For my Cultural Excursion I went to Stratos Greek Taverna. It is an authentic Greek restaurant, ran by a Greek family, in Dallas. It had classic Greek foods and Greek entertainment, such as belly dancers and group dances in which the customers could also join in on the Greek dance. There, they played Greek music that set the mood for the belly dancers to dance with. The music had no lyrics, which I found it quite interesting to have no singer, it was entirely instrumental. There were elements of instruments I had never heard of before. The music was high pitched, quick paced and uplifting. While I was there, I ate a large platter that sampled all the Greek foods available at the restaurant while I watched the performances from the belly dancers. Most of the food contained carbohydrates; there were lots of different pastas and casseroles layered with meat. Despite the vast quantity of carb packed foods, there were also many vegetables and plant-based foods to compensate such as Dolmathakia, my favorite out of all the food, which are stuffed grape leaves. …show more content…
Also, I have always dreamed of going to Greece and I wanted a taste of it. This cultural excursion was very fun. It differs from my own culture in many ways. In Greek culture, they dance together in a line while moving the line along in a circular pattern. In my Brazilian culture, we usually just dance with one partner wherever on the dance floor when we are celebrating something. Additionally, the Greeks throw napkins and yell ‘Opa!’ when they cheer for something or someone. Typically, in my culture, we just clap and holler a bit. I found it interesting how they did that and how different it was than what I usually