Hello friends in hive/ecency! I'd like to share with you guys on how I spent my last Saturday night. I went to this place called Nest13 bar and lounge in Megah Rise Mall Petaling Jaya.
As a Borneoan living in West Malaysia I always feeling homesick during this time of year... So a friend of mine kindly invited me to go to this place for an advance Gawai and Kaamatan celebration; a harvest festival for us native East Malaysians, that falls on the 30th and 31st May for Kaamatan and 1st and 2nd June for Gawai on every year.
I had a great time and took some photos with the ethnic dancers after we had a shot of aie pengayu which is another name for tuak/rice wine, and cheering ooohaaaa like how Borneoan people do.
Finally after years, I've managed to get my hands on a traditional Sarawakian delicacy which is the prawn umai... Yummy... Now this is the taste of my hometown... Soury, spicy, and umami... 🤤
The prawn umai is in that round shaped container, have to point it out cuz of blurriness it was so yummy that I literally would die happy that night
I also managed to dance with the dancers three times because I sat literally just right in front of the dance floor and they can't help but to pick me. Sorry guys, at this point no videos cuz my phone died 😅 and so grateful for that cuz if I talk about talent, dancing is not one of them 🤣 But to make it up for that, I'll show you some pictures that I managed to take before my phone went kong.
Loved the beautiful traditional costumes and how graceful were the dancers, can't help but in awe. I also quite enjoyed the music choices of the night, most of them are from Borneo local singers - Original Sabahan, Sumandak Sabah, Bekikis bulu betis, Gawai Ons and etc... songs that made you feel like you want to conquer the dance floor kinda beat, hehe 🤭
My favourite was the finale dance which is the bamboo dance, that I didn't manage to capture some videos due to my dead phone. But don't worry, I heard there will be a closing ceremony for Gawai and Kaamatan soon in July, I'll be sure to get more pictures and share it here for you guys!
I guess that's all for today's entry. I hope you enjoyed reading what I wrote. Thank you for reading!
