Nurul Syakirin, Engineering Informatics : Personal Development
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As promised to update an entry for this week. Last Wednesday, I attended the Dewi Kalista training over at Block F. It was a good experience when we actually start the actual training for the first time. I'm one of the
awok-awok. It's basically something like one of them in the group sitting in the middle, doing the hand gestures and group singing.
As a start, all of us had to break our voices using the voice-breaking sound entitled "
Oh Le La La". From the lowest pitch to the highest pitch we can go. It was a good voice-breaking practice before we start with our real song. After breaking our voices, we actually practiced some hand gestures. I think it's for us to get used to the other hand gestures. So, they taught us the simplest hand gestures plus singing a song.
The song we started off with is entitled "
Rakan Muda". It's proclaimed by the seniors that this song is known for a song during trainings. It's only a verse with four lines that goes like this:
"
Rakan muda rakan seni budaya,Persahabatan kita haruslah setia.Biar abadi kekal sepanjang masa,Itu suatu tanda kita telah berjaya."
Let me try to translate in English. "It's teenage friendship, friendship through cultural group, our friendship is a must to last long. Let this friendship last forever, that's a sign to prove that we've succeed." (Although it may sound like awful if Malay students were to read the translated verse). At least I tried.
Okay, overall, I enjoyed being in Dewi Kalista though it's not the only sub-group I joined in Malay Cultural Group. Being a member in Dewi Kalista teach me a lot in just about teamwork, co-ordination and most importantly, how to release stress or enjoy. Their motto is "Happy happy la.."
Here are 3 pictures. The first photo is the canang (one of the instruments used in Dikir Barat). The second and third photo shows how the
awok-awok usually positioned themselves during performances.
