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Amazing Sarawak


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Gawai Dayak

Gawai Dayak in Sarawak is celebrated on the 1stand2ndof June. Like the Harvest Festival in Sabah, it is apublic as well as a private occasion. At festival times,

people like to return to the village for thecelebrations. A friend may be invited along to sharein the fun. Most Malaysian festivals include an openhouse. All guests are welcomed and fully

entertained.


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Family Room

Wait to be invited.

Visitors only enter family rooms when invited in, usually formeals.


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Proper Deportment

Much of the longhouse communitys social life takesplace on the floor. A person walking upright needs to

be conscious of those seated on mats. The usual wayis to walk with knees slightly bent, holding bothhands stiffly at the sides to prevent ones clothestouching other people. To move forward in a crowd,put out both hands, palm to palm, in a begging

attitude. Do not try this cross the road! It will notwork!


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Shoes

Generally, Malaysians remove their shoes beforeentering a house. The same applies here. If the hosts

walk around the verandah in shoes, visitors may doso. Never wear shoes to step on a mat, though.


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Sitting

Mats will be spread on the verandah for visitors to siton. Take off shoes and sit down gracefully. Men sitcross-legged. Women should tuck in their feet andpull their skirts sown over their knees. It will not doto have legs sprawling in all directions.


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The Walkway

The verandah of a longhouse may look like acommon village street, but the section opposite eachfamily is private property. The public thoroughfare isthe path along the front of all the family room doors.There, visitors may stroll up and down. If you wantto stop watch an interesting activity, you need to askpeoples permission before leaving the path and

joining them.


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Food

Some native food may seem strange to one not usedto it. If you are offered something, you should take alittle. If you really do not want any, touch the edge ofthe dish with one finger of your right hand to conveythe no, thank you message. Never sniff unfamiliarfood or drink.


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Reading for details.

Work with partner to complete the sentences below

1. Gawai Dayak is similar to..

2. An open house means.

3. Visitors are usually invited into the family rooms for4. To walk through a crowd, you need to

5. When seated on the mat, a female guest to a longhousemust.

6. Visitors are free to move about in the

7. To indicate that you do not want a dish offered to you,you should


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Understanding Meaning from Context

With the help of the clues, find words on the web page / slideswhich have the following meanings.

1. Special event (begins with o)-occasion2. For the use of everyone (ends with c) -public3. Ones own; personal ( a 7 letter word) - private

4. Outward behaviour and bodily attitude (ends with a 4 lettersuffix) - deportment5. Body of people living in the same place ( unity is part of it)-community1. Spreading out in a careless way (its fifth letter is w) -sprawling

2. Path open at both ends through which much traffic passes(rhymes with air) thoroughfare3. Belonging to a place (contains 3 different vowels) - native

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