Matswapati!

             In last Saturday, 3 Senior High School Bandung held an art festival event. It was open for public and cost 25k Rupiah for the ticket. It was named Matswapati. The name was taken from one of traditional puppet name Prabu Maswapati. Matswapati offered many performances, from traditional Sundanese art to modern song by Glenn Fredly. It was held at the Bali Field and it is near from the school. The event started by street parade around the city at 7pm until 9pm. Street parade was joined by some elementary and junior high school in Bandung. When went back to the venue, the mayor, principal of 3 senior high school, and chairman of the Maswapati opened the event officially.

                In the morning, when my friend and I were decorating booth, I watched traditional Sundanese art such as Jaipong dance, calung, etc. I watched it from the booth until the end of the traditional sundanese performances, because it was already hot. I can’t stand it. Luckily, our booth was near from the stage. So I can easily watch the performances without getting any radiation from the sun. I think they were a good artist because they played it well.

Next, I watched MK3.  MK3 stands for Musik Klasik 3. It is one of art extraculiculerr at 3 Senior High School. In Maswapati, they played beautiful songs, anyway I don’t know the songs, but I really loved it. They didn’t only play instrument but, some members were singing while the others played instruments. The instruments was various such as violin, guitar, bass, piano. They can play it well, and it made an amazing harmony at noon.

                In the afternoon there were traditional puppets or wayang performances. It was very funny because the controller of puppets said silly word in sundanese. I was laughing because the puppets acted so silly. The controller made a ridiculous joke in the warm afternoon anyway.

Traditional Puppet Show

After the puppet show, Barsena was on the stage, he sang beautiful song too. Anyway, I didn’t know who was him until my friends was telling me. Bali field was crowded at that time, because Barsena was one of attraction beside Glenn Fredly. Barsena also sang with KV3 (Kelompok Vokal 3) one of extraculiculerr in 3 Senior High School Bandung.

Barsena (One of the guest stars)

In the night, Glenn Fredly was lighting up the night. It was climax of the event. Glenn Fredly sang a beautiful song. With the last session he took big selfie with the all audience and sent it to the twitter. I think that night was such a beautiful night!

Glenn Fredly's Selfie