Last Dec, kat kampung my father we have a celebration called Gawai Antu (in Iban) which means macam kenduri untuk memperingati orang yang dah meninggal ...and it can only be done once bagi setiap orang yang meninggal tu. This event selalu nya diraikan 3 hari 2 malam ....This time, dalam family kitorang, we hold the memorial utk my late grandmother and my aunt (my dad's sister-in-law). FYI, kedua-dua nie meninggal masa aku kat UK, and selang 10 hari of each other. Anyway, i am sure korang tak pernah tengok celebration kat rumah panjang kan ...so here are some of the photos ...
This is the view of our "ruai" - the common varandah. The one in blue t-shirt is my sister, Elizabeth. She is sitting next to my grandmother's tombstone - sebab kalau ikut kepercayaan, you cannot leave it unattended. Ruai still kosong takde orang sebab nie awal lagi ...tetamu dan sedara mara belum sampai lagi
This is a photo of my mum (in purple tee), my fav aunty (middle) and my dad's aunt...
My dad (in striped t-shirt) ...masa nie ada a group of tetamu datang to pay last respect for my grandmother...ada speech siap ...
This was taken late at night - again sebab cannot leave the tombstone unattended, a bunch of my relatives sat there talking, drinking and sembang-sembang till pagi ....macam pesta, sebab semua org buat cam gitu ....
2 comments:
First time tgk rumah panjang...memang panjang betul. Semua bilik memanjang or rumah with few bilik inside? Kitchen share ke?
ye lah first time tgk, kalau kite pergi swak boleh pergi ke?...tapi modern lah kan bukan rumah papan kan...ade ke dlm rumah panjang tu yg muslim macam engkau or are they all mainly christian or ape?
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