Hahah I swear this is like the third time I've changed my blog but whatever.
So okay, in this post I'm gonna tell you about my experience attending my school's MATSWAPATI. Obviously you'll be wondering about what MATSWAPATI actually is. I admit it's a strange name but it really just is the name given for SMAN 3's Culture Festival which was held at Lapangan Bali on Saturday, 27/09/2014. It's apparently the name of a "wayang" character taken from Mahabharata. I was at first reluctant to attend it seeing that I had so many assignments and tasks that I hadn't had yet done but as it turned out, every student had to buy the ticket to the event, notwithstanding whether or not you're actually going to attend it and I wasn't going to just let my Rp 25.000 be wasted for nothing so I was present there for the whole duration of the thing. One more thing to take note though, MATSWAPATI is SMAN 3's first grand event after almost 7 years because our principal wasn't adamant with students skipping classes and not concentrating on their studies under the pretext that they had to put their full attention to managing these events. Things changed this year though, MATSWAPATI is different from the previous events in the sense that it has its focus set on "traditional Sundanese culture" instead of just some pointless and almost cliche "band-rock-singing", which in my honest opinion serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever.
Now that I've introduced you to what MATSWAPATI is, it's time that I tell you how the event proceeded and also the experiences I've received attending the event. It started with a parade joined by 10th grade students and also contingents from other schools, the main purpose of which was to inform people around the area about MATSWAPATI. We were told to walk through Jalan Bali, Jalan Belitung, Jalan Merdeka, Jalan Aceh, and Jalan Jawa before moving back to Jalan Bali. There was also some sort of a competition between the classes in the 10th grade to determine which class performs the best in the parade, the winner of which will receive Rp 10 million. Not surprisingly, we didn't win (hahah). To be honest, we weren't at all prepared for the parade, and we just had to improvise on the things we had on the spot, such as creating a banner made of batik cloth tied on a tall wooden stick, which I had the honor to carry during the whole parade.
