Novianty Kusumawardani

Thumbelina      Once upon a time, there was a kind woman who had no children, longed for a baby and would often say, “How I would love to have a baby girl, even a tiny little one." A beautiful fairy heard her wish one day, and gave her a little seed to plant in a flowerpot. When the seed bloomed into a tulip, the woman saw a tiny, beautiful girl inside, no bigger than her thumb. She decided to call her Thumbelina. She was so small that she had a walnut shell for a bed and used petals as a blanket. Then, an ugly toad fell in love with Thumbelina.      One night when she was sleeping, he carried her off to his lily pad in a pond. Thumbelina was very unhappy. A swallow was passing by and saw how sad she looked, and said, “Come south with me to warmer lands." Young Thumbelina flew away on the swallow’s back. They flew across the seas and came to a land of sunshine. The swallow said, " This is my home. You can live in one of the loveliest and biggest flowers."    

GATHAPRAYA Two months ago, I was visited a special event at my school, that is Gathapraya. The event has themes related to Indonesian culture. The main purpose of the event is to preserve the culture and display the Indonesian culture which gradually began to fade. In this event I became one of the committee who worked on that day. The event was held on the bali field which coincided on the thirtieth of September two thousand and seventeen.  In addition to presenting the culture and art in Indonesia, this event also was  invited guest stars like Hivi and Nidji, not only famous singers but we also was invited Didi Nini Thowok and Vina Candrawati. A short history of Didi, he is a masked dancer who can play two characters through the mask of the front rear. As for Vina Candrawati, she is a woman who is very good at painting sand. This event was visited by approximately two thousand people from every circle. Oh yeahh, don’t forget there are also many food stands t