Gawai Nite,16th May,2009 @Eastwood Golf & Country Club,Miri.

Eastwood Valley Golf & Country Club scenery...

Stage & backdrop

Sebugey posing with the Bidayuh welcoming reception musicians.

Cikgu Valerie Menti sempat bergambar with Sebugey...

Sebugey,Mary & Daisy

Sebugey,indai Mit,Kate,Mary,Kadir,Sandra & Mary Bajang.

Kadir,unknown & Thony Badak

Caroline,muk,Francessca,Molly,Mary & another..

Cikgu Jalong & Mary Bajang,the MCs for the night..

Dayung kerja kuat.... towkay neo Tuak... apa macam business? ada laku?

Kitty Janggot,muk,Jacqueline & John Tabot

Cecilia,Pauline & Anthony Francis Umpau.

pinning a buttonhole on George Siken

Reception committe members...

Nya iya, GM Remang/Gourmet Catering & Supplies...Mr. Jetli.

Saudagar Joseph James arriving at the same time as bala OKK Maureen Tra Nanang aka Mrs. Henry Mark Chella,in between bini OKK Mrs. Regina Alexander Isut & OKK Mrs. Linda-Nichol Nuing.

Pauline,Caroline & Francessca ba reception committee

SIDS Vice-Chairlady Miri,Puan Katherine Kiai in blue with her friends.//

Mary Dick Bala,in pink with her friends...

OKK Midas ,wife Josephine & son.

Mr. & Mrs. Julian Dusun & unknown

Mr. Michael Eli..Long time no see,says,indai Esther.

Nya iya..towkay neo AgniCrafts...

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Howell arriving.. Mr. Peter Howell is a Political Secretary to the Chief Minister of Sarawak.

Puan Gulamg Howell & Sebugey sempat berposing...... OKK Christopher Bundan arriving with his Kuamng Ati iya meh...

Kumang Gawai 80'an,Ms. Lily Dosson Bundan

Molly Arthur Siricord in uniform,wondering what to do next....

Jessica,contestant for the Kumang Iban,on her way to the back of the stage.

Julia Juwen chaperoning the Keligit Orang Ulu contestants.

One of the contestants for the Keligit Orang Ulu.

Baby,the mak andam & Jane Robert Resli

Unknown,Ental & unknown. Tudah Ental nganti anak dara iya badu ngajat

Keligit Orang Ulu contestants..

Bajik magang magang bala indu.

Steady bujang sigat entepa dia meh,jang!

Kumang Bidayuh contestants..

Wiping a drop of nervous sweat..Cold sweat..

Nervous & anxious,I suppose..

Nervously waitng for their turn to parade bdfore the judges & crowd.....

"Can't you see I'm busy?Please call me later."

Difficult to choose,I suppose....

One final touch before you go on stage...says mak andam

Roderick Talap(far end in uniform) arranging the chairs for the contestants to sit on.

Yeh, not an easy task & I could see Roderick was trying his best to keep his cool.

year,the Bidayuh community hosted the Miri Divisional Level Gawai Night held at Eastwood Golf & Country Club last night. Every year we take turn to host the Gawai. Last year,the Iban community hosted it & next year the Orang Ulu community will host it. Of course,the others would assist & help each other. Like in the other Gawai celebrations,the highlights for the night would normally be the beauty contests in the respective catergories i.e the Keling contest(all the young unmarried males from the said communities would vie for the Keling title) while for the Kumang Iban only the Iban ladies &/or mixed parentage(Iban & another race) are eligible to join in the contest. The same applies to the other communities..the Kumang Bidayuh & Keligit Orang Ulu.Apart from the beauty contests the committee also rewards the children from the said communities with Education Incentive Awards for their excellent results in the previous year's public examination results. Unlike last year,this year the awards were presented during the Preliminary Round of the Beauty contests at Boulevard Hpermarket last week. It is a good idea to do it on a different day like what was done this year instead of presenting the awards during the Gawai night because it could be very time consuming & it could go on til the next morning.

Anyway,apa lagi cerita? Ukai nama aku baka ke ngumba peda kita nulis dalam jako orang putih..bala kaban ke enda nemu mereti jako Iban ngasoh aku nulis dalam jako orang putih.Nadai agi cerita..peda aja gambar. Aku enda nemu sapa bulih gelar Kumang Iban,Kumang Bidayuh tau ke Keligit Orang Ulu laban aku ba ruai sida Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Sawan. Nganti aku nanya ari bala kaban ke bisi result nya.
I haven't got the results as to who was crowned the Kumang Iban,Kumang Bidayuh & Keligit Orang Ulu.
The Patron,Guests of Honour for this kind of Gawai night are usually a minister/ministers in either the state or federal cabinets while the Tuai Gawai (host) is preferably a minister in either the state of federal belonging to or comes from the community hosting the Gawai for the year. This year, YB Michael Manyin ,a Bidayuh was the Tuai Gawai.