Touchdown on the 5th day of Borneo Youth Leadership Camp 2023. After some trips, the schedules are heading back to lecture series in the Faculty of Cultural Science. At the beginning of the day, the agenda started with remarks from the Dean of Faculty of Cultural Science.

The participants are then invited to practice East Kalimantan traditional musical instruments, Gambus and Sape’, but due to the limited number of instruments, only few participants can practice Gambus and the others were singing the song along in Acapella.

First, they are guided to sing the song by practicing the Do Re Mi Scale, and then to apply the scale on the song. After some practice, the participants are singing Dayak Kenyah songs titled Pabat Pibui —songs that tell a love story— accompanied by musical instruments such as Sape’ and Gendang. 

The next activity is that the participants are taught to dance to “Hudoq”. They were taught about the footwork and the body movement of the dance and after some practices they started to dance in circular motion accompanied by the rhythm of Gendang. 

After lunch break, the participants are once again invited to the courtyard of the faculty where they are introduced to “Lompat Tali” a traditional folk game that utilizes rubber bands tied together to form a line where players are jumping over.

By the end of the schedule, the participants are trying Indonesian iconic musical ensemble, Gamelan. At first, they are introduced to the unique pentatonic scale of Gamelan instruments, with each participant repeating the instructions to sing the notes along. Then they are guided to play the instruments based on the tempo set by the Gendang, and in the end it forms a simple but hypnotizing harmony of the ensemble, with the final note of the Gong perfectly symbolizes the wrap up for the day’s activities.

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