Beauty of DAYAK

The Sarawak Bidayuh dance is usually performed after the harvest season as a form of entertainment for guests of the longhouse. The movements of the dancers with outstretched hands imitate the movements of the eagles as they flap their wings in flight.

Bidayuh women dancing during the Gawea @ Gawai Dayak.

Different Bidayuh Costumes for Different Bidayuh Area.

Two Sarawak Biidayuh priestesses conduct a ceremony in the paddy field by sacrificing a white cockerel.

The most popular and in great demand is the “Kasah” ...is suitable for floor decoration as it strong and durable and lasting. The “Kasah” is made of durable thin strip of durable "segah emas" rattan and weaved together with beaten tree barks.

kiromboi musical ‘rain-makers’ Made using a pair of edible kiromboi paddy snail shells and played with a bamboo stick, such ‘rainmakers’ are based on a local legend where a prolonged drought was ended when frog like calls were played en-masse.

Berinchoyo bamboo transverse flutes These playable flutes are made from baloi bamboo and are played by both men and women. The upper third of the flute is decorated with buti’ dawe’ tiko (edible fern shoot motifs), using the bamboo whittling technique.