Amon Sulthan K.

The Happiest Occasion

There are some ways to celebrate Independence Day, such as by hold flag ceremony, carnivals,”jalan sehat”, and games. This year, my country celebrated the 64th Anniversary. We always celebrate our Independence Day at august 17 and we always have a flag ceremony in the morning. We celebrate the Independence Day in order to commemorate our heroes’ buffetings in defending our country from the invaders. I always look forward to the Independence Day because I will have an occasion and there are many fascinating things to do. Independence Day always be the happiest occasion because of some reason.
First of all, we always have a big carnival in every city. We usually wear various kinds of costume that reflected the hero or culture from Indonesia. They usually walk around the city while using those costumes. When the carnival is held, the city becomes so crowded, especially the downtown. Many food sellers sell variety of different foods that we cannot find easily in daily life. The streets become colourful because of the carnival participant’s costumes, which are beautiful and unique. The city metamorphoses in to a different city when the carnival is held.
Beside carnival, we also have many games to celebrate the Independence Day. We usually hold the games a week before August 17 and we have so many kinds of games, such as football, volleyball, and many others. In addition, we also has traditional games to rejoice the Independence Day such as “panjat pinang”, “balap kelereng”, “balap karung” and many others. Some of those games are for children, some are for adult and the others are for the adult and children. For example, “panjat pinang” is for adult, “balap kelereng” is forchldren and “balap karung” can be for children and adult.
Then, we also have “jalan sehat”, we usually hold it on Sunday morning, a week before the Independence comes. We have to take a walk around certain area. During the event, we get coupon that is drowned, at the end of the event. “Jalan sehat” also can be comfortably because we can take a walk and heal the fresh air. We can also talk with our friends while we walking. Some cities held that event freely and there are a lot of prizes to win. Often, the prizes are worth things, such as fan, glass, plate, oven, and many others thing. There are a lot of things that we can get from “jalan sehat”, we are not only can get the prizes, but also our body can be healthier than before.
There are several fascinating things that we do to celebrate the Independence Day. We hold flag ceremony, carnivals, games, and “jalan sehat”. We have those kinds of activities, not only to celebrate the Independence Day, but also to commemorate the fallen heroes in defending our country from the invaders. In Independence Day, while we holding those fascinating activities, we also commemorate our heroes’ buffetings. It makes the Independence Day becomes one of the happiest occasion.