Gawai Dayak celebration is coming soon but i will able to go back to kampung (village) due to no holidays. So, seems i will celebrate Gawai alone with friends that don't even know what is Gawai.. huhuuhu..
Not celebrating Gawai means no tuak drinking this year. Tuak is a kind of wine rice that must be served during Gawai (and other occasions too such as wedding and any occasions that Ibans need to entertain visitors). It is usually served on Gawai Day to symbolize long living. Tuak is known as ai pengayu (water that can lenghten life).
Just made tuak (after 2 weeks)Making of Tuak:
For every 5 Kg of glutinous rice you will need 5 kg of round 'ragi'(yeast) and 5 pieces of thin slice ragi. (round ragi for bitterness, slice ragi for sweetness). Glutinous rice is cooked and left to cool in a 'tapan' or any flat utensils. The yeast are pounded into powder and mixed with the rice after it has cool. This mixture is then left to ferment in any clean container (jar) for a week or so.
Cool, boiled water plus sugar(syrup) is added to this mixture. (10 kg sugar for 20 liters of water)
p/s: miss the taste of tuak and its palau (drunk) effect
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Helo, Akuk Cikgu Mohd Taib ari menua betong. Akuk datai ari melaka. Sapa nama nuan? Ari ni penatai nuan?
ReplyDeleteTaun tu' akuk bergawai di Dewan Sukan Tan Sri Dato Amar Stephen Kalong,
Betul ke tu? Kita jadi guru kerana ada panggilan berbakti demi pertiwi. Sebagai guru kita tidak mungkin akan kaya tapi kita puas.
HIDUP BERBAKTI.
Hi Elen,
ReplyDeleteI happened to stumble upon your blog while doing some research on Bunga Terung.
I enjoy reading your blog. I am 1/2 iban and I am trying to learn everything about being an Iban.
Recently I had a pantang on my back and it's a bunga terung to symbolise my iban background and underneath it i had my surname written in Nepalese Script because my husband is Iban.
I hope you post more about the iban heritage so that I can learn more about them and teach them to my kids when I have them in the future.
thanks for the comments..
ReplyDeletenama utai ka betul nya cikgu taib? tp betul kta jadi cikgu untuk berbakti kepada anak bangsa.. awak ke sida ya pandai serta menyana dudi ari ilak..
if time permits, i will post more in this blog. to make it easier, anyone can suggest topic of interest so i can write it here...
congrats for your pantang. i hope i will make one in the future.