The Dayak community in Sarawak today celebrated the Gawai Dayak festival on a moderate scale, but a joyful one by keeping alive the tradition of visiting close family members and going to open houses.

gawai dawak 020607 chickenSarawak Yang di-Pertua Negeri Abang Muhammad Salahuddin and Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, accompanied by their wives, also joined in the celebration by visiting the homes of the Dayak community leaders.

They also went to the home of Industrial Development Assistant Minister Peter Nansian Ngusie at Taman BDC near Kuching.

Others who went to Nansian’s home were state assembly speaker Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar, Housing Minister Abang Johari Openg and Mas Gading Member of Parliament Dr Tiki Lafe.

Nansian hoped that this Gawai celebration would help to restore unity among the Dayak community in Sarawak.

By keeping alive the tradition of visiting one another, it could bring relations among the Dayak community, as well as with other races in the state, closer, he added.

- Bernama