19th September 2015, was one of the day that i would never be able to forget. Our beloved school, SMAN 3 Bandung had succeed on holding an art and culture event, called Gamarvani. Gamarvani's main purpose was actually to celebrate Bandung's birthday. Gamar meant road
and Parvani meant Moon. So basically, Gamarvani meant A Road To The Moon. The name itself was taken from a folks story, The Legend of Nyai Anteh. This story was choosen so that West Java folkstales would be more noticed and socialized to modern people nowadays.
Anyway, i joined the Gamarvani Committee, because, as you could see in my previous post (if you haven't, please do, i'll give you 5 minutes) i really liked art and music, and i just wanted to improve my organisation skill at the moment. I joined the decoration division, and it was kinda tough. We worked until night one day before the event. We had to turn the field wherein the event took place into something that would remind all of the visitors about Nyai Anteh. Thankfully, the seniors had a lot of briliant ideas. We, the juniors all helped each other in, like, painting stuff and making Moon statue. It was really fun, and i made a lot of friends (this was the best part!).
Anyway, that Saturday the committee members had to come to Bali Field at 5 o'clock. It was crazy. I woke up at 3 a.m with headache greeting me. But excitement took over and it grabbed my hand, getting me out of the bed. I went to Bali Field with my boyfriend. Yes he's my friend and he's a boy haha *cough*. Anyway, when i arrived it was a little bit crowded, and really, really cold. I shivered and sneezed endlessly. Not long after that the chief gathered and gave us some briefing. We paid attention seriously.
Gamarvani was going to open gate at 10, but 3 hours before that there was a parade competition. The participant varied from elementry to high school students. I didn't watch nor did i join the parade, but from the video that i watch, it was awesome. My friend's class won the parade because they performed creatively and they deserved it.
And then, at 10.00 the gate was opened. At first, the visitors weren't much but as it was getting to lunch time, it was really crowded. I met a lot of my friends from other school and chatted with them. It was fun to meet them again! And what i liked the most in Gamarvani was : the Food. THE FOOD. I mean, THE FOOD. There were so much of them. There were at least 20 foodstands and foodtrucks. I didn't even get to try all of them because it was too much, and appearantly i forgot to bring my wallet. Hehe. I enjoyed all the art and culture performances on stage. They were really awesome.
It was really crowded at around 5 p.m, because it was getting closer to what everyone had been waiting for : The Guest Star! With the help of us all collecting donation, the Committee had managed to invite 2 guest stars, which were Adera and HiVi. Isn't that amazing? Fortunately it was already free time for committee members, so i could go watch it with my friends.
At around 6 p.m, the first guest star, Adera, performed. It was great. I watched the concert with my *cough* friend. But sadly i didn't know most of his song because i'd never really been a fan of Adera. And it seemed most of the visitors had too, from which not many of them sang along with him most of the time. Getting tired standing up, i decided to have dinner first and went watching back when HiVi comes on.
And then, HiVi came at around 8 p.m. I was so, so excited, i jumped around and dragged my friends. HiVi perform in white. The men were handsome and the girl was really beautiful too. I sang along to all of their songs. Waving my hand when the song was sad, and jumped up and down when it was getting crazy. I didn't even feel tired. I sang my heart out with my friend. It was impossible to forget the memory.
After the last song titled "Siapkah kau tuk jatuh cinta lagi" (are you ready to fall in love again) the event ended. I was a kind of sad, because, well, it was just amazing. Sadly, great things always come to and end, and moreover school was just around the corner. But i cheered my self up and went home with my friend. We were really tired. I arrived at 11.30 p.m, almost midnight and immediately went to sleep.
It was, like, the best.
Just the best.
I never knew that High School Students, especially SMAN 3 students which were known to be really busy in their study, actually managed to spare their time and make such an awesome event. I really hope that next year there will be more art and culture event. Surely, i would love to participate in the committee again. It was unforgettable!
