Irau Aco Lun Bawang 2014
Hello...
A week ago NTGravity Zone (under Sarawak
Bloggers Society) has been invited to attend a festival held in Ba’
Kelalan... it is called Irau Aco Lun Bawang. Since 1987 the Lun Bawang
Association Sarawak (LBAS) started to organised an annual gathering known as ‘Irau’
in an effort to encourage its members to congregate and socialise by way of
cultural, sporting and entertainment activities. The Irau has been earnestly
observed on 31st May to 2nd Jun every year in Lawas, the
district within Limbang Division, where the majority of the Lun Bawang are to
be found.
On my previous entry i start my
journey to Ba’ Kelalan from Kuching. I’m using two flights from Kuching to Miri
and Miri to Limbang before continue using car to Lawas and to Ba’ Kelalan by
twincab 4WD. Read about it [HERE]
Buduk Nur is one of
the villages in Ba’ Kelalan and most of the main events will be held here.
Today is the official opening
ceremony... around 7.30am Rona came to Apple Lodge to bring us (Amirul and i)
back to Pak Yudan’s Homestay up in the small hill for breakfast.
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| Ba' Kelalan Air Strip... |
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| I can see my room at Apple Lodge from here |
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| Homestay program under Ministy Of Tourism Malaysia. |
After done filling up
our tummy, we set to leave the dining room for work... *Gochisou sama~
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| First... group photo... |
The opening ceremony
will be held at the football field where the stage already erected. Some
representatives from Ministry Of Tourism started to get busy to beautify the
stage while me.. I’ve started to go around to meet and greet the villagers or
participants of the ceremony later.
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| The stage for VIP seating and night performance. |
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| Lun Bawang ladies. |
Around 10.30am, the event started with the arrival of the VIPs...
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| a heli is about to land... |
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| Lun Bawang welcoming dance |
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| YB Datuk Amar Haji Awang Tengah bin Ali Hassan - Minister of Resource Planning and Environment (II), Minister of Public Utilities and Minister of Industrial Development of Sarawak |
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| Canopy for distinguished guests, community leaders and heads of department |
After done prayer and
singing our national anthem ‘ Negaraku’,
Opening presentation to start of the parade.
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| Buffalo |
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| from Bintulu branch |
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| It's your day bro! |
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| #RESPECT to this elder lady because still want to participate. |
Opening speech by Datuk Amar Haji Awang Tengah bin Ali Hassan... and the festival is now officially begun!
By 12noon the ceremony
is finally over, it’s time for lunch!
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| Wow... a kite!! |
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| For the record... this group was a champion last year, during 18th Pasir Gudang National Level Kite Flying competition in “International Train Kite” category. *Salute* |
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| Finally.... |
I didn’t get to join
most of the activities during the afternoon as my migraine hit me big time!
After lunch, i have to head back to my [dark] room to rest. *bummer*
Around 4.30pm [Thank
God the pain is over] i reunited with the troupe again to join them to see the
salt spring. There are 3 Salt springs in Ba’ Kelalan but only two are still
active. The one that we're going to visit is claimed to be the first and the
oldest but it’s no longer active.
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| Over there.... |
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| Briefing about the salt spring and it's processed to get the salt |
Back to Buduk Nur and
to our own crib to freshen up for dinner and cultural night back at the
football field but that will be on my next entry...
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