This photograph is a courtesy from Sarawak Tourism Board...showing a Dayak family in preparation for the "grandest" mid year celebration...just another 10 days away...I used to visit longhouses during Gawai celebration and the atmosphere is fantastic with good food, "tuak", great natural music and ngajat dancing with girls. The overnight visitation also include jungle trekking and site visit to their farm, sungai and the resting places. I think the last of such visitation was way back to 1990, just before leaving SHS...
Nowadays , I have only visited Dayak friends within city boundary...a different environment of course.
Pak Ted, any special trip can be arranged ?
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It's been many years I didn't visit longhouse during Gawai. Last year I was visiting a few of my dayak friends outside Kuching but not longhouses.
This year I don't know I could make it or not as I am still in KL and might not be able to go back in time.
To all my dayak friends, Happy Gawai.
All u guys r invited 2 come to join me celebrating Gawai on the morning of 1.6.2008 at my wife's longhouse, Rumah Juckine Saing, Nanga Jagoi, Kanowit. The morning celebration there are very grand, specially done for visitors hoping to taste Gawai longhouse style. The longhouse is accessible by tar sealed road (20 minutes driving from Kanowit town). Let me know if anyone is interested.
Thadeus
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Apai Ted & other Iban friends,
Selamat Hari Gawai to you & your family.
Yeah Ted,
Happy Gawai, to you and family, specially your apai and inai.
John Fam
Thanks to Heroes, Hardy & John. Both my parents passed away already, John. Apai in Aug 2007 & Indai in Jul 2004. I knew that u & Hardy were always their favourites. Pls pray for their souls.
Ted,
Just want to wish you and your family Selamat Hari Gawai. Agi idup agi ngelaban .
Miss your jokes. when are going to be MC for functions again?
Ah Ted, I love to go but not this round as I have just move to a new place recently and my wife & kids shall be on travelling this Gawai.
Ahemm...that is right, I have to guard my house.
Have a nice and blessed Gawai ahead...btw..when can we have another ngirup time ??? just before you go back sometime this week ???
(Hey, Yen has left RAIN...heard that she is in a new cafe somewhere at Fortune Land ??)
Hi Ted, thank you for your invitation but unfortunately I am still in KL and only be back to Kuching probably early July.
I just missed the Rain session. The last trip I went with MGB sometime end of April, the lady Yen was not there already.
MGB, from where u knew Yen is at fortune land?
Heroes, don;t you know that MGB is a kind of person who cannot sit still and always on the move.
He has a wide network, I pressume. And through his network he got that infor. Am I right, MGB?
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