Miri Divisonal Gawai Celebration : 16.05.2011

Miri celebrates Pre-Gawai Divisional Dinner at Eastwood Valley Country & Golf Club last Monday night. As usual the hightlight of the Pre-Gawai were Keling/Kumang/Keligit Contest.. 6 Contestants each from Iban, Bidayuh and Orang Ulu chosen for the finale... Me & the 'mangs" were seated at table no. 19. As usual orang ke bisi datai familiar faces of bala kitai iban in Miri... ti enda kitai sapa agik ngerami ke menua Miri enda pia wai?

Enda salah baka GOH kitai meh, nadai orang bukai ti enda DCM kitai Dtk Patinggi Tan Sri Jabu and wife Datuk Paduka Empiang Jabu officiate the Gawai Celebration ba menua kitai S'wak... aslo present was Dtk Seri Douglas E Unggah, newly elected Lambir YB Ripin Mamat.

Oang bukai sibuk makai, ninga speeches from tuai gawai the newly elected YB of Telang Usan, YB Denis Ngau...followed speech by DAM President, Mr Ellison Ludan... kami sebuat sibuk betundie, ketawa enggau pangan diri & .....photo shooting!

Time GOH meri speech, tambah enggau kecelapan dalam dewan, kami sebuat pan keluar dewan, ngicha ulih ngangat ke isi... datai ba luar... peda di sambut bala kaban enggau ai rimau pulakksss haiiissss... happy amai tudah "aya Manang" di prebit ke orang indu maia beposing ko queen & SaA...Tudah aya Manang nangi ke rusuk tudah biru teberunsai ga ti "laki" bala indu ke enggau begambar bisi meda hahaha tengok la sendiri ..

Udah puas beposing luar, betundie enggau aya Manang, kami mulai kediri ke dalam dewan, agik kucahx2 tudah GOH meri speech... pu jam udah kol 10:20 p.m... Pekit Keling/Kumang bedau ga... udah ga ka pahaiii chelap bala kami... ka pan enda tuak sebutul atas mija nya meh di irup kami sebuat.... nyau sebening head ke enda tan... aku sigi allergic amai ngirup tuak....udah lah ngirup ngena mangkuk cina ke mit, nadai xtra gelas.. aksix2 menarik ngirup ai tuak, ai pengayu... queen tukang chung malam nyO...

At last the moment which everyone have been waiting for...highlight of the night.... tapi sayang nyer... Only Selected Photographers can take the shot!! Ka pan enda ngechuri nyenip gambar bala Keling ke sesigat... tapi semua biakx2.. sayau enda serambau ko kitai... 1st Contestant, my favourite... nasip iya nyadi Keling taun 2011... yang fav. si mang
SaA bulih lumbor 3 hehehe (jgn marah, mata I memang pandai pilih laki hensem) "winks".

My favourite Kumang did not win this time, engka kureng senyum.... anyway this year I like the Kumangs/Keligit stage presentation, ukai kediri aja ba atas stage... sekali keluar in 3 then each person take turn to cat-walk while the other two pose, instead of one person walking on the stage..this also gives judges ample time, better view to judge the best costumes, beauty and style... (i thk so...bedau kala nyadi judge ko kitai)..Gambar tu di ambik ari kamera kaban... kami mupok 12 mid-night nadai ulih nganti result pekit nya... laun amai.... speeches too long! (lain kali tolong pendek kan...anang nganu, just my opinion.....)

Kunsintrit serta fokus amai sida 3 tu meda pemajik bala Kumangss...

Gambar Kumang & Keligit taun 2011..

Kumang Iban

Keligit Orang Ulu

Kumang Bidayuh

Dtk Paduka Empiang Jabu & Mrs Ellison Ludan (Pauline) with Kumang/Keligit 2011
Lastly, iEg duduk dedugau meri jako pesan ngagai semua bala dayak, iban ke ka ngintu Hari Gawai kitai iban.. bebelanja meh ala kadar, bayar dulu semua utangx2, loanx2 sebedau mupok ke menua, kereta anang enda ingat service anjung ngagai workshop..assessment rumah bayar dulu, bulan 6 agik panjai, enggai ke duit nyau ambis kena ngintu gawai ba rumah panjai, ba negeri, ti semua loan, utang udah di bayar, pulai ke menua ngintu gawai pan senang ati...pia mega anang enda nyaga image kitai, anang ngirup sampai palau ngunjung ke kitai belaya. Aku besampi minta Petara nyaga, ngelindung kitai ari semua utai jaie, kuasa sitan, penyakit awak ke kitai ulih ngintu, nyambut Hari Gawai Dayak ke ka datai enggau selamat serta di berkat Tuhan... meri Selamat Gawai ngagai semua kaban belayan jauh enggau semak serta nuju semua iban/dayak ke ngintu Gawai taun tu... sapa ke enda ulih ngintu... anang irau iEg bisi nyankong... Selamat Gawai to all. Love iEg.