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OUR SIDE OF THE STORY VOICES t Black Hawk College OUR SIDE OF THE STORY VOICES t Black Hawk College Fall 2014 www.bhc.edu English as a Second Language Program TABLE OF CONTENTS InterestingInteresting Facts Facts aboutaboutTABLE My My Ethnic Ethnic Identity Identity OF By ByElmiraCONTENTS Elmira Shakhbazova Shakhbazova ....................................... ................................ ... 2 2 The The Holidays inin Vietnam By DuocDuoc HoangHoang Nguyen Nguyen .................................................................. .............................................................. 5 5 Ways of Celebrating Thanksgiving in Rwanda By Emmanuel Hakizimana .............................. 8 WaysInteresting of Celebrating Facts about Thanksgiving My Ethnic Identity in Rwanda By Elmira By Emmanuel Shakhbazova Hakizimana ................................ ........................... 28 Young Initiation in North Togo By Amy Nicole Agboh ........................................................... 10 Young Initiation in North Togo By Amy Nicole Agboh ......................................................... 10 TheBurmese Holidays Calendar in Vietnam and Traditions By Duoc HoangBy George Nguyen Htain ................................ ........................................................................................... 513 BurmeseWaysNaming of inCelebrating Calendar Ewe By Komalan and Thanksgiving Traditions Novissi Byin Gavon RwandaGeorge ........................................................................... 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I would also like to thank Janet Francisco and Lisa Torres for their efforts in helping the students find their Thesevoices. articles I would were also writtenlike to extend by the astudents thanks toin theDee advanced Canfield whowriting helped classes. us in I Lisa’swould like toabsence. thank the A specialmorning thanks and evening goes to students Sheryl Gragg, for their support contributions. staff for Ithe would Humanities, also like to thankLanguages Janet andFrancisco Journalism and Lisadepartment, Torres for for their her effortstime, effort in helping and energy the students in editing find and their voices.formatting I would this magazine.also like to Her extend creativity a thanks and to patience Dee Canfield are much who appreci helpedated. us in Lisa’s absence.Additionally, A special I want tothanks express goes my to gratitude Sheryl Gragg, to Mike support Winter, staff who for took the ourHumanities, individual and Languagesgroup photos, and and Journalism Kris Meyer department, who helped for herbring time, this effortproject and to energyproduction. in editing and formatting this magazine. Her creativity and patience are much appreciated. Additionally, Anne Bollati, I want ESL to Program express Coordinator my gratitude to Mike Winter, who took our individual and group photos, and Kris Meyer who helped bring this project to production. Anne Bollati, ESL Program Coordinator 1 1 ELMIRA SHAKHBAZOVA My name is . I am from Elmira Shakhbazova Russia, but I am Turkish by ethnicity. I am married and have three children. I am taking ESL classes to improve my English, so I will be able to continue my education and help my children. I have been in the U.S. since 2005. I came with my husband to the U.S. as a refugee. We were looking for a better life for us and for our kids. I received my citizenship in 2011, so I am a U.S. citizen now. Interesting Facts about My Ethnic Identity “If you don’t know your history, you don’t have a future,” That is what I heard many times from my grandparents. So, I would like to share the sorrowful history of my people, Meskhetian Turks, who were displaced many times during the last 100 years. Meskhetian Turks are originally from Georgia, a former Soviet Union Republic, which is located in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. When the Soviet Union and Turkey drew the boundary line, some villages from Turkey ended up in the Soviet Union. Most of my ethnic group was living in five districts: Adigon, Ahiska, Aspiza, Ahalkelek, and Bogdanovka. The name Meshetian came from the geographical name of the county, which was Meshetia. We speak one of the dialects from the Turkish language; our traditions are partly from Turkey and partly from Caucasus. Life was very difficult and people were very poor. Mostly, they occupied themselves with cattle breeding,