The aim of this report is to present what is popular music, movie and Indonesian culture in my class, X-B. I interviewed eighteen of my classmates by Blackberry Messenger. They are Ihsan Aring, Adinda Farah Fadhila, Annisa Sabila, Athira Presialia, Dhia Nada Nabila, Dina Ramadhanti, Hasif Syahrastani, Melissa Putri Hidayat, Nabila Shaza, Nadia Khairunnisa, Nadhira Nur Aqila, Nisya Putri, Raquel Dhita, Ravenska Nania, Sekar Saras, Tatar Kristanto, Andina Zahra, and Rizki Taufik. And of course, the questions concerned movie, music, and Indonesian culture.
Music :
Nine from eighteen of my classmates prefer to listening to the modern music to raise their spirit. They said that modern music is more famous than traditional music and it’s easy to learn modern music. One from eighteen of my classmates prefers to listening to the traditional music as a proof that she loves Indonesia so much. Five from eighteen of my classmates prefer to listening booth of them while three from eighteen of my classmates didn’t know what they have to prefer.
Six from eighteen of my classmates want to be a musician to enlarge their talents in music. Twelve from eighteen of my classmates didn’t want to be a musician because they thought that they didn’t have any talent in music.
Movie :
Four from eighteen of my classmates said that the most memorable movie they ever watched is Harry Potter because they followed the movie since they were young and the movie is so cool, amazing, and imaginative. Two from eighteen of my classmates said that Laskar Pelangi is the most memorable movie they ever watched because it gaves them some moral values. Two from eighteen of my classmates said that Karate Kid is the most memorable movie because they watched it with their girlfriend. Well, ten from eighteen of my classmates said that the most memorable movies are National Treasure 2, Dear John, Transformers, The King Speech, Whip it, Ada Apa Dengan Cinta, and Catatan Harian Si Boy.
Five from eighteen of my classmates said that Indonesian movies are better than before especially for comedy movie and it starts to up their level, while eleven from eighteen of my classmates said that Indonesian movies are the worst movies they ever watched especially for horror movie. The movie hasn’t got any meaning and moral value. Then, two from eighteen of my classmates didn’t said their opinion about Indonesian movies.
Indonesian Culture :
Six from eighteen of my classmates want to preserve Indonesian traditional dance like Saman dance from Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. Four from eighteeen of my classmates want to preserve Batik with wearing them as a dress, shirt, skirt, etc. Two from eighteen of my classmates want to preserve Indonesian traditional songs like “Rasa Sayange” song from Maluku. Two from eighteen of my classmates want to preserve Indonesian traditional music instruments like gamelan and angklung from West Java. Well, four from eighteen of my classmates want to preserve all of Indonesian culture.
Six from eighteen of my classmates express their pride to the Indonesian culture by learning them and follow the traditional dance extracuricular at school. Six from eighteen of my classmates express their pride to the Indonesian culture by love them and use them in every single part of their life. The last six from eighteen of my classmates express their pride to the Indonesian culture by promote them on social network like facebook, twitter, etcThe most surprising aspect of the report are that a large number didn’t want to be a musician (twelve people), didn’t like to watched Indonesian movies (eleven people), and prefer to listening to the modern music than traditional music (nine people). I was also surprised to find out that just one people who prefers to listening to the traditional music.
By : Kamila Nanda Eriana/18
