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Hi guys, all of you must be know about the traditinional ceremony of Dayaknese in West Kalimantan. The ceremony is called "Gawai Dayak". This event is awaited because it is become the one of our tourism agenda in year 2010. ok just read my posting below.
In March or May each year, it's time for the indigenous Dayaknese to finish their farming job. Farming cycle begins from the slashing, cutting, burning, sowing, grazing and harvesting is the biggest part of each cycle of the farm. While the harvest season usually starts from January to April each year.
In the Dayaknese, their lives always accompanied by the customs as a reinforcement between the behaviors or actions by the lives of Dayaknese itself. The ritual, is a sacred ceremony, which was stated in the form of symbols. The symbol itself has a power that can link between the human universe. Therefore, every ritual should be done seriously.
Related to agriculture of the Dayaknese, they have a habit of hereditary grateful for the toil of work for one year. Gratitude is reflected in the ceremony or ritual in their development is generally referred clerk (Gawai) While in each of the Dayaks, the clerk referred to as a ceremony of thanksgiving for the harvest of rice that has different designations. As the Dayaknese of Kanaytn is called "Naik Dango". Dayaknese of Kayaan is called "Dange", Dayaknese of Kantuk is called " Gawa' ", Dayaknese of Iban is called "Nyapat Taun", Dayaknese of Pompakng-Sanggau is called "Nosu Minu-podi" and other the earth of Borneo.
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The nature of these rituals are willing to give thanks to God that they believe, who gave his fortune to them. In the usual tradition of the clerk (Gawai) must have at least two important parts. The first is gratitude of God's grace or good fortune in traditional ceremonies / rituals. Both are grateful for the good fortune to gather with family and relatives within the community. These two parts can not be separated in the ceremony of thanksgiving. When people in the community came together, they ate and drank together, have fun together in various ways, such as dance-sing-sing music that departing from the journey of life according to local traditions. While the ritual is a ritual procession carried out a series of activities of the clerk (gawai), who has magical powers. Therefore, it is believed if the ritual procession that took place in a thanksgiving ceremony is incorrect or incomplete, even more, then the result of the ritual process will adversely affect the organizer.
During its development, the clerk of Dayaknese in Kalimantan, especially in West Kalimantan is getting special attention from the people who live in Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan Province. Dayaknese community in Pontianak, the clerk realized the importance of this tradition has been shown to the public since 1986. Basic implementation of the clerk in the city of Pontianak in West Kalimantan Dayak which takes place every year it went on from there; decision of the Governor of West Kalimantan, Kadarusno in 1975 on the day, that held annually on 20 May. the determination of the clerk of Dayaknese was also listed in the calendar remains of Culture and Tourism of West Kalimantan Province.
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The implementation of the clerk of Dayaknese in Pontianak was organized by the Secretariat of the Joint Art Dayak (Sekberkesda) West Kalimantan, where gathering together all the studio-art studio of Dayaknese of West Kalimantan that located in Pontianak. the 25th of the clerk of Dayaknese in Pontianak in 2010 , which will take place starting from the date of May 20 to 24. Since the adulthood of implementation of this clerk, so the organizing committee of the clerk of Dayaknese at this beside doing the variuos activities in the week of the clerk of Dayaknese, was also held a memorial party for the trip of silver anniversary that held by the clerk of this "Sekberkesda".
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The Week of the Clerk of Dayaknese in Pontianak 2010.
As usual, the week of the clerk of Dayaknese "Pekan Gawai Dayak" (PGD) in Pontianak, which was centered on Letjend Sutoyo Street included various activities. Such as cultural seminars, ceremonies of various sub-ethnic of Dayaknese, cultural parades and various types of games. Starting from the musical traditions combined with modern (music in two colors), creative dance, traditional sports, painting, sculpting and carving, folk songs of each region of Dayaknese fashion show of Dayaknese. From all these series of events in the " PGD", The most prestigious is the selection of Bujang and Dara of Dayaknese.
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Not only that, in "PGD", there was also a lot of handicraft products of the craftment of Dayaknese that showed in the exhibition in the yard of traditional house of Dayaknese "Rumah Betang" . While traditional sports competitions in PGD like; chopsticks contest, pangkak kazoos (Gasing). Chopstick is traditional weapon of Dayaknese who live in the interior of Borneo. On the group Kayanik ethnic (Dayaknese of Bukat, Punan, Kayaan, Kenyah etc.) chopsticks is not only for hunting animals, but also to attack the enemy. These skills are then competed in the "PGD". People Dayaknese hope that if the chopsticks competition became a national sports, like archery and shooting. Variety types of dances, songs and music featured in this PGD in 2010 to show the wider community, that the Dayaknese culture is one of prestige ethnic in Indonesia.
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