Mid-Autumn Festival 2011 & Reveling in Tradition

Saturdays at school.

Is never more fun than when we all meet up to celebrate!

NationalHigh Jakarta School celebrated Mid-Autumn with a festival focusing on the Chinese Culture.

You had to start off with a ticket - or card - or tickboard. Didn't matter what you called it, it was your ticket to fun!

There were different booths to go to and it was so difficult to decide where to start!

There was ink-blowing.

Dumpling-making.

Cycling.

Tea ceremony.

Karaoke.

Paper-cutting.

Hopscotch.

Chinese Calligraphy.

Chinese Shuttlecock.

Blindfold Maze

It was all about doing things as a family.

It was all about having fun.

It was all about reveling in tradition!

And when night came like a long awaited guest making a grand entrance, the lanterns came out.

And so did the whole family. We came out. Brought our lights. And told everyone where we belong.

It's been a whole year since the school blog has been out. Do you know how I know? Our first entry was about celebrations - tied in to the Mid-Autumn Festival. That's how I know. So if you look through our blog from this point to the very first one, you're bound to see a whole year's worth of celebrations and activities in NationalHigh Jakarta School - happy journey back and be sure to return to now. :)

Blog entry & Photography by Ms Chie

Indonesia Turns 66! (Blog Entry by Secondary 3 Student Christy Olenska)

On the 15th and 16th of August 2011 NationalHigh Jakarta School celebrated the independence day of our country that falls on 17th August every year. The students and teachers displayed vigorous patriotism and love for Indonesia by wearing our beloved Batik and the spectacular colours of the Indonesian flag: red (the colour that represents human blood) and white (the colour that symbolises human spirit.)

The event kicked off to a start with a formal flag-raising ceremony. The conductors and participants of the Upacara showed great enthusiasm for the country by saluting and honouring the flag as it was slowly raised to the top of the tall white pole. It was during this event the school showed their patriotic love and support for our country.

The events that followed the ceremony were the various types of games prepared for the enjoyment of everyone in the student body. There were the traditional sack racing event, fish race, the most anticipating activity of tug of war and so many others. A game of ‘chocolate coin’ presented itself as a novelty during the celebration. Instead of the traditional game of eating the krupuk that is suspended on a horizontal pole, the students had to bite chocolate coins off chocolate-coated melons and collect as many coins as possible to win the race.

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The games were played with tremendous amounts of enthusiasm as each class competed to rise as the victor. Although there were many wins and many losses, they were automatically ignored as the students were too distracted by the sheer enjoyment of simply taking part in the activities that expressed our love for Indonesia.

MERDEKA!

Event organised by Mr Tedi, Indonesian Teaching Staff and the Events Committee
Article by Christy Olenska (Secondary 3 Student)
Photography by Celina, Marco, Alicia (P6 Students) and Ms Chie

(Our first blog entry for the new school year! Don't worry about the events we had before our most recent Indonesian Independence Day Celebration - we'll be posting about those events, too! Watch out for these 'flashback's interspersed with our more current blog entries! ~ Blog Admin)