"Norsk"
evening At
Blindern Studenterhjem there was a presentation of Norwegian culture,
with traditional Norwegian folk dance and an introduction to Norwegian
food. Introduction
Jacqueline
rendered a paper on the difference between a shrimp and a prawn. She
said she had always wondered about what makes the difference. After a
careful study she concluded that besides the size - a prawn is bigger
than a shrimp - the shrimps carries their eggs on their bodies, while
the prawns do not.
When
eating a shrimp sandwich there is a debate whether the mayonnaise should
be under or on top of the shrimps. Her opinion was that the mayonnaise
should be under the shrimp, to avoid the shrimps to fall off.
In
addition you squeeze lemon juice on top of the sandwich. On this there
is no debate.
Norwegian
folk dance
Leikarringen
Telelaget had a little introduction of the two Norwegian dances
"springar" (roundel) and "gangar". Aasmund Sudbø
was compère and had an introduction before every dance about the music,
song and the national costumes. Kari Nellia Groven and John Anders
Halvorsen sang and Jon Olav Lia played the Hardanger fiddle.
After
the preformance the delegates had the opportunity to learn how to dance
and to play the Hardanger fiddle.
Norwegian
food
It
was served Norwegian food such as sour cream porridge, shrimps, salmon,
thin wafer crisp bread and cured meat.
The
Sound Hole
After
the entertainment a lot of people sat outside and enjoyed the warm
summer evening, but at 10:00 PM everybody who were drinking alcohol had
to go inside.
This
is due to Norwegian policy on serving alcoholic beverages.
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Text by Tove
Jareld and Sissel Eun Kyung Aune. Edited by Marte Horndalen. Published
17 August 2004
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