Hello everyone, how are you? Excited for other stories? ;) So, last week we told you about our experience on Expo from gadis' point of view. Now, Hasan is sharing about our story in the EXPO.
Yesterday October
30, 2016, we participated in Expansion Brawijaya event. Where was it? It was in the
FILKOM UB field. The event were really fun. There were many
communities came both from UB and other Malang communities. We were
given the opportunity to open a stand and socialize about
our community: Akar Tuli
We were getting
started at 10 am. Everything is ready, but the rain in our stand swamped. Luckily the
committee were very kind; when we asked that we wanted move, they just granted it.
At our stand, we socialized about
BISINDO (Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia/ Indonesian Sign Language) and sold some souvenirs such as shirt, totebag, and bracelet.
Many visitors were shy, we knew that actually they wanted to learn sign
language, but they seems hesitated. Nevertheless, we continue to welcome visitors and as a
result a number of visitors came to our stand to
learn sign language or want to join with Akar Tuli.
It was getting darker, and our stand getting a lot of visitors. We also got the
opportunity to promote on stage at 06.30. Mas Yoga and I, Idot, were on stage. Apparently, many
people interested to join Akar Tuli. While Mas Yoga were explaining to the people, he also emphasized that Deaf
friends is more comfortable to be called as Tuli (deaf) instead of to be called as not Tunarungu (hearing impaired). According to them, tunarungu is a term for people who are sick, but the Deaf felt that they are not
sick, they are different. After that, apparently we got the most favorite community award from the Expo committee. We were extremely very happy
and gave thanks to the visitors that chose us as a favorite community. :)
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written by: Hasan
edited by: Idot, Ai, and Gadis
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