MATSWAPATI!

Glenn Ferdly on stage

       Matswapati is a culture festival that is made by SMAN 3 Bandung. The event is held on 27th September 2014. The festival name is derived from the name of the puppet king in Indonesia. This festival is also to celebrate the birthday of bandung city. the event started by paradeat 7a.m. so all of tenth grade must take a part at the parade. we must wear our unique costume, and my class wear jaipong costume. The parade started from Bali Street, Belitung, Sumatera, Merdeka, and end at Bali field where the event was held.

        In matswapati, we also have our stand. One day before matswapati, we prepared the stand and made some games in our stand. We decorated the stand too. We made our stand like 'pelaminan' because there is so many angklung,wayang, and batik. There is also have food festival. many kind if traditional food sell in the festival, such as gado-gado, lotek, timbel, and jajanan pasar.

        Matswapati opened gate at 9 a.m.The opening ceremony conducted by the Mayor of Bandung, Ridwan kamil, he said that he was very pleased with this event because it can increase the pride of the nation on their own culture.in this event, there's so many kind of culture performance, such as: wayang golek performance, MK3, KPA3, Pencak Silat, jaipong dance, Saung Angklung Udjo and many more. The guest star of our event are Barsena and Glenn Ferdly. Both of them are well known because their song is very good and nice to listen. Their performanced are very amazing and cool. In the night so many people come and the event is really crowded. many people appreciated the committee of matswapati who made this event successful like this.