A magical time in every school year is the school festival. This weekend we enjoyed the sports day festival. Here are some pictures and videos from the event.
Here they all walk out with the flags they made
Some kind of salute thing to the principal (on the stage)
Lining up for stretching
Jump-rope with the entire class of 30 or so kids
T-e-a-m
These kids swinging the ropes work really hard
As you can see
Yep
Ye Olde Tug of War
This teacher has some amazing Tae Chi skills
Harness the energy...
...and pull! They won.
The pole around the cone race thing
Once they get back, they all have to jump over the bar they were running with
An obstacle course relay
They had to walk back to back with a soccer ball between them
Then there is sack race where the front person scoots the sack along
The tire-pushing race
Passing off the sash
Climbing under the fishing net
This is the banner/sign for the sports day
Getting ready for the cheer/chant portion of sports day. The kids in black are in their official school uniforms.
Boom. Video
Another cheer from the 1st year students
The 2nd year students
Another race where one student runs across the backs of the others in an unbroken chain
Looks...fun
An old fashioned relay race
Ahh...the Mukade race. You may remember when I showed the picture of the giant devil centipede in my first bug post. This is a relay that replicates that giant evil bug.
Also reminiscent of chain gangs, the kids are tied together at the ankles and they have to move in time or they fall down and hurt themselves. I am not the safety police, but I will say that I didn't think this was the best idea. Seems like this whole thing would be dangerous right?
Here you can see the Mukade in action.
I only saw about 20 girls crying after the race because they had fallen so many times and hurt themselves. All in the name of fun! Overall it was a good day and I didn't get too sunburned.
