Bonus Episode: Cultural Night and Farewell Party

"Exposing yourself to various cultures is so vital towards personal growth." -Dau Voire

The cultural night was held at the Mursal Esten Theater of the Faculty of Language and Arts. We had dinner first around 6 pm.

Dinner before the program starts

After we had our dinner we proceeded to the Mursal Esten Theater.

Inside the Mursal Esten Theater of the Faculty of Language and Arts

The theater students presented their cultural dance known as 'Tari Pasambahan.'

We also participated in one of their traditions known as 'Manyiriah.'

We were also given the opportunity to introduce ourselves one by one.

We also prepared our own cultural performances. Three dances from the Philippines and one dance from Thailand.

'Pandanggo sa Ilaw' performed by Kathy Pepito and Cesar Domdom from the Philippines

'Ngam Saeng Duan' performed by Arissara and Piyada from Thailand

'Carinosa' performed by Elton Catugas and Rubelyn Macaraig from Philippines

'Kanyaw' performed by JP Cabasag and me from Philippines

After our cultural performances, we also had prepared dance performance for our buddies and for the people present there.

The song of the dance is 'Lagi Syantik' by Siti Badriah

After our performances, we received tokens from the University.

A video presentation was played then after that we had a picture taking.

We were given a few minutes to have fun and take pictures with our buddies.

The University gave the participants and the buddies shirt and we wore it the night we arrived our home.

Team Philippines (All Filipino participants)

Thus, that ends our Farewell Party and Cultural Night.

"Good friends never say Goodbye; They simply say 'See you soon.'"