Gawai Mood on the Air

Gawai mood on the air…

I have this kind of mood when Gawai Festival is approaching..

There is still one week to go…

The mood symptom I call it, in order to celebrate the upcoming season is making new hair style. There you go, usually our mothers, aunty, me myself, young and old ‘busy’ to find a saloon to make new hair style. Not just at home, we in the office also talking about which new hair style compatible to celebrate this wonderful festival..Include me which I wish for new color for my hair before Gawai Day. Typical me.

Not just talking about new hair style but also the dress for berGawai. I manage to buy some from online. Things get easy and no need to join the crowd at a pasar. These mood symptom again I call it look like every year tradition  as I see it. But from my husband perception, he not gonna need a new hair style or a new shirt. He is very easy man; wearing old shirt also can celebrate gawai as he said.

There is another perception become some people tradition, which is  bergawai is for happiness and jolly so you will drink tuak, (rice wine) alcohol, liquor what so ever like Bicardi they name it BAKA DIK (Look like you).Some of them even use a bowl..but up to them if they have an ability to drink like that.But I just hate when people is Drink, drink until get drunk and become crazy. I see from friend’s wall, some are get drunk until poo poo in tha pant. Holy crazy.. Don’t they ever wonder what outsider even think of this kind of attitude? It is a big mistake in the culture. Nila setitik rosak susu sebelanga. Actually, if they ever ask their forefather a meaning of Gawai ? Our family opinion about Gawai Day is a mark of being grateful to GOD for a wonderful harvest.You can drink a little of tuak to seal a Gawai Day. I think a harvest is not in form of paddy rice harvesting, other form like being grateful for your success also can celebrate Gawai. Like me myself, even though I am not plant and harvest paddy rice but I have harvest something in my life, I also can celebrate ber gawai. For sure, it is a season of happiness and jolly and celebrates together with among family members, but not a season for you to become a kaki botol. Parents are waiting for your coming.

Another symptom of celebration of this season is packing. There you go; normally it took me early as 1 week before to pack before balik kampong.

Some mothers prepare early some kueh like roti jala, roti chuan. These are dried roti and can be stored a month in aluminum tin. When talking about food, I always thinking to cook for ayam pansoh, kueh penyaram ( Mexican hat) and upa panto(jungle shoot vegetable) and chicken mixed with upa pisang ( banana shoot). I am looking forward to serve my pengabang (visitor )with open heart. I also drink tuak, just a little to seal a day.Sometime the naughty people push rather hard for you to drink, but you know your own ability.They just  want to be naughty with you at this wonderful season, but you know when the kidding thing should be stop!  Sometime good tradition being misunderstaning, like when you visit our long house it is compulsory to greet people with tuak when you at the first step at the ruai mean they really welcome you and want you to be part of the celebration,drink a little just to show kind of respect and culture..If you want to drink much, as your wish then..

Until then, happy bergawai mood. Gawai song on the air by hitz.fm..1 Malaysia sungguh..

There is another bad symptom before this wonderful day is coming; I feel sore throat today and I feel my body is sometimes hot and cold. We experienced hot weather here...and short raining on an evening.

Gawai song on the air. Like it.