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A date with a touch of Burkina Faso.

For Burkina Faso, manageable plans centred on music, textiles, a meal or a conversation about makers work particularly well.

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4 plans you can actually try.

Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.

Combine two local ideas

Choose a combination. Are both ideas out of the question? Find places close to each other or spread the two ideas over two days.

A date at home

  1. Discover a Saponé hat

    Study the shape and weave of a Saponé hat with a maker, at a museum or in an online collection, and each sketch one detail.

  2. Riz gras for two

    Choose a recipe for riz gras together and make one pot of rice and vegetables.

Try two new things

  1. Listen to the balafon together

    Listen to a performance or recording featuring the balafon and try to identify the different rhythms together.

  2. Discover a Saponé hat

    Study the shape and weave of a Saponé hat with a maker, at a museum or in an online collection, and each sketch one detail.

Things to do together anywhere

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You can also try these ideas in Burkina Faso. Choose a place that suits you and check what's available locally.

Indoors
ALSO FUN HERE Karaoke duetChoose a song together that you both feel brave enough to sing.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Experience a live podcastAttend a recording of a podcast that sparks your curiosity.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A museum at randomChoose a museum gallery without looking at the collection beforehand and each pick a favourite artwork.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Blind tasting at homeSet out three everyday snacks and try to guess the flavors with your eyes closed.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Workshop swapEach choose a skill you can teach the other in twenty minutes.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Local juice blind tastingTaste three fruit juices together without looking at the labels first.View the idea
Outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Concert on the grassFind an outdoor concert and listen from somewhere you can sit comfortably.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Park picnicEach bring something you enjoy sharing and find a quiet spot in the park.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Sketching outdoors togetherBring paper and each draw the same view in ten minutes.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Long evening picnicBring a light meal and eat outside as the evening gently unfolds.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Street art treasure huntFind three murals or other public artworks in your neighborhood together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Thermos walkFill a flask and walk a short route together with one lovely place to pause.View the idea
Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Compare oliebollenIn winter, try two oliebollen from different places.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Ice cream flavor juryTry two different ice cream flavors together and give each your own rating.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Jazz nightListen to a jazz performance together or put together a set of three tracks at home.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Leaf printsCollect fallen leaves and use them to make prints on paper.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Digital postcard chainSend each other three photos that together tell a mini story of your day.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE An hour of reading aloud by the waterEach bring a short story or poem and read a little aloud to each other.View the idea
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