Gawai Dayak Festival
When: 1st June
Where: Sarawak, Malaysia
Gawai Dayak is a harvest festival, which is celebrated by the indigenous people of Sarawak, particularly the Ibans and Bidayuhs. They wear their traditional costumes and the festivities include ceremonial offerings of various local traditional delicacies and home-made rice wine known as tuak to the gods of rice and prosperity.
The festival, Gawai Dayak is celebrated with much enthusiasm and fanfare across Sarawak both in cities and villages and is a two day festival that honours the indigenous people of the Dayak community that comprise of Iban, Bidayuh, Kayan, Kenyah, Kelabit and Murut tribes in Sarawak.
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