Amertha Bhavani Goes to Czech Republic, Day 4 (Aug 17, 2013) - Sumperk

by Marcella Denada - 3:17 PM

Today is the parade! We gathered with other groups in front of the Major office building. We waited so looooong until the parade started, so we used that time to take pictures, singing and dancing with the others. We learned dances from each other. Finally the parade began. For the opening, the major gave welcome speech and one by one, each country gave short performances. Then we walked around the city with our costumes. I felt like a Miss Universe waving people I was passing. We had some stops where we had to perform. I love the people's ensthusiasm, they were very excited to see us and really appreciate world's culture. In Centrum, I saw Paula at the bar and we waved at each other.

Breakfast

It was Indonesia's Independence Day. We were still happy to have
the celebration here with our group by singing many songs.

With Ximena, the Mexican girl. We got feathers on our heads!

Girls wearing traditional and casual wear. The girl with glasses is so stylish.

Lunch

Dinner

That night, we performed again at the park. We performed Goyang Ngamprok, Mangetem, and Saman. We really nailed the Saman! The crowd cheered louder and it was very successful! We were tired and wanted to go back to the hostel but Kuba said we still had to be there. He wasn't actually sure what we should have been waiting for. We ended up wasting our time there for something wasn't important. The good side is I could watch the other groups' performance. I hadn't seen them all. The Armenians really caught the attention. The women danced beautifully with many costumes while the men did amazing tricks.

This is Marishka. She is the daughter of the festival's chief. She's such a sweet girl who really adores us, the Indonesian girls. She regularly visited us at the backstage and was always happy to see us. Even though we didn't understand what we knew that whatever we said she wouldn't understand, we still had that strong connection with each other. She thought we were princesses to her, and she's like an angel to us :).

The Armenians