I have
speaking class at university. It's class has group presentation that we did
last week. Our topic was new country. I tell you about this presentation. Look
at this photograph.
Our new country
was Mandinka that is the name of a country where lies in the west of Africa.
This country is almost as Honshu, the main desert stretching around the
country. The population of the country is about two hundred thousand
people.
In this
country, most of the people speak English. Why do they speak English despite
it's a past of Africa? Can you guess? The nation was once a colony of Britain
from 1930 until1960.
Look at this
national flag of the country. As you can see, there is a camel on the center of
it. The brown represents deserts, the green stands for grass, and the blue
symbolizes sky.
Then please
see the tow coins. It calls Mandy. As you can see there is a camel's
face on the
coin. There are only tow coins in that country. There is no paper money. A Mandy
is equivalent to one hundred yen.
In this
country, more than 90 percent people worship a camel as a god. From time out in
mind, living in that area is really hard for people to survive because they
need to bear a severe atmosphere, I mean, extended deserts and the blazing sun.
So, the people took good care of camel. In such tough circumstances, the animal
is so useful; they can carry people one place to another.
After the
independence from Britain, the nation discovered that there are oil resources
in deserts, and the found of oil enriched the country. Due to oil, the nation's
standards of living have increased. And now, the government puts effort into
tourist industry. Look at this picture; there are cottages by the beach.
Mandinka faces a beautiful sea on the west, so they developed the beach side as
a large-scale resort area. It has been successful up to now.
People
living in the country have a great athletic ability nature, so there are a lot
of famous athletes in the country. They are very successful in various kinds of
sports, such as football, short-distance running race, and so on. Mandinka
reached the top 8 last FIFA World Cup.
Their staple
food is nan, and surprisingly they also eat camel!! Despite they worship camel
while they eat camel. It seemingly contradictory. However there is a reason.
They exactly worship camel; in addition, they believe that can acquire the
camel's toughness and endurance by eating.
Look at the
illustration on the center of the paper. There are tow people, and they are
wearing their own traditional national costume. The material they are wearing
is made of camel's skin. That clothing protects skin from intense sunlight.
Once a years
a very big traditional festival hold in the country. In July, the capital
becomes lively with many visitors from within the country and abroad. The
festival is hold over 7 days. The biggest event in the festival is "Camel
Race". People who have own camel bring the animal to the place to race.
Then they participate the race, and ride their own camels. Someone who won
first place in the competition, he/she gets 1 million Mandy, and also gets one
hundreds camels.
There are
tow famous and interesting fruits in the country. Both of them are almost the same
size and shape. However, there is a big difference between them. This red
outside fruit having yellow inside, and it tastes really sweet, on the country,
this yellow outside fruit having red inside which tastes extremely sour.
If exist its
country, I want to go there someday but I cannot live there because I will be
cannot eat camel.
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