Welcome to Sarawak!

The cultural dance performers representing the Sarawak state in Malaysia welcomes everybody who was on the spot witnessing this meaningful event that day, the celebration of Hari Malaysia (the Malaysia Day).  If I am not mistaken, the costume that she was wearing that day is the Iban traditional costume.

The performance portrayed costumes and daces of the different cultures and races in Sarawak.  We must say that they have really put in a lot of effort to make everything possible that night.

Almost all the audiences put on their red caps that has a 1Malaysia logo on it.  The patriotic spirit was so strong and could be easily be seen every where.

Accompanied by the wonderful music, the performers gave out their very best that night.  They must have gone through a lot of hard work and endless practices in order to dance as gracefully as they could be.

There was always a smile on their faces even though I’m sure it must have been pretty hot on the stage.  Not to mention the traditional items that they had to put on to fully show the specialty in each different culture.  Let’s give them a big round of applause.

The warmth and unity between different races and cultures were so strongly felt.  It was a feast to the eyes to be able to see these cultural performances because you don’t get to see them every day or whenever you like it.

And the feeling of unity is still being felt in our hearts every time we look at the pictures that we took and the videos that we recorded that night.

As a matter of fact, let’s feel the warmth and unity together through this video that we have captured.

The music started with the beginning of a famous song in Sarawak, Puteri Santubong (Princess Santubong).  Santubong is one of the most famous mountains in Sawarak. You can listen to the complete version of the song here.

If you listen carefully, the song actually tells a story about the princess. However, we still can’t figure out the whole picture of the story through the song lyrics because we don’t know the language well.  Nevertheless, it’s a nice song to listen to so hope you’ll enjoy it.  You might have heard it on TV before because we did.

There’s the smile again.  They are very good indeed.  Another round of applause for them again.

I hope I’m not wrong.  I think this is the Bidayuh’s traditional costume.  Am I correct?

I am not sure about this one.  Could anyone tell me?

Here are more pictures from the cultural performance.

He was wearing a hornbill as a decoration on his head.  Look, the feathers are big in size.  Some of them are in black and white stripes.

Performers representing the Chinese culture.

Some of their clothes are made of natural materials.

We’ve seen something similar to what this performer was wearing during our visit to the Sawarak Cultural Village.  If I am not mistaken, that is the Orang Ulu’s traditional costume.

Can you name the different races in the picture above?

Working hard and giving their best.

During the performance, there was a singer who delivered some songs about Sawarak, entertaining the entire audience.

Coming up next, is the dance performance from Kuala Lumpur representing the whole Peninsular Malaysia.
Jangan ke mana-mana! (Don’t go anywhere!)