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ADVENTURE
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IFSA hosts cultural activities unique to each program to enhance your understanding of the local
culture and people. Activities vary by year, location, and term. Possible activities include:

AUSTRALIA INDIA NEW ZEALAND
Cheer at National Rugby League In Pune, take lessons in Indian art Explore your host city through
and Australian Football League forms such as bharatanatyam and visits to historical landmarks,
games tabla cultural festivals, shows, and
Take in theater and music Explore India’s diverse physical museums
performances and social geography during an Cheer on the local rugby team
Partake in a weekend trip of excursion into Maharashtra Engage in cycling or quad-biking,
hiking, visiting local wineries, In Manipal, visit local cashew whitewater rafting, surfing, or
enjoying city food tours, and factories, tea plantations, and sailing lessons, and visit a local
river kayaking, surfing lessons, or the Agumbe Rainforest Research vineyard
snorkeling Station Try rafting, kayaking, sailing,
Celebrate the Australian country Join in student-run festivals snorkeling, mountain biking,
lifestyle with a farm tour, and organizations, and attend tramping (hiking), and great
bushwalking and stargazing, and Bollywood movie screenings food during the New Zealand
attending a BBQ Ride India’s train system to South Experience Weekend
India and bike through the ruins of
CHINA Hampi and hike in the hill towns of SRI LANKA
Explore the famous Bund along Tamil Nadu Participate in monthly full-moon
the Huangpu River In Varanasi, take a boat ride along festivals and religious holidays
Visit modern art studios and the Ganges, explore villages, see important to the country’s four
museums stunning waterfalls, and visit main religions
Discover the economic drivers and local temples and religious sites, Take lessons in Kandyan dance,
local industries beyond Shanghai including Sarnath Sri Lankan cooking, Buddhist
while on a field study trip to the Admire the monuments and meditation, and traditional batik
southern or western provinces markets of Kolkata, and visit Explore the diversity of the island
Learn to make Shanghainese Tibetan communities nestled in with multi-day tours to areas such
dumplings, and take lessons in the Himalayan foothills during a as the Cultural Triangle, Jaffna,
traditional calligraphy or tai chi field study trip to West Bengal and the Eastern Province