HumasUPNVJ - On August 17th, we usually celebrate the Birthday (HUT) of the Republic of Indonesia by holding a flag ceremony and holding various kinds of competitions.

The previous year, starting from eating crackers, sack racing, and dragging, there were still many special competitions held by UPN Veteran Jakarta. However, this year, we cannot celebrate Indonesia's independence day as in previous years due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Luckily, with existing technological sophistication and creativity, UPN Veteran Jakarta can still celebrate Independence Day without having to meet face to face.

In this case, UPN Veteran Jakarta is holding the 75th Indonesian Independence Celebration for Advanced Indonesia by sending creative videos with competition provisions intended for all educational staff and lecturers within the UPN Veteran Jakarta environment, here are several competitions held in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Poetry Reading Contest

Poetry reading competitions are conducted individually, participants are required to wear local clothes by reciting the obligatory poem entitled "Dear by WS Rendra" and other selected poems. The judging criteria were seen from the participants' expressions, clothing appearance and clear voice intonation.

Independence Song Singing Competition

This competition has a minimum of 5 participants, participants are required to wear regional clothing and sing the obligatory song entitled Hari Merdeka Karya H. Mutahari and several other selected songs. The evaluation criteria for this competition are clear music, performances with enthusiasm and joy in adapting songs and displaying traditional clothing with creative videos.

Regional Dress Contest

Showing a video demonstrating regional clothing with a minimum number of participants of 10 people with 10 types of clothing. Participants must display a video with a maximum duration of 5 to 10 minutes with the criteria for assessing individual appearance, overall appearance and diversity of regional clothing.

Through the excitement of the UPN Veteran Jakarta's 75th Indonesian Independence Day Competition which was held online on Monday, August 17 2020, the Chancellor of UPN Veterans Jakarta Erna Hernawati expressed her pride that even in the midst of the current pandemic, UPNVJ was able to carry out and celebrate the 75th Indonesian Independence Day.

"We are indeed in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, but we all pray that this country can become a strong country, maybe it's different from previous years where we could jointly carry out flag ceremonies and competitions together, but I hope everyone can learn from it. At the age of 75, Indonesia is independent, it is hoped that we can contribute positively together. Of course there will be quite a lot of challenges ahead and now is the time for us to think and contribute what we can do for this country," said the Chancellor.

"We as a State Defense campus must be able to be a role model in implementing State Defense in our lives, starting from small things first like now we are committed to implementing go green on campus and in our respective homes and we can commit to complete our task to provide the best for our students so that they become graduates who meet expectations and can compete in the industrial world today and in the future, "added the Chancellor.

In this event, three winners from three categories of competitions were also announced as follows:

Poetry reading contest winner

Champion I Lyse lecturer of the Faculty of Health Sciences

2nd winner Disa Prihantini Kusuma from the AKPK work unit

Third place winners Flora and Lina are lecturers at the Faculty of Health Sciences

Regional Song Singing Contest Winner

1st Winner of the Faculty of Health Sciences Group

Second Place in the Faculty of Economics and Business Group

Third Place AKPK Group

Regional Dress Contest Winner

AKPK Group I Champion

Second Place in the Faculty of Health Sciences Group

Third Place in the Faculty of Economics and Business Group

The winners in the group category will receive cash in the amount of IDR 3,000,000 for the first winner, IDR 2,500,000 for the second winner and IDR 2,000,000 for the third winner. As for the individual category, 1st place winner will receive cash of IDR 750,000, 2nd place winner will receive IDR 500,000 and 3rd place winner will receive IDR 300,000 in cash.

At the end of the event, the Chancellor of UPNVJ said "I was very surprised because in the midst of my busy schedule, my friends were able to present a video that was incredibly entertaining and enlivened the 75th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia this year. Hopefully this will motivate every other work unit to be able to compete with their creativity, "concluded the Chancellor.