Before visiting Sarawak, I did not suppose an excessive amount of concerning the space. I had by no means been to the island of Borneo, house of the Malaysian States Sabah and Sarawak, Indonesian Kalimantan and Brunei nation.
I additionally had a weak concept that Sarawak was the place the place many indigenous communities of the Orang Dayak, or Dayak lived. I had heard that it was “wealthy in tradition”, however I did not actually know what it meant, and subsequently the place merely didn’t arouse a lot curiosity for me.
So, the very last thing I anticipated was a journey there to change a part of my mind chemistry, however he did it.
Witness of the Gawai Dayak trend present and staying in a Longhouse (or Rumah Panjang) didn’t take me out of my routine. Deepened the way in which I believe Indigenous legacy and cultureAnd what it means to be singaporiani, an id rooted within the Southern area -est Asia and modeled by the encounter of many alternative ethnic teams.
In Sarawak, tradition merges in a manner that appears rather more fluid and pure than I used to be used to it (good day, Chinese-Malay-Indian-gold mannequin in Singapore).
Coming collectively throughout Dayak Gawai Gawai
My go to to Sarawak was anchored by the Gawai Dayak, a harvest competition celebrated yearly on the finish of May and in early June by the native Orang Dayak, which included Iban, Bidayuh and Melanau.
