 to the first wiki banquet at Wikimania. Really excited to have all of you. And today is exciting because we wanna share a meal together and just chat and kind of have some casual time to eat, chat, tell us how Wikimania is going, what you're currently doing. If you wanna share what you're also eating at the moment, that would be great. It's a bit early for me so I still can't have food but I will be having some coffee soon and can share that as well. I see Sandra already sharing. So yeah, if you wanna turn your mic on, turn your camera on, I'm gonna put some little background music as well and we can take it from there. If it's big, we can make breakout rooms. If not, well, I'll just be here and have a meal together. I prepared something and I want to... Yes, so, Feggo. Sorry, Nanor, you were saying? Go ahead. Oh, does anyone wanna share what they're eating? I see Sandra eating, Venus eating. I'm not sure who else is eating. I'm gonna put some background music now but feel free, Nanor, yeah. And share with you that during this session, I'm going to prepare tabula. I prepared the ingredients here and I will cut them, chip them and prepare tabula here. It's very easy, it's very healthy and delicious. Tabula sounds really good and I'm getting hungry, it's 6.24 a.m. for me but definitely getting hungry, just hearing about it. And I am at work, I cannot talk that much but I am eating dried berries, they are so good. It was very nice. Venus, Anthony, Sandra, anyone wanna share? I can stop, I'm actually just having this, like these straws that I got from supermarket market because it's much coffee these days so I try to stay healthy and eat my healthy snacks. So yeah, enjoying it with actually some Coke so it's not that healthy on my side but cheers everyone. Nice. Also, can you hear the audio well or are you hearing an echo, sorry? Because I'm sharing my computer audio, okay, good. How about you, Sandra, what are you having? I'm having a lot. I decided not to take breakfast so that I could keep a bit of my tummy to have this. So just finished my lunch and now I'm having coffee and butter cookies. Y'all are making me hungry but I can't eat that early, I don't know. But anyway, I'm about to have some coffee prepared from the Nespresso because I don't have my coffee machine here. But cheers, anyone else? I love tabbouleh in the North, anyone else know tabbouleh? Hello. Okay, yes, much please, go ahead. It's now 7.27 here in Singapore. I just cooked dinner but I didn't know that there was a banquet. So, but I just, I don't know. This is my meal. I shared it on the Wikimil, I don't know if I call it michado or afritada, I don't know, just to produce. But that's, this is not a Singapore dish but it's not Spanish but it's also a Filipino dish that we normally love. It sounds yummy but I'm getting more and more hungry. Hey there, Derek, how's it going? Any strupoful ASMR this time around? Good, good morning, good morning. So, well actually good afternoon, it's just past noon here in England. Yeah, so nice to see all, most of you again after a year of each of us doing our own wiki things around the world. So, yeah, so very nice to be here. I didn't realize this was happening after the cancellation on day one and so I hadn't prepared food and instead at a salad session, I went and made two ready meal items. So this is number one. It's cup noodles is made by a Japanese British ramen brand. This one is pork broth flavor and this is a coffee and one instant coffee imported all the way from Malaysia. So yeah, this is what I love about food right now. Yeah, I know that I followed along the recipes and this year I have gone out a few times to other events of food over the weekend, including wiki mania in person in London. So in contrast, my own cooking has been a bit depleted. I think, yeah, Venus says, say hello to Connie, that's my wife, yes I will thank you Venus. And great to know that your talk this morning works very well. I streamed the whole thing on YouTube. So glad to know we're fixed all our technical glitches by the middle of day two and we're now running very smoothly. But I see other saying I want to be in the queue so I will show up. Lebron J, would you like to share yours? Okay, maybe I can go first to someone else who we follow. So you know, in my country, we have the food that is called the Oogali. It's a very common food in South Africa. Okay, thank you. So Oogali is a very common food in my country and in East Africa. I just had a very heavy breakfast. So it's not here yet, but I just send the link on that if you want to take a look how it looks like. That is the Oogali. Right now I just have my simple drink enjoying food mania here. So you are welcome. Anyone who want to share next what are they eating, drinking, whatever you are, please welcome. Lebron, go ahead again. I am cooking manga soup on we rice. Thank you. Thank you. Oh man, I wish I could get some of all of your food, but coffee will do for now. Anyone else having anything amazing or want to share anything about what they thought about wikimania so far, what's been your favorite session or your favorite and art culture and entertainment portion? In my childhood link shared by Butch. I wish I was in my kitchen now. I was very impressed by the cultural offering this year, all the dance sessions, the prerecorded open copyright art session and yeah, the opening ceremony had the introduction to Ukrainian culture. Yeah, I was very impressed by all of those. Same, I was really impressed by them. They were really good and I loved seeing just the diversity of our community from around the world. And funny enough, most of these were community led, so that was amazing to see. I was really excited with all of them. I think my favorite was probably poetry in motion from United Arab Emirates or one of, well, Ukraine video was good and then one of the dances from the dance festivals from South Asia were really cool. Anyone else? Some of those videos don't have captions, it seems. So when I watched I could only hear the speaker talking in their local language and it seemed like the language translation thing didn't work. So if, yeah, if, like, or even like just find the authors themselves to put up captions on to say YouTube or comments, then it can be translated. Yeah, definitely. I think most of those will be uploaded with the subtitles. But yeah, I think we probably, I think, find, they actually should be, I think, available already. But if not tomorrow, they'll be uploaded with subtitles. But it was great in general, I think. Also, the Alto Mujeres Trabajando from Argentina was really good. I really like that. Shout out to the South American community. And I think Wikimexico was also involved in that one. It's really cool. Any other favorite sessions from anyone? No, Nora. Oh, you're on mute. I will go back to talk about my tabula. I chipped the persilia and tomato with the salad and just going to add burgul because tabula is with a little bit of burgul, not so much burgul and this sort of burgul. It's very small, a little bit of lime and olive oil. So, yeah. And then I will talk after my tabula about my favorite sessions during this week. Those are yummy. Or the instant ramen that Derek is eating as well would be so good. Venus, we haven't heard from you. Wanna share or your body is a bit off in a second? Oh, Venus, your mic is not well connected, I think. I think Venus is trying to rejoin. Yeah. What else has been interesting for you this year at Wikimaniac? Ask me. So, I was, oh, so many things. I just read a lot of the sessions. One of the most heartwarming sessions for me this year was the Taiwan Indigenous Languages session on day one. I attended the session last year as well and it's really nice to go back and see that they are presenting both the same story as they did last year, but that's only the first half of the presentation. The second half are things that are new and were done in the past year. And I was very glad to see that they're making progress with getting more foreign languages through ISO 639 and then onto their own Wikimaniac project. And it's nice to see that unlike previous years, this year, the younger tribal language speakers actually presented more fluently than the older ones. And I think that's a great sign for a language battle. That's awesome. I think it's always a great progress of all the projects going on. And then, you know, it's like, oh, you last heard from them, they were just doing this and we're starting or, you know, in another phase. Now it's like they're doing something amazing. So I'm always just very much amazed at all the different projects that go on in the communities around the world and like the growth they have and like the impact they have. And yeah, and how amazing the people behind that are running them. We've got a group joining, is it in Tunisia on Habibi Henni's screen? Yes. Hello. Good morning, everyone. What did you guys like most about this year's Wikimania? And what have you been doing in person? This year is, we are back to a person meeting and I do hear the week that I'm very happy because we are back to in person events. That's a very, very good thought. Yeah, we missed this. We missed this. And yeah, there's some technical issues with online events, but I think we need now to turn back to in person and leave this online events. Okay. Do you agree? I don't know. It's my point of view. I think that is a very common sentiment this year. We are ready for in person Wikimania 2023. It's a bit of a shame that this session was parallel with the future of the Wikimania session. I think a lot of what we talk about here and what they talk about there will overlap in terms of what we want Wikimania to be, what we like about it and what should we do beyond next year. Good to see you all in the same room joining together. Very nice. What do you all think about the location for next year? Just showing our first national soft drink in Tunisia. So we presented yesterday in our session with Coscos Chashoka. If you missed that, you can see it from the records. We bring some Coscos Chashoka pastries from the area in our session. And this is our national drink. So it's an in person conference. Anyone new has joined? Just if you want to grab a meal or if you're eating something already you would like to share, feel free to show your video or mic or type it on the chat. And then also if you want to share what is your favorite session been so far or even where you're calling in from. So I can start with that one. I'm calling in from San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. It is a very cute town like about two and a half hours, three hours from Mexico City. And I am watching and producing, well, basically working from here for Wikimedia. And I'm actually joined in by Miquel, and a Coiz who has also been supporting grants for Wikimedia as well as generally the project we're here working together. And just really excited to have the space to kind of just chat, eat and share all together. So yeah, that's us. Here's Miquel if you want to see for a second. Hello everyone, it's nice to see you. I'm jealous as well of everything that you're eating right now. And nor I heard you were using as well olive oil and you were making some nice things. So, yes. Yeah, but yeah, we're excited and glad to be here. How about you Anthony? Thank you. So, yes, my name is Anthony Mita Bangu and I'm joining Wikimania 22 from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa. In case you don't know Dar es Salaam or Tanzania, it's where the second tallest mountain is found, Kilimanjaro. So you are welcome to Tanzania. But I'm really happy to be engaging with you all who joined the Wikimania 2022. It's really an amazing gathering that we came up with and you are here until this time the last day. We are so happy. So let's have Fanny, please feel free to share anything about the conference, your food, your drinks, whatever. Thank you. Is Venus back to the discussion? She was trying to share something that her mic didn't work last time. Yeah, please, Venus. I'm back, actually. I was just hoping to ask Fanny to share like some famous dishes in Singapore because like he was there in the morning talking about like Wikimania will be in Singapore this year. And I want something to have in my mind to imagine like, and actually I want to plan for my like food schedule for the next Wikimania. So I'm just wondering if he can share with us now or is it too early to plan for my food for next Wikimania? Are you directing this question at someone specific which isn't in the call? I'm thinking about like food in Singapore I'm happy like to listen to because I've never been there and I want to know a bit more. So yeah. I've got Malaysian style white coffee which is probably the closest thing to Singapore cuisine we've got in this childhood right now. I also just did a quick wiki search on Singaporean cuisine of course derived from like several ethnic groups but yeah, in Singapore food is viewed as crucial to the national identity and a unifying cultural thread. Okay, let's see. If you eat pork, you should try this in Singapore, but with this. It's a pork bone soup with lots of herbs and it's a very hearty meal, originally designed for minor forest workers. Now it's a signature soup all over Southeast Asia. It's so funny as we're putting in that thing. I saw it as well. Oh gosh, that looks so good. Judith says, Judith Chioma in chat says, hello everyone. I'm Judith from Nigeria. I've just had pasta with some scrambled eggs and potato chips. I see what others are cooking and eating and it looks yummy. The Banga soup looks so yummy as well. She says. Yeah, so I think it's good that I also run. They're through the worst air. So I've got Kemi. Kemi is from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism and she's gonna be having what we call fishermen soup. Kemi, do you want to talk to us about this? Yes. So this is a bar, our local food made from cassava and as you can see. And then once it's made, it's wrapped in nylon for you to be able to take it and we call it gari. Then once it's made, it forms this a bar. And this is a fisherman's soup and taken with it. The fisherman's soup is taken by the Niger people. It has crab in it, it has fish in it, it has small prawns in it, it's made with okra. Then they diced a little bit of, chopped a little bit of pepper, maybe cayenne pepper into it and fish. There's a type of fish which is taken in Niger Delta by Niger Delta people. They had to eat to give it flavor and taste. So that is what I'm taking a bar and push a man's soup. That's my meal for today, put in between me and you. Well, so I'm going to take what we call amala. Amala is a paste made from yam flour. It's very popular in the southwestern part of Nigeria. So Judith has spoken about something that is popular in the southeastern part of Nigeria. Kenya has spoken about something popular in the south southern part of Nigeria. So this is popular in the southwestern part of Nigeria. So we got amala. It's got soup. So there are three soups I'm using to eat this amala now. The first is ewe duk, so ewe duk is made from vegetables. I don't know the name in English, but locally we call it ewe duk. So it's blended and cooked. Then we also have what we call begui. So begui is made from beans, the beans is cooked. Then it's also somehow it's mashed into a soup. And then we've got the stew that gives the soup flavor. And I'm going with catfish. So amala is a very popular delicacy here in the southwest. So most people, whether they're from the southwest or not, would usually have amala as a staple. And it's something I would urge people who come to southwestern Nigeria to have a taste whenever they're here to enjoy this. And I see Sandra saying she needs this, yes. If you find your way to Lagos, you need to enjoy this. So one very good thing about amala is that it's got a nickname called abula. And that's because the soup that you're using to eat amala is slimy. So it's not something that you would eat with the cutlery like Kevin is trying to do. You have to eat amala with your hands. And when you take a bowl, you have to turn it so that the slime does not stain the plate and stain your clothes. So you have to do this before it goes into your mouth. Usually yummy. I'd urge you all to test it out. Over to you, Efigo. Oh my, I don't know what to do. Efigo. Yeah. I'd like to see Coyote eat it. You have to do the turning. I'm out. So you said it's kind of like a soup coyote or like a, ooh, nice. Okay. Very nice. The North Hazard tabbouleh coming along. Tabbouleh. Yes. I think my tabbouleh and we usually drink something after the lunch with tea or cafe. But here I prepared cafe, Arabic cafe. Arabic, Turkish or Armenian. It's the same different language who use it, but it's Arabic. So we do it in this food and like this. And voila, I will drink my cafe. And I saw Neda put some kind of food that they have in Palestine. Can you speak about Melochia, Neda? Well, hello everyone. This is Neda from Palestine. Melochia, actually it's pronounced Melochia. It's a plant. We chopped it, very soft. We boil chicken, maybe rabbits. I, you know, it's different from someone to the other one. Then we bought this soft chopped Melochia in the water, boiled water of the chicken and have a nice meal. It's not hard, but it sure will strengthen your hand when you chop the Melochia. So you may see the photos of this food in on a weekly comments, but it's delicious. I want to be sure about that. It's a very delicious. And sometimes I think it should be the national drink of our country because it's really delicious. Thank you, everyone. If I may speak, can I? Of course. Thank you. This is Mehmet, speaking from a man Jordan. Just want to take the chance to salute everyone here. All my friends, my friends in Tunisia, yeah, Nanur, Manar, Neda, Venus, Anthony, everyone. So it's really a good chance, nice chance to see everything you are doing right now, dinner, decisions you enjoyed, everything. So this is really unique. Wikimania, it's my fourth, actually, but yeah, I mean, even if we are discussing with each other, meeting with each other from the different parts of the world behind the screens, but it's really a good chance. Hopefully next year we will gather again to see each other in person. So for me, I have just finished my lunch. I ate, or I had pasta salad. It consists of pasta, what's that? Chicken pieces, herbs, lettuce, and the dressing is olive oil with lemon, and the palsamic. So that's my lunch for today. Everyone enjoy your meals and enjoy the rest of the day. Happy Wikimania, bye. That sounds amazing, Ravad. Also Habib posted an image from Cummins, I think from what they're eating now in Tunisia. So Habib, do you want to speak more about it? Yeah, absolutely. It's not the same thing, or they're really not quite similar, but it's not presented as the Lohia and the Eastern countries in our application. We have a special Lohia. It's very tasty, very spicy also. The common green is the color and we use it with beef. And this is something special about our Lohia. We prepare it, we do it on the usual way. We keep it cooking one entire night. So for eating this food, you have to wake it or prepare it in the evening and you prepare all the ingredients and put it on fire on very, very light fire and wait all the night to be prepared. Yeah, yeah, yeah, like that. This green, as I saw you the picture, because we put in the dish tomatoes as much as possible, but that's why it's darker. That's amazing. Just a heads up for everyone. Derek has posted a link, so you can add your pictures to the sessions page of all the food that you're eating. That'd be great and that way everyone can see it. And then, yeah, and then I see some comments in feed loop saying, I hope the big soup being made by Lebron J. It is made from palm kernel. It is actually a delicious soup. I am from Nigeria, he says. And then Tommy is saying, I am from a place called Hungary, which sounds like Hungary. Never learned to speak Hungarian though, but I'm good at eating kolbás and goulás. And then someone else says, what about Afang soup and Onukbú soup, eating with akbú, fermented cassava cooked and pounded. Yeah, and then a lot of people that know about it. It's amazing. All right, everyone. It seems like we are coming to an end here, but Nanor, did you want to go before we disconnect? Yes, I want to show one last thing with the cafe. When we finished our cafe, there remained a lot of cafe here actually. And what we did is just we put it like that and we turn and turn that and we wait to dry and then we read our chance and destiny in the rest of the cafe instead to say, well, there is a tree ways, there is a tree point that will come in three weeks or something like that. Yeah, so I will wait to dry that and then see what next, Vikimania is coming to bring to us. Such a nice way to end the session. I love that I was actually going to ask you if they did also in Armenia, but that's amazing. All right, everyone. Thanks for joining the first ever wiki banquet for wikimania 2022. Looking forward to enjoying a lot of amazing meals with you next year in Singapore together in person. So looking forward to that. Thanks, everyone. Have a great day. And remember to post your pictures. Bye. Bye. Bye for Miranda. Bye. Bye.