It all happened on the 22th of July. Yes, it was Racial Harmony day. Students took part in two different events, the Amazing Race and Mask Painting.During the Amazing Race, students had to complete five stations and compete with one another for the ultimate prize. Some of the activities at the stations included, translating an English poem to Malay and making a bunga mangga which is commonly used during Malay weddings. Besides that, the groups also had to dress up one of their teammates using various materials. They had to create a costume based on the combination of the traditional clothing of different races.
Nora from 2E1, shared her thoughts regarding the event that she participated in. She told us that she was very excited for this event and she felt that her team did a great job. She learnt about the cultures of other races, especially the Chinese culture. When questioned about which culture she found the most interesting, she replied with no hesitation that it was the Chinese. This is because most of her friends are from the Chinese race and she was extremely interested in finding out more about their culture. The station she liked the best was the dressing up challenge. Her friend got dressed up with two buns on his head and cheongsum top to signify the Chinese culture, a red dot on his forehead for the Indian and a sarong for the Malay. He was also made to hold a bunga mangga while he did the catwalk.
The next enjoyable yet meaningful event was the Mask Painting. For this activity, an outline of a mask was given on a piece of paper and students were asked to design the mask based on other cultural races to express their creativity.
Darryl James Arado from 2E4, contributed his feelings towards the event and said that he didn't think he would win anything at first, but at least got third place in the end.Subsequently, there were many ideas going through his mind at and he couldn't choose so he thought for a bit, and finally came to a conclusion. He described his mask as very colourful and designed it based on the Indian, Malay and Chinese cultures. To him, his mask represented colourful happiness as it didn't have any dark colours. He personally felt that the aim of this event was to find out and interact more with other cultures.
After hearing from our fellow schoolmates, it was evident that both events were a huge success and the students had much to learn from it through the games and activities organized by the teachers. I'm sure we are all looking forward to more of such fruitful and beneficial experiences during the next Racial Harmony day or upcoming events!
Mavis Loh & Cheng Wai Ling 3E5
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