SEA-Teacher Charmaine

Aug. 18 LEARNING THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC INTRUMENT OF INDONESIA It’s cultural visit day; my favorite day! This time, we went to Angklung saung Udjo. We watched the famous puppet of Indonesia named WAYANG GOLEK. The Wayang Golek puppet show is composed of puppets with different characteristics and facial expressions, Gamelan ensemble (the traditional music instruments) which serves as the background music for the puppet’s dramatic play, and of course, the puppet masters; Kudos to the puppet masters behind the entertaining puppet show! They were so professional in controlling the puppets. Puppets MASK DANCE (This was a bit shocking for us because we didn't expect that she would reveal a wayang mask, we thought that she was just covering her face with a hankerchief but when she threw the cloth and revealed the face of WAYANG, we were amazed.) Then there was a group of kids who presented a song and each of them has an angklung (another traditional music inst...

Saturday August 11, 2018 CULTURAL VISIT TO KAWAH PUTIH! "Kawah Putih  (English:  White Crater ) is a striking  crater lake  and tourist spot in a  volcanic crater  about 50 km south of  Bandung  in  West Java  in  Indonesia ."  We also need to wear masks because of the strong smell of sulfur coming from the lake. Looks like winter, right? But it's just the  sand and rocks which have been bleached into whitish colours due to the interaction with the acidic lake waters (with possible mineral precipitation as well).(Wikipedia) ps: It's chilly in here, too. Sometimes, the temperature runs up to 10 degrees celsius. So better prepare your jackets when you visit here. The bestest place yet in Bandung, Indonesia! ♥♥♥♥