Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Gawai visit to Kampung Benuk

On the 1st day of Gawai, I went to visit my best friend, Mola. It takes around 45mins to reach her Kampung - Kampung Benuk.

Pic taken at the long house with Mola. (Ms Kampung Benuk.. hehe!)

According to Mola, this is called GONG, their Bidayuh tradition.

This is SANGGAR, they will circle the SANGGAR, pray and chant with their own language on the eve of gawai.

Pic taken with Mola's family after we wallap all the delicious cuisine prepared by Mola's mum.. Thx aunty ^_^

9 comments:

said...

hey, nice pic... i like the hanging GOng :)

Joanna Tang said...

Leu:looks antique ya.

Merryn said...

wow... my first time looking at a long house! cool!

Joanna Tang said...

Merryn:very very hot lah, how they can stand the heat ho..

Towards healthy and leisure life~! said...

Wow seems like a nice trip, hope you enjoy your trip!

Joanna Tang said...

Towards healthy & lesure life: I do lah, but just very hot...

Irenelim said...

This is my first time seeing a long house this close. You should take more pictures to show us. :)

Joanna Tang said...

Irenelim:Yeah! I'll surely visit my friend again during x'mas..

Anonymous said...

hi joanna! What's your friend's full name n how can i contact her? Im interested with the long house at kpg benuk. If i can contact her, i can ask a thing or two bout kpg benuk's l.house n history. Email add of your friend will do. Tq. :)