PuppetO and the Social Service

On early May 2014, PuppetO had a chance to join the social service event held by a local church in the West Jakarta area. The service took place in a school at the heart of Jakarta, called Kuningan area. This is a school established by a foundation to facilitate the children who can't afford to have the proper education. This means that they would go to this school for free!

Together with our fellow friends, we held a short class, teaching about the simple English  for kids. After the class, PuppetO performed a show for the children, building an awareness among them about how to keep the environment clean.

The children were smart and well educated, and we had so much fun with them! And after the show, we asked them to have lunch together with us. At the end of the event, PuppetO also gave one piece of a hand-made puppet for the school, hoping that it would become a very useful media for the teacher to teach the kids.

Anyway, we hope that we can join such event like this in the future....

And below is a short clip about the event, please enjoy!

Let me tell you about us!

Ah....it's been a long time since we started this thing called PuppetO...We've been doing many shows and still going on. We've met new friends, and experienced many good things with them. There were so many stories behind every show, and we're glad we had them!

Our journey is going on and on and on...and we're looking forward for another new adventures. We've kept so many documentations about our journey, and I think it's time to give you  a little bit about us...

So, here is a short clip telling you about PuppetO!

Spread the magic of Harmonica!

YES, I'm in love with the harmonica, and YES, I'd love to spread the wonderful magic of harmonica to people!

I'm a puppet-enthusiast and also a harp-player, so I thought it would be nice to be able to combine those two things through PuppetO. Well, in every show, we always did some fun games and activities with the kids, and I got an idea of giving a harmonica as one of the prizes for them. And since the sound of harmonica would definitely attract the kids, I was pretty much sure that the idea would work!

Well, it did...!!!

One day we held a show, and at the end of the fun games, a boy won a harmonica from us. He was very happy with that, and his friends sure did look very fascinated about it! Even his mother told us how happy she was to see her son got a harmonica...

Ah, what a relieve....:)

This would definitely motivate me to spread the magic of harmonica to as many children.

So, wish me luck, okay?

Simple Christmas with PuppetO...

Celebrating Christmas doesn't always mean that you have to have many presents, wonderful decorations, tasty foods, or new clothes. Together with some children, PuppetO actually celebrated Christmas in a very simple way.

No luxurious room, no Christmas tree, no bright light, nor decorations. Just as simple as it could. 

But that didn't stop us from having a wonderful Christmas celebration. The kids were happy and enjoyed the puppet show. 

Here are some pics when PuppetO was doing a show for them :

PuppetO @ the Orphanage...

This is a short clip when PuppetO doing a show for the orphans. The Orphanage was located in Bintaro, southern Tangerang.

Enjoy!

Share the Joy of Christmas...

It was always fun to share something good with the kids. This had became more meaningful when PuppetO had a chance to do a Christmas show for the orphans. Yes, we did a show in a charity event held by a Christian community from one of the largest telecommunication provider in Indonesia. The event took place in an orphanage, somewhere in southern Jakarta area.

We had so much fun with the children, and did some activities there, like singing, playing games, making Christmas tree decorations, and of course doing a puppet show! You know, it was wonderful to see their faces smiling and laughing to each other. Some friends from the community actually cried when they saw those smiles. Yes, we were all touched by that...

Well, we surely felt so blessed because we could be there to share the joy of Christmas....We hope that we can come again sometimes...

Here are some pics from the events :

National Heritage Festival @Lippo Cikarang Mall

Hi!

It's good to be back again...

This October, we were invited to join the National Heritage Festival, held by Lippo Cikarang Mall, on October 19th and 26th, 2013. They held this in order to commemorate the Indonesian Youth Pledge Day that takes place every October 28th.

In these two shows, we came up with two different stories, adapting from some of the famous Indonesian Folklores. On the first day, we played the story about Joko Kendil, which was very famous in the Central Java area. While on the second day, we brought the story of Malin Kundang, a Sumatran folklore about the relationship of a mother and her evil son.

Talking about the Indonesian Youth Pledge Day will surely lead us to the urge of appreciating our own culture and tradition. And this was exactly what we were trying to address to the children. We encouraged them to love their nation and culture, for example through some of Indonesian traditional songs and games. It was a relieve knowing that they were very keen on doing such activities.

Well, we hope that we can always spread this message of loving our nation and culture, to many children.

And here are some pictures of those events :

"Hi, it's good to see you!"

Singing together...

Everybody is happy!

Quick Interview with a family...

PuppetO and the kids!

I Love Indonesia!

Meet and Greet....

Our buddies...

"What's your name?"

Yes, we are very proud of Indonesia!