Sunday, October 26, 2008
This is batik! Its so pretty. I know back then in primary school, they really placed lots of emphasis on racial harmony, so i get to experience all these stuff before. Such as batik, playing with tops, mancala, malay food sampling and watching my pri sch's malay dance. ok, the method is seems complicated too me from what i read on wikipedia. Basically, you use lots of wax and dye and just start painting! (: i can't wait to do my masterpiece.
Ya, of course i watched loads of malay dance, in primary school, in the video clip Ms Lee showed us. Uhm....i just don't know how to describe it! At the camp, they're gonna teach us how to do it, we'll see then.
Mancala! There are also many other games like 5 stones, chapteh, kuti-kuti(?) , tops. hahah, i told you, my primary school let us experience all of these and even gave every single pupil in the school a set of traditional games consisting of those which i listed down. Of course, even i admit, not many of us play all these games today. Most of us would rather rot in front of the television or play computer games. And my primary school also used to have a chapteh competition! Whoever that can let the chapteh stay in the air for the longest wins! memories.
This is a kampong house, i guess. According to answer.com wikipedia, "a main characteristic of a typical kampung house includes the obvious fact that it is raised on stilts or piles. There are five or six advantages for this: to avoid wild animals, to be above floods, to deter thieves and enemies, for added ventilation from underneath and as a storage area below." oh! its so interesting, i can't wait to get my own photos, all these are cropped from yahoo.com.
Wayang Kulit! Look at how colourful it is! uhm...i read a article before. Ever wondered why the wayang kulit is colourful despite the fact that the shadow will still turn out black? Its said that, with colours, the puppeteers will be more engaged in it rather then seeing a dull piece of puppet only. Make sense actually. People will get easily bored and distracted if you just keep on seeing a expressionless, lifeless object and playing with it. Colours add life!
Gamelan instruments, i'm too lazy to talk about it. Will elaborate on it after the camp.
Mancala! There are also many other games like 5 stones, chapteh, kuti-kuti(?) , tops. hahah, i told you, my primary school let us experience all of these and even gave every single pupil in the school a set of traditional games consisting of those which i listed down. Of course, even i admit, not many of us play all these games today. Most of us would rather rot in front of the television or play computer games. And my primary school also used to have a chapteh competition! Whoever that can let the chapteh stay in the air for the longest wins! memories.This is a kampong house, i guess. According to answer.com wikipedia, "a main characteristic of a typical kampung house includes the obvious fact that it is raised on stilts or piles. There are five or six advantages for this: to avoid wild animals, to be above floods, to deter thieves and enemies, for added ventilation from underneath and as a storage area below." oh! its so interesting, i can't wait to get my own photos, all these are cropped from yahoo.com.
Wayang Kulit! Look at how colourful it is! uhm...i read a article before. Ever wondered why the wayang kulit is colourful despite the fact that the shadow will still turn out black? Its said that, with colours, the puppeteers will be more engaged in it rather then seeing a dull piece of puppet only. Make sense actually. People will get easily bored and distracted if you just keep on seeing a expressionless, lifeless object and playing with it. Colours add life!
Gamelan instruments, i'm too lazy to talk about it. Will elaborate on it after the camp.GREENified , 11:14 AM