Unprecedented Gawai Dayak do this year
The Gawai Dayak celebration is here again but we will not be able to celebrate it in the way we are familiar with. It will be a different, in fact subdued and cautious celebration this time. – Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, Deputy Chief Minister None of the pioneers of Gawai Dayak such as Datuk […]
Gawai Dayak — A merry occasion
Celebrated every year on June 1 by the Dayak people in Sarawak, Hari Gawai — or Gawai Dayak — is a thanksgiving and harvest festival marking bountiful yields and the planning of future prospects. However, this year, the celebration will be a bit different with all the restrictions imposed by the government in facing the […]
Missing the scramble for express boat tickets during Gawai
BY AHMAD SYABIL SULTAN NOORDIN AHMAD KUCHING: Since starting work here six years and never missing out on the opportunity to celebrate Hari Gawai in her village in Kapit, Raydilla Kong Kumbau, who is seeking her sustenance here, has to adjust to the new normal by feting the event moderately only with closest relatives. During […]
Celebrate but observe CMCO
MIRI: Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau has urged those celebrating Gawai to avoid overspending but spend their hard-earned money wisely. “It should be the best time for a family reunion without having to go into all the excesses often associated with Gawai,” he said today. He said because of the fear of further outbreak of […]
Celebrate but keep your family safe
KUCHING: Sarawakians celebrating Gawai Dayak have been advised to abide by the rules of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) throughout the festive period to curb the spread of Covid-19 outbreak. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs and Kuching North City Commission) Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi said Gawai should still be […]
Gawai just won’t be same this year
KUCHING: Like many Sarawakians, returning to the hometown for Gawai Dayak every year is the most eagerly awaited occasion, and this is no different for Marianne Tra Anchang, who has been residing and working in Kuala Lumpur since 2011. It is, after all, the one time of the year in which all her extended family […]
School stands proud after PM’s praise
BINTULU: SK St Anthony here stands proud after it obtained praise from Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in his special message on Teachers’ Day yesterday. Its headmaster Francis Dampa said he was touched because not only his school but also SJK (C) Kai Ming, Bintulu were among the few schools that received special praise […]
No ngabang, no Gawai cluster
KUCHING: Dayak Bidayuh National Association (DBNA) president Datuk Ik Pahon Joyik has urged the people to follow the standard operating procedure (SOP) for Gawai Dayak celebration set by Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). “SDMC has given a directive for Gawai to be celebrated for only one day, meaning only on June 1. It shall be […]
Celebrating Mother’s Day with a difference
KUCHING: Today is Mother’s Day – a time to celebrate and honour all mothers in the world. However, this year’s celebration may not be the same due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Usually, for many people, Mother’s Day means taking mothers out for special dinners at restaurants or pampering them with all the things they love. […]
Low-key home celebrations of Tamil New Year, Vishu, Vaishaki
KUALA LUMPUR: The Tamils, Malayalees and Sikhs in Malaysia are set to observe their respective major festivals on April 14 but, this time, the celebrations will be low-key and at home due to the movement control order (MCO) over Covid-19. These festivals are the Chittirai Puttandu New Year of the Tamils; Vishu of the Malayalees and Vaisakhi of the Sikhs, all […]
