CROSS Magazine Issue 06 | Page 57

C R OSS Conference DAY 3 Some par ticipants expressed their satisfaction on how the ISIDC was organized, taking the par ticipants to variety of places to bring the holistic experience. Dr. Minami Ukeda fr om Kyushu Univer sity in Japan mentioned in one of the inter view sessions that she tr uly enjoyed her time as the conference encourages acti ve par ticipations on dif fer ent types of ser vice, cultur al, religious, and moder n enter tainment, which would not be possible for her to find had she come to visit Taiwan on her own. Her favourite visit was the Ten Dr um Village, wher e the par ticipants had the oppor tunity to pr actice the dr ums and watched how the professionals perfor med. What interests her most w as the cultur al similarities and dif fer ences she found between the Taiwanese and Japanese drums. 57