Bentara budaya Jakarta

On the 1st of August 2008 grade 6 students and grade 7 students went on a field trip to Budaya Bentara Jakarta. We left from school around 8 o’clock. On our way there we I listened to my iPod touch. I also played with David, Kenneth, Adrian and Keyzar. I sat next to our new friend Hanock.
When we got there we went straight to a big room with a stage in front. We sat down on the carpet and listened to stories. 4 stories actually. The first story is called: The rich man that seeks a daughter in-law. The story starts when a rich man is thinking about getting a wife for his son. So the rich man sent the son to find a smart girl to be his wife. The rich man said: ask this question to any girl you find: If you have a long fish, how can it give you food for all eternity. And finally the son found a girl that answered: I’ll cut it to many cuts then give it to my neighbors. Than if I keep giving food to my neighbors they will also give my family food in return.

The next story is about some fish and a shrimp. This story tells us why shrimp has a bent body. It’s because the shrimp was careless and was cooked while he was cooking. This story was told by a group of puppet players from Solo.
After that story there was a story about a man that got a holy book with magical powers. That man used the powers to take over a whole kingdom. He over throne the old king of that kingdom and he became king. He made the old king his servant and became a cruel king. The cruel king wanted to take over more kingdoms. But he lost in the battle and became a servant to the new king.

The last story was about a festival in the Philippines. The whole story was about a man that was a country hero. He got sick after he got back from his journeys. The people prepared for the worst. But the hero was healed all of a sudden. He said a child disturbed him in his sleep. That’s how the festival began.

Then we did activates. Me and a few of my friends: David, Adrian, Harvi, Andrew, and Hanock made an illustration. We heard another story from mister . Then we started drawing. After we finished drawing, we ate lunch. Some of us bought food there and some of us ate our lunch. We also played a little bit before we get back.