Gawai means party in Dayak language. Gawai dayak is a harvest festival celebration day and began a massive held since 28 September 1964. When the Gawai Dayak celebration is intended as an official day. Welcome at the country level Gawai Dayak Malaysia is on June 1st, 1965.
Presentation of various traditional elements, for Gawai Dayak making it an exotic event in the middle of a modern urban society. There are a lot of traditional cultural in Gawai Dayak such as the various traditional ceremonies, traditional games, and various forms of traditional crafts.
There are several ceremonies that run in the city and Lamin (Longhouse), A lot of food is offer to the rice God for his blessing for all of the people, A special incantation will be read by the poet for the ceremony and blood ceil rooster on the materials of offerings.
Gawai Dayak celebration will be opened officially after this ceremony has done. A 'Ranyai' will be in the middle of the room and decorated with food and drinks. They will do Ngabang ceremony by visit family and friends. They will use traditional clothing and the virgin will wear the iban and traditional silver jewelry. Gawai Dayak is closed and ended with a decrease in the principal ranyai.
In its traditional impletation of post-harvest ceremony is bordered on the village territory or Ketimanggungan. Its show was limited to Nyangahathn (reating prayers/mantras) and exchange of visits with primary treats such as salikat/poe (lemang/sticky rice in bamboo), tumpi (bowsprit), bontokng ( rice wrapped in leaves of similar-sized forest cake), the type of traditional food made from annual crops and food additives. Implementation of traditional device takes up to three months.
Sources:
- http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawai_Dayak
- www.kalimantan-news.com/wisata.php?idw=12
- www.borneophotography.org/gawai-dayak-xxiv-pontianak-2009.html
- http://melayuonline.com/ind/article/read/286
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