Chance to make money at Gawai Dayak Bazaar
KUCHING: The 10-day Gawai Dayak Bazaar 2022 here serves as a platform for the Dayak community to promote their micro-businesses and an opportunity to make some income. Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said money-making opportunities at the bazaar was good as it was among the objectives for hosting the event to enable the […]
Some people turning event into racial issue
SIBU: The raunchy dance show staged at a Gawai Dayak gathering here recently took a fresh twist when Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) president Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing defended the event, accusing certain quarters of turning it into a racial issue. “Unfortunately, it has been mutated into a racial issue by those with evil and […]
DNC president’s comments smack of self-righteousness
KUCHING: Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has slammed Dayak National Congress (DNC) president Paul Raja for the latter’s comments which the former labelled as “dirty-minded” and smacked of self-righteousness. Tiong was among the guests at a recent Gawai Dayak dinner held in Sibu, and he denied claims of nudity among the performers during […]
Five-year-old boy dies in longhouse fire
BETONG: A five-year-old boy was killed when fire swept through a 34-year-old longhouse in Bukong Asal today (June 13). The longhouse built in 1988 was razed to the ground just about two weeks after the Gawai Dayak celebration. According to Tuai Rumah Polly Sulau more than half the residents were not in the longhouse at […]
Gawai Madu Buling – Great Mourning Festival
I think one of the coolest things you can do is disappear for a while, because it gives you the chance to re-emerge. To sort of pounce out of the jungle. – Josh Homme, songwriter Some journalists, myself included, have been mollycoddled once too often because we think we are a special breed. After years […]
Mixed feelings of joy, sadness
When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile. – Stephenie Meyer, American novelist There was joy during last Gawai, especially after a two-year hiatus. And sadness too – my relatives in Munggu Embawang, Saratok, my late dad’s birthplace, were still mourning the demise of […]
Unexpected Gawai visit from my friend
‘Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory’ – Dr. Seuss, American author. How often do you go on a family vacation? Once or twice a year or never? I often go on a family vacation with my sisters, nephews and nieces. My last family vacation was with […]
‘Ngabang’ proof of multiracial harmony
KALAKA: The practice of ngabang (goodwill visit) during festive season is a solid proof of the multiracial harmony and rapport within the multiracial community in the state, said Mohamad Duri. The Kalaka assemblyman said this when attending the Gawai Dayak celebration at the Lenggain longhouse, here. His presence at the longhouse was a proof of […]
When Gawai Dayak is out of reach
KUCHING: Celebrating Gawai Dayak is once again permitted after two miserable years of enduring the COVID-19 pandemic, but not all Dayaks can enjoy the festivities at home in Sarawak. These Dayaks are outside the country for various reasons — working, studying or travelling. Some are economic immigrants while others are married to foreigners and have […]
It’s ‘pulai Gawai’ rush again
Hari Gawai Dayak must be preserved as an occasion to meet, exchange visits, interact and understand each other’s customs and traditions so that a celebration, which has been given a public holiday, can help to strengthen the unity of all communities not only in Sarawak but in Kuala Lumpur and Johore too. – Tun Pehin […]