Family Gathering
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It's been a long time since the family has been each other, even of they want to meet. Communication is only through social media such as in whatsApp group, or by phone calls. How beautiful and perfect it would be if the extended family met in person physically.
Now is the time for the extended family to meet in the Puncak Cisarua area, Bogor, West Java. The extended family Gathering has been planned for several months, my extended family lives in various Cities and at the time of the family Gathering.
The came, such as from central Java using a large bus and other families from outside the island using airplanes. Families from outside the city using trains,and those close to the meeting location such as from the city of jakarta using vehicles.
Big family Gathering event on Saturday and Sunday, june 28-29, 2025, Gunung Mas Cisarua Bogor tourist are is the first location for family Gathering. The family group bus arrived at Gunung Mas around 6.30 am, and I was already at the location around 5.30 am.
The bus group has traveled approximately 370 kilometers. I waited for the group bus to arrive at the Gunung Mas Agrotourism entrance gate, the morning air was quite cold, Gunung mas Agrotourism has a height of around 800 meters above sea level.
The group bus arrived at the parking lot in the Gunung mas area, the activity was a group photo, a ralaxed event sitting on a mat in the corner of the field, while Eating traditional Snack including peanuts, cassava, sweet potato,banana all boiled, tea and coffee were available.
The breakfast menu is fried rice with fried egg brought from the villa where we are staying. The morning atmosphere in the Gunung mas field is quite busy, and can see the view of Mount Gede Pangrango. After the family group enjoyed the activities in the Gunung mas area, at around 12.30 pm.
The family group left Gunung mas agrotourism exit gate, it turned out that the puncak route to Ciawi had not been opened,and waited until around 1.30 pm for the route to Ciawi to be opened. The puncak Bogor-Cianjur road and vice Versa on Saturdays,Sunday or holiday, an open and close system was applied.
The group bus arrived at the villa and the bus parked. The family group has lunch, the family from Jakarta joined the villa. After lunch, some families rested,some children are swimming with their families,some are catted. The villa for rent is located on Taman safari street,the villa building is large enough to accommodate 90 people.
Inside the building there is a large room for family Gathering activities. The committee of the family Gathering has prepared events for the evening morning and afternoon, as muslims, performing the magrib prayed together and while waiting for the isya time the discussion program is filled.
After that, a welcoming event from the chairman of the committee,the host of the meeting organizer, distribution of family tree documents from the first generation. Entertainment events certainly add to the happiness together in the form of a singing competition.
Enjoying the singing entertainment event, outside near the swimming pool the host prepared a menu of roast goat and lontong eaten with lontong rice and soy sauce and Chili sauce. Without realizing it, the night was getting late and around 11 pm, the event ended.
In the morning the air is quite cold to warm the body needs exercise one of which is morning exercise. The instructors are from the first and second generations. After the morning exercise is finished the next event is breakfast with quite a variety of menus.
Morning to afternoon events, involving extended families from children, adults to the oldest participating in skill competition. Competitions followed by children such as taking toy balls and then giving them to their parents, hanging cracker Eating competitions.
For adult husband and wife families is small ball competition placed on both fore heads while dancing, all prize distribution is done after each competition is finished. Happiness and smiles when we are together, when the atmosphere enjoys silliness, we can laugh watching funny competitions.
The peak event of the family Gathering, the purpose of the extended family Gathering is to strengthen the ties of friendship and brotherhood to be closer to other relatives to know the family tree in order to understand the generations of their descendants.
The peak event ended with a group photo of the extended family and a photo apologizing to each other from the younger to the older siblings.
Thank you very much.
See you at the next extended family Gathering.
July 5,2025
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