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Sitz

Today I want to talk about sitzs. A sitz is a kind of party, typical in Finland, or in Turku (I´m not sure), it starts around 6 p.m and finishes around 10 p.m. What is it about? Well, you have some food, you have drinks (beer, cider, and three disgusting shots) and a notebook with some songs. When you get there you have to look for your name on the table because they organize people at the table, so you are going to meet new people, and this is really cool. So, you can talk to the people you are sat and follow the rules of the Toastmasters. So, in summary all together have to sing the songs they say, also you can choose a song and sing it standing up. During the songs, if a specific word is said you have to drink and "cheers" with the people around you. There are different rules and I´m not going to say all of them but for example, if you want to go to the toilet you have to ask permission to the people next to you. I believe that it´s really weird but so funny. There are some songs in Finnish and others in English, also depends on the topic of the party. I went to St.Patrick´s day, so most were in English, but also there were some in French and Spanish, but I guess that it was because all of us were exchange students.
I think that I´m not going to another one because of the money (it´s 15€, so I consider that is quite expensive), but I recommend to go one and live the experience because it´s really funny!

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