We are youth and we are LARP-ing

“We are youth and we are LARP-ing”
ERASMUS + KA1 Youth Exchange- program countries.

CONTEXT: LARP is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters' actions. The players pursue goals within a fictional setting represented by the real world while interacting with each other in character. The outcome of player actions may be mediated by game rules or determined by consensus among players. Event arrangers called gamemasters decide the setting and rules to be used and facilitate play.
Most LARP’s are intended as games for entertainment. Enjoyable aspects can include the collaborative creation of a story, the attempt to overcome challenges in pursuit of a character's objectives, and a sense of immersion in a fictional setting. LARPs may also include other game-like aspects such as intellectual puzzles, and sport-like aspects such as fighting with simulated weapons.
Some LARPs stress artistic considerations such as dramatic interaction or challenging subject matter. Avant-garde or arthaus events have especially experimental approaches and high culture aspirations and are occasionally held in fine art contexts such as festivals or art museums. The themes of avant-garde events often include politics, culture, religion, sexuality and the human condition. Such LARPs are common in the Nordic countries but also present elsewhere. In addition to entertainment and artistic merit, LARP events may be designed for educational or political purposes. For example, the Danish secondary school Østerskov Efterskole uses LARP to teach most of its classes. Language classes can be taught by immersing students in a role-playing scenario in which they are forced to improvise speech or writing in the language they are learning. Politically themed LARP events may attempt to awaken or shape political thinking within a culture.

DURATION:
5 September – 12 September 2017 (excluding traveling days)

VENUE:
Lyaskovets, Bulgaria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyaskovets
Veliko Tarnovo District, Bulgaria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliko_Tarnovo

TARGET GROUP:
- Active young people interesting for LARP, youth workers, volunteers, project coordinators and NGO representatives aged between 18 and 30 years old from the Programs countries;
- Availability to take part in every aspect of the exchange
- Medium level of English.

GROUP SIZE:
- 5 young participants aged 18 – 29 + 1 leader per organization (no age limit of the leader) per partner;
- Total: 40 participants and 8 leaders from 8 programme countries

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Working language: English;

FINANCIAL CONDITIONS:
- Organizers will provide accommodation and three meals a day - during the whole event days;
- Transport costs following the official calculator for distance Erasmus+
- NO PARTICIPATION FEE.