Ok, it's been a while and a long time due. Here's the 2nd part of what happened during that long Gawai weekend. A continuation...
31st May 2010
Woke up early at 5.00 a.m. to deafening sounds of big bangs of firecrackers. Fortunately, my room got upgraded near the staircase so the sounds got drowned off by the walls. My parents' room (a.k.a used to be my room) wasn't so lucky - it was facing the front where they were playing the firecrackers.
Helping mom to prepare dinner at 3pm...
And the highlights of that day was games. My sis took part as 'cameraman' to get out of cooking. And the first game we had for the evening was fishing.
The contestants in their best hats and poles trying to catch something
The river where we used to bathe before tap water was installed
Familiar looking? :-) That's my cousin Rush in his 'cowboy' hat
In the end, after an hour of fishing, nobody caught anything so they had to cancel the fishing competition. Looks like the fishes ain't biting during dry season. Ehehehee! :-P
Evening time after dinner...
Kids' Pageant wearing traditional costumes :-)
Oh yeah... My nephew doesn't want to be left out too ;-)
And here's my niece! :-)
Traditional "band boys"
This is our "Christmas tree" laden with goodies :-)
You gotta dance to earn your loot :-) Whatever you want, you dance for it
01 June 2010
GAWAI!!!! So now it's the official time to glutton ourselves with food and drinks.
Grand entrance by the Chiefs... XD
Food!! I'm sure you know what it is :-)
Drinks are already being served at 10a.m.
Yup, my uncle serving me just a little bit of whiskey in the morning :-)
Grandpa (in blue) - a retired longhouse chief, and another elder :-)
The eating and drinking lasted the whole morning till 3:30p.m. compared to in my younger days when it ends by nightfall. Apparently, they appointed a time keeper so everyone won't be so tired before reaching the end of the longhouse. :-)
That evening, my sis and I got "kidnapped" by my aunt and uncle to another longhouse about 15 minutes ride by car to Tuah area to visit my grandma's cousin.
My aunt :-)
My uncle trying on the gongs
These sets have been with their family for generations
They don't make them like these anymore
Grandma's cousin - my distant "grandpa"
So that's the end of the day that I went through in which I travel more than 400km back to the old hometown for. Fun and interesting where fashion, cuisine and culture meets in-house museum. Ahahahakz! XD
