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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
@IRINAOZ
Member since 2008
CURRENT MISSION Fun is my middle name, I love people, travel, world cultures, music and arts. ABOUT ME Now, I've packed up all my belongings, rented out my place and on the road of adventure. I've been visiting Caucasus, Central Asia ๐, Africa and Eourope. My hobby is Ethnomusicology. I travel with a Lyre (small harp), meeting traditional dancers and musicians, enjoy collaborations and already been lucky to have few amazing performing opportunities. As he said: "I HAVE A DREAM!!!" PHILOSOPHY Tread lightly on earth, use less stuff!!!
Interested in Art
Interested in Crafts
Fluent in English
Learning French
One topic that I can talk about for hours is...
World Music and cultures
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Life EXPERIENCE Every where I go around the world the generosity of humanity is overwhelming!!!
Music, Movies, and Books
I love learning about humanity!!!
One Amazing Thing I've Done
โ๏ธI drove a Peugeot 504 station wagon (2 wheel drive only) from England to Ghana across Algerien Sahara Desert - 9 month trip. โ๏ธI've visited 70+ countries โ๏ธI've had an appendicitis operation without general anaesthetic at age of 15 โ๏ธI've sailed 2 months from Cairns to Darwin via Great Barrier Reef in 1988 โ๏ธI studied music in Zimbabwe in 2004 and Iran 2018 โ๏ธI run a gig guide of Multicultural/Folkloric music in Australia country wide and have nearly 17,000+ members on my FB page: www.facebook.com/WorldMusicDanceAustralia
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach me everything you know and I'll teach you all I know.
What I Can Share With Hosts
I'd like to share my knowledge of English language, music ๐ถ playing and all I know about Australia ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆand other countries that I've visited. I'd like to help around your home, it would be a pleasure...
My Interests
I love playing/performing/teaching/shearing world music, traditional/folkloric music of different cultures!!!