Sissi

Sissi

Exploring, interpreting and understanding cultures through local languages and people. An advocate for intercultural communication as a basis for diversity acceptance and human equality.

FINNS ON BICYCLES: KAISA LEKA

kaisa leka on strangerless

This is the first part of my new series of posts called Finns on Bicycles, encounters on the road by other Finnish long-distance cyclists. As I’m definitely not the only one who is continuously meeting wonderful and helpful strangers on the move, I’ve decided…

ALL-FEMALE SALSA GROUP D’CACHE

D'Cache all-female salsa group

D’Cache is one of the very few, all-female salsa groups in Colombia. Traditionally, salsa music is played by men, but these women defeat stereotypes by playing and singing melodies and rhythms that people are used to hearing only from men.…

GRAN FIESTA 2017 OF ARREBATO CALEÑO

Gran fiesta de Arrebato Caleño

On the 25th of November 2017, there was the Gran Fiesta de Fin de Año of Arrebato Caleño, a dance school I volunteered at for 1,5 months in Cali, Colombia. Here’s a video of this party, organized by the owner of…