In my high school, sports festival is held
every year. Sports festival is one of the biggest events and many students look
forward it. Also, many people come to see it.
All grades are divided into four groups. Then,
a ceremony celebrating the establishment of a team is conducted. Each group
decides the theme of their dance and we start practicing. Our main practice is
dance but we also practice other athletic contests. It is hard but we enjoy it.
Well, I want to talk about interesting points
of this sports festival.
First one is that we dance a folk dance. Boys
make a circle inside and girls make it outside and dance together. We practice
it in our P.E. class. We dance various kinds of folk dances so it is hard to
learn choreography. But practice is interesting.
Another one is that we wear yukata. The reason
why we wear it is we dance Bon dancing at the end of the sports festival.
Before sports festival, a lecture about the way of wearing a yukata is given.
Many students take part in it. I joined, too and also I learned it from my
grandmother. It is difficult to wear yukata by myself. But I don’t wear yukata
so often in my daily life so I think it was good experience for me. Also,
yukata is sold in the school in the time. There are many kinds of yukata so we
can enjoy choosing it. In Bon dancing, we can see other students’ yukata. It is
pleasant to see them. I think it is also good experience to dance Bon dancing.
It’s an important Japanese culture so we should experience it as Japanese.
I like these interesting points. I think they
are one of the traditions of my high school. I hope these traditions are passed
on to the next generations.
