Saturday

Like it was mentioned previously, now we the participants of the Malaysian International Youth Exchange are taking part in the Belia Festival, the massive celebration of the youth that is located in Putrajaya, a new administrative capitol of Malaysia. So today all the countries participating in the MIYE 2014 are performing on the stage; it should be something connected with their culture and traditions like dancing or singing. And the exhibition in the country's booths is still going on, so you have to be in the booth representing your country for the huge amount of guests, also you have to find time for rehearsals and actually to perform. And all this - in traditional clothes and costumes, so it is very bright and beautiful out here today.

Games and activities in Malaysian booth

There is so many things that we want to share, because each country had its very own traditional performances; they all were incredibly beautiful. And all that is very new for us as we actually got to know a little bit about each country's culture; for example Nepal's culture is similar to Indian, but it has its own features. And that works for all countries: they all are asian, but still unique. This is a great experience for sure. Its really an exchange program since we gave so much to each other. And of cause Russia turn out to be very interesting for the people there, everybody wanted to take a picture with us and talk to us. Our costumes also took a lot of attention.

Russian crew!

One more interesting thing: it was decided to prepare a very special performance for the Saturday; the thing is that on that day we had a very special quest in the MIYE 2014 place: a Right Honorable Tan Sri Dato' Hj Muhuiddin Mohd Yassin, Deputy Prime-Minister of Malaysia. So the idea was for each of the participating country to choose a one representative and to prepare a traditional Malaysian dance together, so that all the dancer would wear its own unique costume. That means that we are different, but we all are united. Me, Roman, was a dancer from Russia. I must say it took us some time to learn the dance, we had some sleepless night and were really tired, but the result was really great. We all were happy. And the dance itself is quite nice, and the song is really catchy: we just couldn't stop singing it! "Oh Malaysia! Oh Malaysia!"

Another special performance

All the dancers. Best dancers by the way

This day was a very peak of the program, very interesting and filled with events. Very tired, we are coming back to KL still singing songs in a bus and talking to each other. We are going to leave soon and it is going to be really hard to say good bye. 

Belia Festival 2014 in the evening