SMC Dominica

When our plans to work in disaster-affected Haiti were thwarted by ongoing uncertainty there, we turned our attention to a nearby Caribbean island called Dominica. Often confused with the Dominican Republic, Dominica is a relatively unexploited paradise in the Lesser Antilles. On the island is an area called the Carib Territory, home to many of the remaining Carib people, for whom the region is named. The SMC Dominica group has the privilege of living and working in the Carib Territory.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Meet the Teams!

We did a media crash course today to learn how to shoot and edit quick videos to post to the web. Each team did a brief introduction of itself, under a name that has something to do with our destination of Dominica.

There is supposedly a slang word in Dominica that means "stupidly brave." This team decided to name itself after that term: ARRETAO:

We studied Creole in preparation for our canceled Haiti trip and we are happy to learn that some Dominicans might still speak Creole. This team picked the Creole word for "danger" and named itself DANJE:

There is a huge (endangered) frog that used to be a staple of the Dominican diet. This team named itself after the colloquial term for that frog, MOUNTAIN CHICKEN:

The Dominican (pronounced doh-mih-NEE-kuhn, we think) national bird is the Sisserou Parrot. This team calls itself SISSEROU:

1 comment:

TimJanuary 10, 2011 at 5:55 PM
Great vids everyone, looking forward to following along via the blog and videos.

Trevor- Ok so I get the stair-climbing strong man routine as part of your video, but the PSafe routine? You're such a dork.
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