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Monday, 29 July 2013

Gawai Dayak



Gawai Dayak is a festival celebrated by Dayaks in Sarawak and West Kalimantan  which is officially public holidays on 31 May and 1 June every year in Sarawak, Malaysia. It is both a religious and social occasion.
The word Gawai means a ritual or festival whereas Dayak is a collective name for the native ethnic groups of Sarawak and neighboring Indonesian Kalimantan who are the Iban also known previously as Sea Dayak.

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