2025 GLOBOLA US-Brazil Summer Festival
On Wednesday, July 2^nd, seven visitors from Wright State University (Ohio, USA), seven from the University of Findlay (Ohio, USA), six from the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, and one from the Federal University of Parana (Brazil), along with 33 OUS students came together for a summer festival organized by members of GLOBOLA.
 
The event began with three icebreaker activities, allowing members of each group to converse and get to know one another. First, they played “Cargo Train,” where participants formed a train by playing Rock-Paper-Scissors. Through this activity, participants were separated into six groups.
 
The second activity was a gesture game (charades), where each group attempted to complete as many charades as possible within five minutes.
 
The final activity was a game called Sinking Island. The game involved group members standing on an "island" (a blue tarp). Group members played five rounds of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" with the game leader. The group must fold the "island" in half if they tie or lose. The groups had to do whatever they could to stay on their islands for ten seconds at the end of each round. If even one person "falls into the ocean," the whole group is out of the game. Some of the groups used some creativity to remain on their islands.
 
After the icebreaker, participants took part in a BINGO Tournament. The prize for those who got BINGO was a handful of snacks from a Grab Bag.

After BINGO, the groups rotated through three booths that are traditionally found at a Japanese summer festival.

• Superball Scoop: Participants use plastic and tissue paper paddles to scoop out as many bouncy or super balls as they can from a wading pool.
• Cork Gun Gallery: Participants use a cork gun to shoot at targets to win a prize.
• Chocolate Banana: Participants had a choice of dipping bananas, apples, or marshmallows in a chocolate sauce or Mitsuya Cider, and coating them with chocolate sprinkles, matcha powder, or crushed cashews.

Afterward, all participants had a commemorative toast with "Ramune," which was a cultural experience for the American and Brazilian visitors, as the drink is not sold in their countries. They had to learn how to open their drinks from the OUS students.

After the toast, all participants came together for a commemorative photograph. One participant from the University of Findlay commented, “Thank you for organizing the event yesterday!! I really enjoyed meeting all of you and playing games! Totemo tanoshikatta desu / It was a lot of fun!”