Independece Day Celebration - A moment to unite

It has been a custom in Indonesia to celebrate Independence Day by creating community activities such as friendly sport competition, fun children competition and many other activities. The aim of those activities is usually the same i.e. strengthen the unity of that particular community. For a new formed community e.g. new community in a new housing estate, that kind of activities can create certain bond between them so that their community can run smoothly.

In my neighbourhood, we are also doing the same thing. We are all new i.e. less than 4 years living in that area. We started celebrating independece day by doing friendly sports competition since 3 years ago. By doing sport in other part of our housing estate we meet other faces, know them, and at least smile at them when meeting on the street.

But there is always people that are very competitive. Very competitive so that they forgot the true meaning of friendly sport competition. They can blame the referee for not counting the goals, they can start a fight for one point in a badminton match and the worst thing is that they can throw bad words to others (that certainly can make people angry). Instead of making new friends, they are making new enemies (or people that dislike them). So, let's relax and smile although you just lost the volley ball match from your neighbour. Independence day is the moment to show our unity in diversity.