Cerita Peserta Pawai Rela Tak Tahun Baruan Di Rumah Demi Pengalaman Memarikan Jakarnaval

Participants of the Jakarnaval parade organized by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government (Photo: Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - New Year's Eve should be a momentum to gather with family, friends, and relatives to celebrate the turn of the year. However, that was not felt by Agustian Pratama. Agustian became one of the participants of the Jakarnaval parade organized by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government through the DKI Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Agency (Disparekraf) which was held to celebrate New Year's Eve 2024. This student from a public high school in Central Jakarta is willing not to participate in celebrating New Year's Eve with his family because he wants to experience enlivening Jakarnaval. Agustian together with hundreds of participants of the Jakarnaval parade are tasked with dancing and greeting the people who are present in the National Monument area to enjoy New Year's Eve events. This activity, according to him, became one of the unforgettable experiences. "My friends and I, who participated in the Jakarnaval parade, want to try out for outside experiences. We also get new friends from various regions, because we don't go to school," said Agustian when met in the Monas area, Central Jakarta, Sunday, December 31. Agustian was involved in participating in the Jakarnaval parade because of an invitation from a senior at his school. Prior to the event, the Jakarnaval participants who wore colorful clothes did dance choreography and dress rehearsals to ensure that the activities went smoothly. "We practice for two days. H-1 has a dirty rehearsal, participates in training together, then on D-days we have a clean rehearsal. Then when the event started, we danced and greeted the people who came," he said. In addition to experience and new friends, Agustian and the participants who danced and escorted the ornamental car in the parade from Monas to the Senayan Roundabout also received a fee of Rp. 150 thousand. The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will hold a Young Night of Homecoming Jakarta Global on New Year's Eve 2024 with a series of events ranging from Jakarnaval, music stage, video screening to drone shows. The Mudi Young Night event was filled with six activities, namely Gemilang Silang Monas, Jakarnaval, Main Stage of HI Roundabout, Kirana Jakarta, Jalan MH Thamrin Stage and Jalan Jenderal Sudirman Stage. In the first segment Gemilang Silang Monas will display video screenings, dancing fountains, entertainment and so on. Then, to the southwest of Monas, the Provincial Government (Pemprov) of DKI established a opening stage called Jakarnaval (Jakarta Karnival). This year's Jakarnaval theme is "Indonesian Legend Intellectual Property" (IP) based character or intellectual property-based character from the works of the nation's children.

Jakarnaval will also feature a variety of ornamental cars with attractive lights and decorations made by the nation's children such as Sri Asih, Si Juki, Si Unyil, Si Blind from Hantu Cave and Satria Dewa Gatotkaca. Furthermore, along Jalan MH Thamrin such as in the Sarinah area and the HI Roundabout. Various interesting entertainment in Sarinah will feature entertainment, acoustic stage, and sculptured human artwork.