Saturday, May 30, 2009

Selamat Hari Gawai Dayak 2009

Kepada Semua,

Selamat menyambut Hari Gawai Dayak kepada semua kaum Bidayuh dan kaum Dayak di Seluruh perusuk dunia yang akan di sambut pada 1 & 2 jun 2009.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Gawai Dayak Coming Soon

Gawai Dayak is the thanks giving festival that is celebrated by the Dayak Communities in the State of Sarawak in Boeneo Island after paddy harvesting season. The Dayak communities that still practising the old tradition will performe the gawai ritual to give thanks to their ancestor for giving them good harvesting for the year.

The Bidayuh community that still practice "adat gawea" will organised the gawea sowa festival. The Bidayuh from Bau, particularly the Bijagoi, they will celebrate this gawai in the spirit of the togethernest with the villagers and among their families. For this year only few Kampung in Jagoi area will performe the gawea sowa ritual. The rest will celebrate gawai as an ordinary festival which will not involved any form of ritual except going to special gawai mass celebtare by the church.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Cultivation of Maize for fresh consumption

This weekend, i will harvest the maize for fresh consumption. It is on sail by the weekend at Tamu Kampung Duyoh. For those who plan to go to Serikin, you will see me selling the maize at number 4 store located on your left when you going down from serikin. So see you there