| By Saiful Rizal
Awg Hj Sumadi (L) with Pehin Dato Hj Awg Hussain. Photos by
Saiful Rizal & Rudolf Portillo
Students rehearsing for the National Day.
Students practise to perfect their steps and routines for the
performances with the help of their teachers and the KKBS
Trainers who also made frequent trips to the schools to train
them.
The National Day performance will be participated by thousands
of students from various schools in the Sultanate including
those from the Belait and Tutong district.
A total of 23 sketches and performances will be performed by the
school youth in 40 minutes times.
Brunei Darussalam has
officially declared every February 23 as the day of celebration
for its National Day.
Being one of the important
dates remembered and celebrated annually, the National Day of
Brunei Darussalam is one of the most auspicious days for the
Bruneians. That day, most Bruneians, particularly the elderly,
will feel proud and happy to watch the celebration in full
spirit and patriotism.
Exactly a month before the
National Day celebration, the organising committee and the
students who will participate in the National Day performance
were seen yesterday morning at the Taman Sir Muda Omar Ali
Saiffuddien in the capital for the second rehearsal.
The National Day performance
will be participated by thousands of students from various
schools in the Sultanate including those from the Belait and
Tutong district.
Present at the Taman to watch
the rehearsal was Pehin Dato Hj Awg Hussain, the Minister of
Culture, Youth and Sports who is also the chairman of the
National Day celebration committee.
Also present was Dato Paduka Hj
Dani bin Hj Ibrahim, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of
Culture, Youth and Sports.
This year's National Day is
themed 'Bangsa Berilmu, Negara Maju'.
A total of 23 sketches and
performances will be performed by the school youth in 40 minutes
time. The sketches were supervised by the Special Duties Officer
at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Awang Haji Sumadi
bin Sukaimi and Awg Md Amin bin BPKDP Hj Awg Sirat.
The rehearsal was made possible
with the help of the teachers who are in-charge of the students
and the KKBS Trainers who also made frequent trips to the
schools involved to train the students for the National Day
performance.
The students may take weeks of
practice in order to perfect their steps and routines for their
performances.
Among other things that will be
held for this year's National Day celebration are the
flag-raising ceremony to be held on February 9 at the open area
of the Yayasan Sultan Hj Hassanal Bolkiah's building and on the
eve of the National Day, a mass Maghrib and Isyak prayers are
also scheduled at mosques in the Sultanate.
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