Sunday, 25 August 2013

Sarawak's Lun Bawang Festival - IRAU ACO LUN BAWANG


This festival is the largest gathering of the Lun Bawang community at any one place in Sarawak. It is traditionally a celebration of the rice harvest but now it showcases a variety of Lun Bawang (an Orang Ulu sub-grop) culture in Lawas; the northernmost town of Sarawak.
Lun Bawang Bamboo flute band (nguip suling) Sarawak Malaysia Borneo
This event takes place end of May every year.  Their counterparts; the Lun Dayeh from Sabah are also invited to the festival.

You will be entertained with the the community's cultural dances, 'nguip suling' (bamboo flute band), 'angklung' performance, and also modern day band performance. There are handicrafts and traditional Lun Bawang cuisines for sale and telematches; traditional and modern.
 
 

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