TYPE, SURABAYA – Celebrating Earth Hour 2024, Hotel Morazen Surabaya is taking concrete steps to participate in environmental conservation activities by contributing to turning off lights and electronic devices that are not needed from 20.30 to 21.30 in the hotel lobby and outdoor areas, Saturday (23/3/2024).
Not just turning off lights and electronic equipment, Hotel Morazen Surabaya also invites hotel guests to play various traditional games as a step to preserve local wisdom.
Litania Utami as Marketing Communications and Public Relations of Morazen Surabaya explained that with the theme “Disconnect to Reconnect”, this hotel which is located on Jalan Kayoon collaborates with Kampoeng Dolanan which is a traditional culture preservation community and changed the atmosphere of the lobby which was originally luxurious with the dominance of modern interiors into a play area. children.
“Here we hold various types of traditional games such as engklek, marbles, bekel balls, congklak, jump rope, stilts, hula hoops, bamboo spinning tops, and wayang tents,” he explained Saturday (23/3/2024).
Furthermore, the activity was not only attended by hotel guests, but also the general public outside the hotel also enlivened this activity as a form of commitment to preserving the environment and bringing back local wisdom values in traditional games.
“We invited at least 25 children aged 3 – 11 years to participate tonight in the “Disconnect to Reconnect” event to get to know the atmosphere in ancient times and the activities carried out when there was a power outage.” he added.
The children happily tried traditional games in the Morazen hotel area. (Photo: Morazen Surabaya)
Meanwhile, General Manager of Morazen Surabaya, Fajar Basuki, said that Earth Hour is more than just a ceremonial lighting of candles with the 60+ symbol, there is a deep meaning and message that we need to convey to the next generation about awareness of the climate crisis which also starts with each of us. .
“Climate change is a real phenomenon that we are currently facing. Therefore, small steps like Earth Hour are very meaningful as real steps to care for the future of our earth,” he said.
This event involving parents and children received a positive response, one of whom was Rahmawati, a follower on the Kampoeng Dolanan Instagram account. They were very impressed with the event concept promoted by Hotel Morazen which combines environmental conservation with local cultural wisdom.
“I see you know Kampoeng Dolanan will be at the Morazen Hotel. I’m curious what the event will look like, especially since it’s an evening event. “It turned out to be really cool because the hotel also provides acoustic music and a violin that plays children’s songs,” he concluded.