Catch them young -is the catch­phrase of the or­gan­is­ers of the Gur­mat School in Jakarta who make the stu­dents take over all Gur­d­wara ac­tiv­i­ties in their hands. A peep into the Kir­tan Dar­bar by a young par­tic­i­pant.

Our monthly Kir­tan Dar­baar held on a Sat­ur­day once a month is arranged and hosted by Gur­mat school stu­dents.

Four Jathas -groups, es­pe­cially arranged by teach­ers take turn to per­form Kir­tan on stage in the Gur­d­wara Sahib with a new theme every month. Each Jatha con­sists of 20-25 stu­dents from the Nikke Tarre class (kids aged be­low 6) to the Guru Granth Sahib Read­ing Course Class, which is the high­est class in our Gur­mat School.

Every Jatha has two men­tors who usu­ally are alumni who have suc­cess­fully learnt how to read from the Guru Granth Sahib. They as­sist young­sters in run­ning the pro­gram and give them new ideas and ad­vice for these monthly Kir­tan pro­grammes.

This Monthly Kir­tan Dar­bar gives a chance to Gur­mat School’s stu­dents to run a Kir­tan pro­gram, where the stu­dents have to do Kir­tan, make an in­spi­ra­tional ses­sion by recit­ing po­ems, tell a Sakhi to the San­gat about Sikh Gu­rus and Mar­tyrs or even a short movie screen­ing.

The stu­dents also do Ar­das, read the Hukam­nama. They also do Sukhasan Sewa of Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

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This ac­tiv­ity en­ables to learn, im­bibe and un­der­stand Sikhi in a prac­ti­cal way. Dur­ing the pro­gram, stu­dents gain new in­for­ma­tion, share with the San­gat and im­bibe sim­ple and ef­fec­tive ways of work­ing as a team.