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Gawai Dayak (previously as known as Dayak Day or Sarawak Day) is an annual festival and a public holiday celebrated by the Dayak people in Sarawak, Malaysia on 1 and 2 June. Sarawak Day is now celebrated on July 22 every year. [1] Gawai Dayak was conceived of by the radio producers Tan Kingsley and Owen Liang and then taken up by the Dayak ...
The dance is performed while accompanying guests to the leader of the longhouse. This dance is a welcome for guests who come to the long house during Gawai or during other festivals. [12] Ngajat Mai Antu Pala [nga-jat ma-yiq an-tu pa-laq] : Ngajat for those Iban is a welcome dance during Gawai Day, before the war and after the harvest season ...
The sixth category of festivals by the Iban is related to death which is called the Spirit festival for the dead or Gawai Rugan (Dead Soul Altar Festival) or Gawai Sungkop (Tomb Festival) in the Saribas/Skrang region or Gawai Ngelumbong (Entombment Festival) in the Baleh region. This festival is used to be held once every 10 to 30 years per ...
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Gaan-Ngai is celebrated on the 13th day of the month of Wakching of the Metei Manipuri calendar. [4] [1] The Kabui Naga people celebrate the Gang Ngai festival during the month of Gaan Bu. [4] It usually falls in the month of November or December in the Gregorian calendar though might some times be celebrated earlier in October or later in ...
This occasion celebrates the birth day of Ganesha, the lord of wisdom. [1] It is a popular festival particularly in the Indian state of Maharashtra and it is also celebrated in Goa held during the shukla paksha chaturthi day (fourth day of the bright fortnight or the waxing moon ) in the month of Bhadra as per the Hindu calendar , which ...
In Japan, Renri is called Jinjitsu (人日, jinjitsu).It is one of the five seasonal festivals (五節句, gosekku).It is celebrated on January 7. It is also known as Nanakusa no sekku (七草の節句, nanakusa no sekku), "the feast of seven herbs", from the custom of eating seven-herb kayu (七草粥, nanakusa-gayu) to ensure good health for the coming year.