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Selamat Gawai, Sinos. Ada tuak ka?
ReplyDeleteAll the very best to you & your family on this festive occasion, brother Sinos.
ReplyDeletewhat does "Gayu Guru, Gerai Nyamai" mean?
ReplyDeleteSinos brother, selamat ari gawai to you and all those who are celebrating gawai la.
ReplyDeleteGayu Guru, Gerai Nyamai actually means long life, health and prosperity in Iban language.
ReplyDeleteI take this opportunity to wish every one of you who are celebrating Gawai Dayak:
Selamat ari Gawai Dayak ngagai semua.
Ngarap ke semua Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai.
Salam 1Malaysia...hmmmm....come to think ;-) bila kita ada 2 Malaysia atau 3 Malaysia?? Cheers
Wishing All Our Dayak Classmates and Friends..
ReplyDeleteSELAMAT HARI GAWAI GAYU GURU GERAI NYAMAI
Selamat Gawai Dayak to all our brothers and friends, especially Sinos!
ReplyDeleteSelamat Hari Gawai Sinos and all celebrating this festival.
ReplyDeleteBTW, why is everyone only wishing Sinos?
Sinos where are you cdelebrating this Gawai?
Selamat Hari Gawai to Datuk Justin & family also ... and all else who are celebrating this festive occasion.
ReplyDeleteI think Sinos' home is Kg Seratau (15 mile)
ReplyDeleteIt was only on 27 September 1962, that the first Iban woman lawmaker (Dato Sri) Tra Zehnder proposed to the colonial government to declare June 1, as a Dayak Day and a holiday for Sarawak.
ReplyDeleteAfter Sarawak joined Malaysia on September, 25, 1964, Dayak Day was changed and gazetted as Hari Gawai Dayak.
To all my Dayak friends & classmates (males & females) - a Selamat Hari Gawai. Best Wishes.
ReplyDeleteOnly know 'nyamai' is 'song' in hokkien. 'Makai' is eat. 'Bisik' is have. 'Nadai' is none(no)
ReplyDeleteCan open tuition class for Iban lessons by Sinos leh.
Dear all friends,
ReplyDeleteActually, I sent e-mail invitation to some that I know their e-mail addresses and hopefully & also asked the recepients to pass it on to our friends, ex-classmates & schoolmates.
Our simple open-house was held on 1-6-2010 at my parents's house at Kpg. Seratau, 15th mile Kuching/Serian Road. Those we came over were Ah Loot, Anthony Chung & family, Bob Chew & friends and Felix Lim & bini. Ah Loot tooks some pixs of the day, traditional Bidayuh gawai dance ( with pretty dayung Bidayuh of Kpg. Seratau!!) and the food. Ah Loot, plse post the pixs to our WJ OK?
Anyway, many thanks for your gawai wishes & greetings. All the best to you guys...
Selamat Hari Gawai, Sramat Andu Gawai& I am just back to Siem Reap this morning !! ( 3-6-2010)
Ngirup kitai !!
Eh Tuan Sinos. Aiyah i missed it. Nevermind, there always next year.
ReplyDeleteNow at TMC.
Sinos, if I knew you're are celebrating I would make an effort to visit you. I have not been to a Bidayuh Gawai celeb. Anyway, there will always be another day. Sramat Andu Gawai (your dialect I guess) and hope you had a great one. Cheers
ReplyDeleteHi Gerad,
ReplyDeleteThanks. Well, God's willing, I will do it again next year...same time same place and we could coincide it with another mini-gathering again lah !!... What say you all?
Have a nice Sunday, ny friend.
Rgds,
OK Sinos. I'm with you there, bro. Cheers
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