Matswapati

Matswapati

Today i will tell you about my school event. This event called Matswapati. You must be wondering what is Matswapati. Matswapati is a culture festival, especially Sundanese culture. Matswapati taken from wayang’s name. Acctually his name is Prabu Matswapati.

In this event, theres lots of sundanese culture such as, kuda lumping, gamelan, wayang golek, angklung, and many more. And also, Indonesian singer, Glend Fredly. This event is awesome!!!! Okay now i’ll tell you about this event from start till end.

First of all (i mean 3 days before matswapati), The committee tell to us that, there will be a parade before matswapati event start, and we have to become the unique class in the parade so we could get Rp 1.000.000 (=D). And they also remind us about the class stand (so each or 2 class must have a stand in this event. And My class joining with XI ipa 3). After heard this announcement, we are so happy. And we are discuss about what are we gonna wear for this parade. After a long discussion, we are agree with this :

1.    For clothes, we are wearing black t-shirt and for the bottom we use jeans. And we tie batik clothes with long-armed around the stomach (just like tie your jacket).
2.  For hats, we made it by ourself. Hmmm... it hard to explain but i will explain to you. So this hat made from black carton and then we cut it as our head size and in front of this hat we write “MATSWAPATI” with gold and silver marker. And we add some feather from kemoceng in the top of hat.
3. We painted our face with face painting. The color is, first layer is green then yellow then blue.
4. Also, we had a song for this parade. And we inspired by rindam (rindam is Latihan kepemimpinan siswa. We through rindam 3 days in the military area and it so... something and unforgettable too)

Second (its showtime!!!!), the parade had start. We are so intimidate, because our class is the most simple class unlike the other class. But, we are not gave up. After we past Taman Musik Centrum we start to sing our song. And the jury and the other people like my class parade. After the parade, we are saw kuda lumping. I think, its creepy but cool. And some traditional dances. After that we are entered the lapang bali. Maybe at 10.00 o’clock they announce the winner. The winner is.... my class. We are so happy, because we are got Rp 1.000.000, is it a dream? Of course not, this is real.

Actually theres a lot of traditional dance like jaipong, merak, and etc. But since its too hot i just went out and went to my friend’s dormitory and took some rest at there. At 3 o’clock i went back to lapangan bali. And watch wayang golek.

Wayang golek is sundanese culture. It is a puppet made from wood. There are a lots of character in wayang golek. For example are  Semar, Cepot atau Astrajingga, Dawala, Gareng, Cungkring, Gareng, Curis Sekarpandan, Bagong, Bagal Buntung, Dawala, Ceblok, etc. But at this event, The wayang golek characters which is appear on the story is Cepot, Dawala, Gareng, Semar, and the other unknown character. So the point of story that they tell is you should obey your parents and you have to go along with your brother and sister. But they tell this message with jokes. When i watch wayang golek, i laugh till my stomach hurts.

After wayang golek, I eat at the foodcourt. Actually, i only drink a green tea because im not so hungry but very thirsty. Then at 6 o’clock i pray at sumbawa mosque. After that i went back again to lapang bali. And we watch Glen fredly. It was so amazing. I really enjoy it. When glen fredly singing, i and my classmate dance, clap, and jump. I guess Glen fredly sang 6 song more or less (Im sorry I forgot). Then at 8 o’clock i went home.

It was an awesome event and I will come again to culture festival next year. And this is so unforgettable moment. And i hope next year is cooler than this year. Thats all byeeeeee :3.