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Gawai
Gawai may refer to: * Gawai, A village in Chitwan, Nepal * Gawai Dayak ''Gawai Dayak'', ''Ari Gawai'' or ''Andu Gawai'' is a form of harvest festival celebrated on 1 and 2 June annually in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is observed annually on the month of June b ..., annual festival celebrated by the Dayak people in Sarawak, Malaysia See also * Gavai, a surname {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gawai Dayak
''Gawai Dayak'', ''Ari Gawai'' or ''Andu Gawai'' is a form of harvest festival celebrated on 1 and 2 June annually in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is observed annually on the month of June by the Dayak people, Dayak ethnic groups to mark the end of the rice harvesting season and gratitude for all the blessings, harmony, sustenance and luck the tribe has received. The festival is also celebrated by Dayaks in neighbouring West Kalimantan, Indonesia on the other date, although it is still not recognised a public holiday by the republic, as well as other Dayak (particularly Iban and Bidayuh) diaspora all around Malaysia, Indonesia and abroad. The festival is celebrated with various symbolic decoration and family and other social gatherings activities such as beauty pageants of ''Pekit Kumang'' (Dayak/Iban female), ''Dayung Sangon'' (Bidayuh female), ''Keligit'' (Orang Ulu female) and Miss Cultural Harvest Festival (female), ''Pek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitwan
Chitwan District (, , ) is one of seventy-seven districts of Nepal, and takes up the southwestern corner of Bagmati Province. Bharatpur, largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, is its administrative centre. It covers , and in 2011 had a population of 579,984 (279,087 male and 300,897 female) people. Bharatpur is the commercial and service centre of South Central Nepal and a major destination for higher education, health care and transportation in the region. Chitwan lies in the Terai region of Nepal. It is in the drainage basin of the Gandaki River and is roughly triangular, taking that river as its meandering northwestern border, and a modest watershed border, with India, as the basis of its southern limit. Local government: Bharatpur Metropolitan, Rapti Municipality, Ratnanagar Municipality, Kalika Municipality, Khairahani Municipality, Madi Municipality, Ikshyakamana Gaupalika History The district takes its name from the Chitwan Valley, one of Nepal's Inner Terai valleys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
