All of 10th grade in 3 Senior High
School Bandung must come in the morning to join the parade. We’re all have to
dressed in kebaya and pangsi (traditional clothes of Sundanese) and campaigning
the event. The route of the Parade is from Jl. Bali, Jl. Belitung, Jl. Sumatra,
Jl. Merdeka, Jl. Jawa, and back to Jl. Bali. It started at around 7 o’clock. There’re
so many people gathered at Jl. Bali, especially students of 3 Senior High School.
There are other participants of parade from elementary school too. They’re
dressed in traditional clothes too, but with full attires and make ups. They
brought some properties like posters, umbrellas, ritual offerings, flowers,
etc. They looked very happy to participate in this parade.
My class only consist of 13 people, so
we have to join with social class. At first I had to register our team for
parade at a tent at Jl. Bali. Then one by one my friends showed up. We gathered
and chatted while waiting for the committee. Then the committee told us to make
3 lines at the edge of the street orderly. Baiq(my friend from accel) entrusted
her camera to Raka(my friend from accel, also a committee) so he could record
or captured the moments while we’re doing the parade.
And then the parade started. We’re all shouting
and yelling. The pathway was interferred by the large group of the parade. The
streets are crowded. So many people were looking at us and maybe wondering
about what are we doing. But we didn’t even care. We kept on shouting GAMARVANI
till our throats hurts.
When we’re tired in the middle of
parade, we talked and chatted about many things. I was introduced to some new
friends, such as Dabim and Nova from XIPA3. I know them from Rezky, an old
friend of mine from junior high school. And I was introduced to Faris, from
social class. I knew him from Aruni, my friend from Acceleration class, and
also my friend from the same junior high school. I’m happy to know them. They’re
nice to talk to. And beside that, I always wonder if they’ll allow me to pinch
their chubby cheek. Because I can’t stand their fluffiness!
Then the parade ended before we even
realized it was. We rested for a bit before the committee opened the gate by
watching Pencak Silat performed by Gadjah Putih Mega Paksi Pusaka. Many people
who watched it are scared because the person who performed it was comprehended
it fully. But they’re awesome, they danced like they didn’t know the meaning
of exhausted.
The gate was finally opened. I came in
with my friends and saw beautiful decorations on both sides of the welcoming
tents. The decoration team are awesome. And the one who came up with the idea
to choose folklore of Nyi Anteh is awesome too. I love how well they described
the story of Nyi Anteh into some drawings and paintings.
When I walked out of the welcoming tent,
all I saw was a main huge stage and food tents or food trucks! I suddenly
remembered that I’m hungry and thirsty from shouting GAMARVANI all the way at
parade. I was looking everywhere, searching for good and delicious foods to
eat. And there are soo many foods that I couldn’t choose one only! There’re
also many communities tents. But people hadn’t come at morning because the main
event hadn’t started.
I was so tired after the parade, so I
decided to come back to my room. My friends wanted to take a rest too, so they
went along with me to my room. They changed their clothes there and so do I.
But I had to go to Daniel because I needed to unserstand some topics for the
test.
I got back to my room to put the books
and walked by myself to Jl. Bali. I waited for my friends at the front gate.
There are already many people inside, and the music is loud too. When I called
my friends, it turned out that they’re eating at Upnormal cafe without me! L.
So I searched for another friend that could accompany me to go inside. Finally
I found one! That’s Abbel, from XIPA9. He’s my friend that I knew because we’re
from the same junior high school. When I searched for my ticket, Rezky accosted
me. He said that his ticket was entrusted to Nova, but Nova is inside. So I
decided to help him searching for Nova.
My body and my bag was checked. And as
the regulation said, I must not bring weapons, narcotics, perfume, cigars, and
foods/drinks from outside. I only brought some money to buy some foods or
drinks, my phone, a comb, and my little pouch. But... my comb became
confiscated item L But it’s not even a weapon. Why did
they take it? Now I have to buy a new one L.
Me and Abbel surrounded the arena for
about 3-5 times to search for delish foods and Nova. But we didn’t find him
anywhere inside. So I called Rezky to tell him that Nova wasn’t inside. Then I
continued searching for foods again. Abbel recommend me to come the one of the
food trucks, that’s sushi stall. It smelt so good, and the taste is good too!
The price was so so for sushi. Maybe something that I should complain about was
the portion of sushi that was too small.
I came at around 1 pm so I could watch
KV3 performing. Their voice and the way the harmonized their voice are the
things that I adore from them. I watched them happily with Abbel while I’m
eating sushi. Then suddenly Rezky came with Nova and Dabim. And the conversation
that was going on between me and them was:
Me: “Rezky! Finally you got in here!
Where did you find Nova?”
Rezky didn’t answer my question, he just
smiled and laughed by himseld. But nothing was funny L.
Nova: “You must know Naura, I waited for
him from 12 o’clock at my room to give him his
ticket!
But he went around by himself so he was strayed. Why did you know about this?”
Naura: “Because Rezky said that I had to
help him finding his ticket so he could get in. I was
searching for you
because I was pitying him. Why do you keep laughing Rezky?!”
And finally I know why he was laughing
by himself. That’s because he was embarassed.
Anyway, I didn’t get satisfied only by
eating one food. So I searched for foods once again with Rezky, Nova, and
Dabim. We found something that seemed delicious. It’s called Bite Box because
we eat rice/mashed potato in a small box. The packaging is cute, and the
portion is enough for me. I ordered Dori with green rice and with cheese
toppings and nori crumbles. It’s delicious!
I took some photos with my friends in
front of the stage. After Ashar break, the field had become more crowded. I
watched the rest of the event until 4 pm. There were more people came there. I even
met my friend from junior high school and from Duta Anak Bandung. I waved and
said hello to them. But the area had become dustier, and I couldn’t breath
freely because of the crowds. So I decided to get out of the field before the
committee closed the gate. I said goodbye to all my friends, and thanked them
for today. It was such a tiring but happy day!
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