Gawai with a difference

Despite there being restrictions in this year’s Gawai celebrations due to the conditional movement control order (CMCO), the Gawai spirit still continues. Merrymakers continue to celebrate days after the festival, some in moderation, and some in creative ways. Keeping their loved ones safe A time of bonding and connecting, Michelle Ashley Herman said Gawai to […]

Ban on Gawai visits will reduce merry-making

KUCHING: The ban on house-to-house visits during Gawai Dayak during the conditional movement control order is to contain the spread of Covid-19 (CMCO). The ban is not against Iban ritual ethics, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing. He said the ban on Gawai visits would just reduce merry-making during the festival. On […]