Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai

That's right, it's Gawai time.  Time to celebrate the harvest festivals in Sarawak for our natives.  Long ago, Sarawak was inhibited by natives and they do alot of farming, which is why they celebrate the harvest month with Gawai on every 1st and 2nd June.

For us other people who are not natives, it's a chance to get together with native friends and enjoy rounds of native food and drink.. such as Tuak.. or the dreaded.. LANGKAU!  Langkau is a version of Tuak (rice wine) that is not filtered, so it's pretty much almost 100% alcohol.

Now, I enjoy the tipple of tuak during Gawai.  PrincessBling even served Tuak on her wedding day in celebration of Gawai (as her wedding falls on 4th June!)

One of the cool things about the native is the outfit they wear, and the ngajat!  Haha.. that's right.. the native dance!  It wasn't too long ago in Rain where they had a Gawai festival, and invited people from Cultural Village to come dressed in traditional outfit and dance the ngajat!  Before I knew it.. I was up on stage dancing the ngajat with them..  boy was that a fun night full of beer, free tuak and free food!

Don't you just love their costumes?  Wish I had her headband! hahaha...

This the them doing the ngajat.. before I was pulled up on stage to dance with them.

Overall, Gawai is a great time to celebrate with native friends and drink with them too...

Gaya Guru Gerai Nyamai everyone!