Fun, frolic and Gur­mat learn­ing at a Sikhi camp in Jakarta makes kids and stu­dents learn Sikhi ba­sics and team spirit.

A Sikhi train­ing camp was held by the Jakarta Gur­mat School from 1-3 July last year at Gur­d­wara Guru Nanak, Jakarta at­tended by over 40 teenagers -boys and girls. Chil­dren of the Gur­mat school par­tic­i­pated in the camp.  The teach­ers of Gur­mat School Jakarta and a few par­ents re­ally put in great ef­fort and time to make the camp a suc­cess.

A day be­fore the start of the camp, stu­dents came all parts and af­ter reg­is­tra­tion, set­tled down for ac­tiv­i­ties for the next day. Stu­dents were di­vided into 4 Jathas of 10 stu­dents each, all of whom sleept in halls sep­a­rately for boys and girls.

Early morn­ing at 5 am, we did Sim­ran, Paath of Nit­nem -Panj Ba­nia with our Gi­an­iji in the Gur­d­wara Sahib. Then we had break­fast and started our pro­gramme for that day. We had many fun games such as Amaz­ing Race and Kabaddi that were both ed­u­ca­tional and ex­cit­ing. We learnt many things from those games. We were taught how to work well and how to co­op­er­ate in a team.

We also con­ducted sev­eral ex­er­cises like lit­tle bhangra moves and lit­tle gym­nas­tics too, with a dhol player. We also had classes in our camp for us to learn more about Gur­mukhi. At 5 pm, every day, we had a break where we could have some rest and drink cha with our friends. At 6 pm we con­verged again in the Dar­bar Sahib for Rehras Sahib. Af­ter that each jatha per­formed a drama about Sikhism that had some im­por­tant mes­sage and moral and they were re­ally fun to watch. On one of the days, be­fore re­tir­ing to bed, we watched the movie Char Sahibzade.

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On the last and fi­nal day, we did Sim­ran and Panj Ba­nia Paath. Af­ter that, we had break­fast fol­lowed by Asa di Vaar Kir­tan and Ar­das.

We re­ally en­joyed the camp as it was fun and we learned many new things about Sikhism.