Mamalamai Tokou Do Tadau Tagazo

Rough translation of the above post title - "Let's come together and celebrate on this festive occasion!"

A few more days before the Pesta Gawai and Kaamatan at Butterworth. I'm excited because this is the first event that I helped to organise. All preparation for the charity dinner is done and all that left is for the day to come.

Traditional costume checked. Practice for the traditional dance checked. Makeup and hairdo booking of course checked!..haha. 

In order to support the event, I've also join the traditional costume contest and I'll be wearing the Rungus tribe attire. 

The indoor stage banner is designed and printed by Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad. I would highly recommend this company because their service and pricing are definitely awesome.

One of the cultural performances will be Magunatip or Bamboo Dance. It is one of the most popular traditional dances from Sabah. We're getting ready for our final practice here.

The trophies for the traditional singing and costume contest. Since I'm in the traditional costume contest, I might have the chance to get me one of those shiny trophies..Haha..

In my next post, I will be posting on the event night.

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Sayang Kinabalu all the Way from Penang

Tinggi-tinggi Gunung Kinabalu

Tinggi lagi sayang sama kamu

Biru biru hujung Kinabalu tengok dari jauh

Hati saya rindu…

Excerpt from the song 
'Sayang Kinabalu' 
by Kimin Mudin

So it’s been, I don’t know….about 8 years??, since I Iast celebrate Kaamatan in my hometown. Yes, hati saya rindu…I miss Kaamatan festival.

Luckily Sabah and Sarawak community are growing here in west Malaysia and for this year we the Gabungan Anak Borneo have the opportunity to host Gawai and Kaamatan festival in Penang.  

Gabungan AnaK Borneo (GAB) is a small association comprises fellow Sabahan and Sarawakian living in peninsula Malaysia, particularly in Penang. Apart from organizing futsal and badminton tournaments, for the first time GAB will be hosting Gawai and Kaamatan fundraising dinner. The event will take place on 1^st May 2017 from 6pm to 10.30pm at Creative Ballroom, Butterworth. The profit from the event will be given to support orphans and children in shelter.

There will be cultural performances from Sabah and Sarawak, singing and traditional attire competition. There will also be lucky draw with prizes from our kind supporters.  

So I was given the responsibility to design T-shirt for sale during the event. The theme of course traditional design of Sabah and Sarawak. Adult T-shirt is RM25.00 and for children size RM14.00 only.

DESIGN 1 - BORNEO UNITED

DESIGN 2 - ANAK BORNEO

For those interested to come for the dinner or order the above T-shirt contact the number below or leave a comment here.

 

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