Gawai Dayak (Iban)

Gawai Dayak is a celebration that is celebrated by most of the population in Sarawak, such as Land Dayak and Sea Dayak. Dayak festival always being misunderstood as a day where people gather together to get drunk that will end with tragedy. This video will show people how Iban prepare for this meaningful festive to the counting down the 1st of June until the end of the celebration with the Ngiling Bidai. Through this video also we show that Gawai festival is a day to celebrate the gift that God have granted. The goal of this video is to clear the misunderstanding regarding Gawai Festival. The main reason for Gawai Festival is to thank God for the gift that are given to those who plant the paddy and the success of harvesting season. To collect the suitable video for this documentary, a few of long houses being visited to shot various scenes that are suitable for the documentary. Since the Gawai Festivals only happen once a year, there is a large constraint where the time are limited to once a year to collect all of the shots that are needed for the scenes. The project scope for this documentary the Gawai Festival preparation, the event that usually took place while waiting for the count down to the closing ceremony that will be held at the end the celebration. The final out come of the project are 5 to 10 minutes of documentary video that show the modern way of Gawai Festival being celebrated.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• gawai
• dayak
• iban
• sape
• taboh
• tabuh
• ngajat
• sarawak
• multimedia
• documentary
• michael
• jemat
• tuku
• kame

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