Editing Concordia Language Villages (section)

===Village culture===
[[File:LacDuBois01.jpg|thumb|Villagers performing skits]]
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Villagers use CLV-issued "passport" booklets to manage their camp bank account and familiarize themselves with the use of a real-life [[passport]]. Villagers also go through "customs" upon arrival, which includes the storage of phones or other devices with internet connection, non-target language literature, and food (perishable items are disposed of).

Each language village site has numerous traditions, many of which are related to meals and songs. Meal presentations, in which each food and its name are presented in a short skit before each meal, are a language tool implemented by almost all programs. Many villages also put on a [[restaurant]] night for villagers to practice going out using their target language. Restaurants will often be fancy affairs that tend to represent international cuisine and languages that are not represented by the villages, such as [[Cuisine of Vietnam|Vietnamese]], [[Indian cuisine|Indian]], [[Cuisine of Thailand|Thai]], or [[Cuisine of Tibet|Tibetan]].

The cuisine in most villages reflect the ethnic cuisines of the target language. At [[Waldsee (camp)|Waldsee]], this means that [[German cuisine|German]] regional food, [[Cuisine of Austria|Austrian]], [[Swiss cuisine|Swiss]] and common import foods like [[Turkish cuisine|Turkish]] [[döner kebab]] are served. At Lac du Bois, foods of [[Cuisine of Africa|Africa]] and the [[Caribbean cuisine|Caribbean]] may be included.

The fusion of American and foreign cultures gives rise to linguistic phenomenon referred to as "[[Franglais]]" (French and anglais) or "[[Denglisch|Denglish]]" (Deutsch and English), depending on the languages in contact. Examples include "Je need a couteau" ("I need a knife") or "What did you seh at the Kino?" ("What did you see at the movie theatre?"). Villagers at every camp employ a unique variety of [[code-switching]] with English and the target language. Site buildings are given names in the target language, are rarely referred to with their English names, even when speaking English. Additionally, some words have been invented by native-speaking staff members for concepts that are not native to the target cultures but daily words in camp life, such as "[[chipmunk]]", "[[poison ivy]]", and "[[mosquito repellent]]".