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Festival Seni & Budaya Megantara

Monday, September 12, 2016

"We are, at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, attitudes, values, traditions, behaviours, beliefs, rituals." 
Randa Abdel-Fattah



Festival Seni & Budaya Megantara or Megantara Art & Culture Festival was one of the most awaited events that held by SMA 3 Bandung. It was held on September 10th in Lapangan Bali. I woke up at 4, but i remained at my bed until 5. After that,  i prepared myself for an hour and went straight to Lapangan Bali at 6 o'clock. The whole committee had gathered when i arrived, and we had a brief  meeting with the core committee. He said all of the things we should and should not do when the event be held. After that, he asked the whole committee to pray together for the event.

At 8 am, there was a parade for children from elementary school and students from middle school. I was told that there were 200 participants of that parade. All of the participants wore unique costumes, and they seemed really happy. At the end of the parade, there was a performance of Reog Ponorogo.

Although the committee had to be in the venue at six, the gate was opened for public at 11.35. It was a really hot day, but i saw a lot of people came. Most of the people just walked around the venue and looked for food. People also excited to try the ghost house. My friends and i decided to take a rest under a shady tree and had a chat there.

At 3 am, the visitors who came got more and more. I met a couple of friends from middle school and we shared story about our life now. Not long after that, there were a fashion show that consists 34 of students from grade X who wore the traditional costumes of each provinces in Indonesia. They walked around the stage with their costumes, and pulled a big smile for the crowd. At the end of the show, Mr Ridwan Kamil (mayor of Bandung) came on stage and announced the winner of the fashion show. With that, he officially opened the event.


At evening, the stage area was flooded with people. The left area of the stage was crowded with the people who stood, on the right area was crowded with the people who sat and ate. I didn't know the reason why, but i found it funny because the people looked like they had a picnic or something.. Being the committee of decoration, my friends and i had to keep an eye for the decoration. Each group of the committee had its own task and shifts. For me, i had the task to keep an eye of the tower from 18.30 until 20.00

The Tower

The performance that i really enjoyed was T'st (Tiloes Theatre). They did a really good job in entertaining people. They made a parody of Suicide Squad, but they put the a bit of Indonesian culture in it. The Changcurters then came in stage and the people went crazy. The vocalist of the band  was really hyperactive. He always moved and jumped all the way (and sang also). He knew how to spiced things up. A lot of people danced, had their hands in the air, and shouted. The next performance was RAN. I have seen RAN back in middle school so it wasn't a surprise anymore... the highlight of the show was when they asked one of the audience to accompany them in the stage. And they picked a girl (what a lucky girl!) and invited her to the stage. There, they began to sing 'Andai Dia Tahu' where Nino and Rai tried to win the girl's attention. After they finished, the
confetti was spread to the crowd and Festival Seni & Budaya Megantara finally ended.

Check out my short video about Megantara here!

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