. The yagé is supposed to tell you what you ae doing wrong in your life and give you visions. It causes you to vomit and sometimes terrifying hallucinations. -
Taxi to Pasto Mountains
The cab ride is 15 hours (439 Miles)so after the plane lands at 3:30AM they will take a cab to the Mountains. -
Taxi to Pasto Airport
Pasto International Airport (15 min drive) arrive at 7:15AM with Departure at 7:30AM -
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Around the World in 7 Days
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Flight to Chennai, India
7.5 Hour flight that departs at 5PM. The competitors will be able to sleep during this flight. -
Flight to Munich, Germany
Th flight is 18 Hours so the will arrive at 3:00PM and they will have caught up with their sleep with that time on the plane. -
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year to the festival. Beacuse of the MIGRATIONS (a change in residence intended to be permanent) Germans made all over the world, their CULTURE (the sum of total knowledge, atitudes, ad habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by the memners of the society) follows. Their German heritage is their CULTURAL IDENTITY (ones belief in belonging to a group or certain cultural aspect) and they wish to keep the culture alive. This is the reason for the many Oktoberfests occuring across the -
Taxi to Munich Airport
At 10:20PM their flight will depart for a 7.5 hour ride in which they will sleep. -
Taxi to Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest is the world's biggest fair with millions of people attending every year. This cultural event is all about drinking and eating. This well known event began with the wedding of King Ludwig I and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. They actually organized a horse race for the wedding, much different from what Oktoberfest is today. CYCLIC MOVEMENTS (movement that has a closed route and is repeated annually or seasonally) take place as people from all over the world go every -
Oktoberfest Challenge
Oktoberfest is an all day thing so the competitors will stay until 10PM -
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globe, which are modeled after the original in Munich. -
Taxi to Chennai Airport
They will arrive at the airport at 5PM for their flight. -
Flight to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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her husband in the epic Mahabaratha. After fire walking, the men put there feet in a pool of goat's milk at the end of the coals to sooth their feet. Then, they cover their feet in tumeric because of its religious importance to their gods. This practice is supposed to protect the one who walks from bad things such as sickness or disaster. The Hindus also believe that if you walk slowly and calmly across the coals, you are pure. Those that rush show their impurity. Those that take part in this -
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ceremony withstand burning their feet for their goddess. Some even fall onto the coals, causing even more unbearable pain.(At 11AM) -
Taxi to Tiruvannamalai
At 6:00AM they will land in which they then take a 4 hour taxi ride (120 miles) until they arrive at 10AM -
Fire Walking Challenge
In South India, a HINDU (hinduism- one of the oldest religions in the modern world, dating back over 4000 years, and originating in the Indus River Valley of what is today part of Pakistan. It does not have a single founder, a single theology, or agreement on its origins) fire walking festival occurs from March to April. Due to the DIFFUSION (the spatial spreading or dissemination of a culture element or some other phenomenon) of the Hindu religion, places such as Singapore celebrate it as -
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well. In the temples that make up part of the CULTURAL LANSCAPE (the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape. The layers of buildings, forms, and artifacts sequentially imprinted on the landcape by the activities of various human occupants), Hindu men (few women) walk barefoot over burning coals. This fire walking festival, also known as the Theemithi festival, pays homage to the goddess Draupadi. Draupadi is said to have walked over burning coals to prove her chastity to -
Taxi to House
The competitors will take a 10 mile taxi ride to a local home to partake in th r challenge at 12PM -
Coffee Ceremony Challenge
In Ethiopia, people are invited to coffee ceremonies as a sig of friendship.Coffee is somehing Ethiopians are very proud of and it is plays a big part in their economy. Coffee is so important in Ethiopia's economy, a quarter of the Ethiopian people get their livlihoods from its production. This being the case, coffee is the most imporatant in the country's AGRICULTURAL (agriculture- the purposeful tending of crops and livestock in order to produce food and fiber) activity. -
Taxi to Addis Ababa Lodging
They will take a half hour ride back to a hotel near the airport at 10:30PM -
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The coffee ceremony is all about the process of making and serving the coffee. Though in our culture this process is not of much importance, in theirs it's a lengthy event, taking up about 3 hours, demonstrating great skill. The one who performs the process is a young woman. For the special occasion, she is garbed in a long white dress that is embroidered with colorful thread. The cereomony started with the rosating of the fresh, green coffee beans on a metal plate. It's heated on lit charcoal. -
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years ago. The ceremony is full of symbolism and is an important part of Ethiopian culture. CUSTOMARILY (cutom- practice routinely followed by a group of people), a guest brings simple gift like incense or sugar. -
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The hostess must move the beans a lot to prevent them from burning. Once the beans are rosated, she offers the beans to all i the room to smell. Next, she takes the beans to the kitchen to be ground with something like a mortar and pestle. The grounds are then brewed in a jebena, a clay coffee pot, over hot coals. This part is difficult as she can't allow the pot to overflow. Once it's brewed, the jebena must sit, letting the ground settle. A filter, typically made of horse hair, is placed over -
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the spout so as not to allow the grounds out. The coffee is poured a foot above the cups. The cups are placed on a bed of scented grass during the pouring of the coffee, representing abundance. All of this process requires great skill. Three rounds of coffee are served, called abol, tona, and baraka, which according to Ethiopian FOLKLORE (folklore- the unwritten literature (stories, proverbs, riddles, and songs) of a culture) are the names of 3 goats that originally got the coffee thousands of -
Walk to Addis Ababa Airport
At 1AM they will walk to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport for their Flight. -
Flight to Manila, Philippines
The Flight is 12 hours so they will land at 2:30 PM -
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The chicken is battered and it dies with a blow to thehead. The feathers are then singed in the fire. After, the chicken is washed and cut open for divination. The tribal priest takes out the liver and the bile to be examined. The objective is for the bile to be completely visible- a good omen. If the liver covers the bile, the entire process must be repeated until the outcome is right. After the stew is ready, it's eaten. Other culture's ETHNOCENTRISM(tendency to evaluate other -
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cultures against the standards of one's own.) causes opinions of disgust towards the dish and its ritual. This ritual is traditionally reserved for special occasions, though now the dish has gained popularity among those outside of the Bontoc people. To the Bontoc people's disapproval, outsiders have made the dish informal and it's eaten regularly in restaurants. -
Taxi to Central Cordillera Mountain Range
They will take a taxi at 2:30pm to the Central Cordillera Mountain Range and arrive at 7:45pm to experience pinikpikan with the Bontoc people. The ride will be 5 hours and 15 minutes. -
Pinikpikan Challenge
In the Central Cordillera Mountain Range of the Philippines, an indigenous tribe called the Bontoc people perform a sacrificial ritual for the spirits. There are many different villages of the Bontoc people in the Mountain Province, each distinguished by its own DIALECT(local or regional characteristics f a language. A dialect has pronunciation differences of a standard language and distinctive grammar and vocabulary.). In this mountainous LANDSCAPE (the overall appearance of an area. Most are -
Taxi to Manila Lodging
They will take a taxi at 9:45pm to the lodging. They will arrive at the lodging at 3:00am. It will be a 5 hour and 15 minute ride. -
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comprised of a combination of natural and human-induced influences.) the Bontoc people perform this ritual. The ritual is really just the process of preparing to eat the chicken stew, called pinikpikan, afterward. To prepare the pinikpikan, the chicken must be beaten live. Keep in mind, it's beaten lightly- the chicken's bones cannot break and it doesn't bleed. The squawking of the chicken is an important part of the ritual as it calls the attention of the spirits. -
Walk to Manila Airport
Walk to Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 11:00am for a 12AM flight. -
Flight to Miami, Florida
Land at 11PM after a 23 hour flight.
