Harvest Festival is around the corner. It is a festival where people of Borneo celebrated after harvested their paddy. As Catholics, we thanked Father for all the grace and blessing that we had received through out the year. We must remember that all things that we had received, food that we ate, car that we owned is from our Creator. In its deepest sense, Kaamatan and Gawai festival ia a menifestation of Creator and creation relationship as well as inter-creation relationship. It embodies the principal act of invocation of Creator, appeasing, purification, restoration and thanksgiving to the Creator.
an Iban warrior...
Kadazan girls...
traditional music & dance is a must...
some of the exotic meal... (e.g phyton @ ular sawa)
Less than a week left for the main celebration, many peoples starting their journey going back home @ balik kampong to their ancestoral house. Villagers start preparing their traditional secret recipe. Youngsters from urban area will go back to respective kampong to celebrate Gawai. There will be a mass movement of human population in Borneo during this weekend.
many cars on the road (Jalan Serian By-Pass)
balik kampong pake bas (fully loaded bus STC No.16 Serian-Tebakang-Mongkos)
travelling by plane from Kuching Airport.
Parishioners in Kuantan (especially the KUBM) had pre-gawai festival celebration on 15 May at St. Thomas Church. Sabahan will have their climax of Tadau Kaamatan at 30th & 31th May while Sarawakian kick-off Gawai celebration on 1st June.
To all friends...
KOTOBIAN TADAU TAGAZO DO KAAMATAN
SELAMAT HARI GAWAI DAYAK....GAYU GURU GERAI NYAMAI
