(est. 1982) Chinese: Sen Lin Hu (森林湖) (est. 1984) Japanese: Mori no Ike (森の池) (est. 1988) English: Hometown, USA or Hometown, Europe (est. 1999) Korean: Sup sogǔi Hosu (숲 속의 호수) (est. 1999) Italian: Lago del Bosco (est. 2003) Arabic: Al-Wāḥa (الواحة) (est. 2006) Portuguese: Mar e Floresta (est. 2008). Each village is named "Lake of the Woods" in its language, (as the villages are situated in the woods next to a lake.)with the exception of the English villages Hometown, USA and Hometown, Europe, the Portuguese village Mar e Floresta (Sea and Forest), and the Arabic village al-Wāḥa ("the oasis"). The Japanese village, Mori no Ike, literally translates as "Pond of the Forest," but was chosen in lieu of the literal translation for the ease of pronunciation. Village culture Villagers use CLV-issued passports to manage their camp bank account and familiarize them with the use of a passport. Villagers also go through customs upon arrival, meaning no phones or other devices with internet connection, no literature in any language except the target language, and no food. (Perishable items will be 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 Vietnamese, Indian, Thai, or Tibetan. The cuisine in most villages reflect the ethnic cuisines of the target language. At Waldsee, this means that German regional food, Austrian, Swiss and common import foods like Turkish döner kebab are served. At Lac du Bois, foods of Africa and the Caribbean may be included. The fusion of American and foreign cultures has created a strange linguistic phenomenon sometimes referred to as Lac du Bois's "Franglais" (French and anglais) or Waldsee's "Denglish" (Deutsch and English). Examples would be "Je need a couteau" ("I need a knife") or "What did you seh at the Kino?" ("What did you see at the movie theatre?"). This trend, however, is not limited to just the Lac du Bois and Waldsee camps, villagers at every camp employ a unique variety of code-switching with