NTGravity Zone: January 2011

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This entry contains lots of pictures. Sorry for the inconvenience. Happy reading~

[ First Entry ] of Tribes Connexion

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Arrived a bit late at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK), just in time for a video showing by Lars Krutak - it's about Mentawai Tattoo. Really interesting~d(*⌒▽⌒*)b!

Lars Krutak talks about Mentawai Tattoo

Six-hour journey to meet the Mentawai Tribes

After the show - Lars Krutak opens the floor for a question or two but everybody wants to see his Mentawai tattoo on his thigh and start to bombard him with questions especially about his adventure. I missed capturing it - although I sit in front of him. Yet, I've seen it live too...

( ﾟ∀ﾟ)ｱﾊﾊ八八ﾉヽﾉヽﾉヽﾉ＼ / ＼/ ＼.

After that, the event stopped for a break before another cultural show - but I can't wait due to another arrangement...

Before I left there are two cultural shows - Ngajat Miring and a Bidayuh Dance.

In many portraits in the exhibition - I love this one! Can you feel the pride in her?

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Arrived at BCCK around 2pm - met other Sarawak Bloggers in person [ Irene: Sweet Surrender, Desmond : Pledge: A Promise of Hope and Norman Goh ] - all very young and success... :)

The Opening Ceremony starts off with Iban Tribe called Miring.

Even this is live reconstruction.. but his expression looks real~!
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The purpose of doing Miring, generally as making an offering as I recalled [Thanks to my friend for the memories... lalalala~] - it's either to seek blessing or for good health, fortune or even peace. Miring also to seek forgiveness and protection, give honour to Gods or souls of their dead ancestors and some other more.

Usually, on the tray (made of copper), you will find tobacco weed & cigar wrapper (made from palm leaves), betel leaf and condiments, Eggs, a small cup of rice wine, feathers of a chicken used during prayer will be plucked out and dipped in its blood when it is killed (YES, luckily it's not happened this time!) and some other (sorry - it's been a while I forgot the details....)

Man of the Show drinking Tuak after offering the Guest of Honors

Guest of Honors for the Opening Ceremony: Genziana and Lars Krutak which maybe after tasting the Tuak... （‐＾▽＾‐）オーホッホ

Before going for refreshment area: Joint-venture at one of the booth

Modern Tattoo Equipment

ｷﾀﾜァ*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･゜(n‘∀‘)ηﾟ･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･* !!!!!
('It's here' in Japanese: I'm talking about Miami Ink look-alike... LOL)

After that, we go for refreshment area(which located kind of far away from the usual site... but that's ok...) Not much crowd at that time so we took our time to chat and the get-to-know session begins.

Thanks to the Organizer.!!!

Anyways, after that, another round of booth-visiting, some photo - taking before stopping for Lars Krutak video shows. Today it's about his adventure to find Kalinga Tribe in the Philippines.

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Sarawak Craft Council *proud..proud*

Sarawak Rice Wine : Tuak

Folk Tattoo Space from Indonesia

Sketch

Unfortunately, I can't stay until the end - due to Souljas BBQ gathering-nite tonight... Hopefully, I could make it tomorrow. The last day...

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Just in time for Lars Krutak video show - it's about Magical Tattoo. After that not much happening because nothing different - the same booth. Local cultures...

Sharing is caring: Sharing idea on how to do a tattoo by the Japanese tattooist.

Participants

Anyways, the best part is...

With Mr Herpianto Hendra and his assistant - Love the tattoo...

With Genziana - Yeahh yeah!! Ancient tattoo

With Lars Krutak the Tattoo Hunter. *Thanks to the volunteer for the picture...* p/s: can you guess how tall the photo taker is? (^ ^,)

~`✿.a.:* My HuMbLE CoMmEnTs aNd SuGgesTionS : *.:a.✿`~

✿ Maybe wall Grafitti Demo by the tattooist?

✿ No tribes at all... Only Folk Tattoo Space from Indonesia really go for it... [aside from the cultural shows]

✿ Most tattoos are modern... [Not saying that they can't do it...]

✿ Price ticket is just nice... [Free Parking]

✿ Majorly youngster.. who want to have the tattoo for fun...

Hope to see this event again in the future! Arigato!

Click For more photos on Gathering Of Tribes 2011. All photos were taken by myself and if you wanted without the watermark. Please email me or inbox me on my Facebook or even my YM! :)

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When I was a little girl - I took part in Maori dance, the Poi Dance... and fall in love with it and then my childhood best friend, Wendy, taught me Ngajat dance (it's Iban tribe dance) but then I grow up in line with the modern world and forget about it...

It's all started back in 2001 (or 2000.. I can't remember) when my Bidayuh friend brought me to his village for Gawai Celebration (Harvest Festival) - my first exposure to other culture. The first ritual I've attended was about Gawia Sowa - I was told that this ritual would be extinct in near future because less elderly people who still practise animism left at his kampung (village) - they're called tukang gawai (shaman) and dayung borih (female shamans). During that time, few villages already stopped holding Gawia Sowa due to limited tukang gawai anymore. Furthermore, there's impossible for every kampung to do Gawia Sowa all at the same date or even time because the only way for each kampung to have these sacred rituals are by borrowing or hired these special people. (okay... out topic - just to reminiscence the good old days) Ever since I'm really into the culture. I just love to see and experience it - using the greatest camera ever... ~~Canon DSLR~~ my own eyes!

Part of it, I love tattoo... but not because I want to have it tattooed on my body but because of the art, the skill and sometimes the stories behind each tattoo... It's not easy to do it without a steady hand and a creative mind.

The first tattoo convention I have had attended was Borneo International Tattoo Convention 2002 (if I'm not mistaken around 1st - 5th May 2002) at Sarawak Cultural Village. It's so nice, really colourful, really laid-back! I remembered seeing an ancient blessing ceremony to start the event which involved the food offering, the sacrifice of a rooster, ngajat performance, Iban war dance, and much loved by attendees for sure - tuak, Sarawak's home-brewed rice wine. It's not just about a tattoo - more like an exhibition of culture. Really superb... I'm still smiling just by thinking about those days!

Anyhow, I've missed attending the second Borneo International Tattoo Convention in 2007 due to work and the ~~over-protective boyfriend~~ location of the convention (held in Sibu). Until then, I've been waiting for the next tattoo convention and hopefully will be located somewhere around Kuching this time.

Thank you to Sarawak Bloggers for the opportunity - Gathering Of Tribes 2011 was held at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) on January 14 - 16.