01/06/2025

ON SUNDAY JUNE 1, 2025 theSunday Special III

Selamat Ari Gawai ngagai semua bala ari menoa Sarawak, enda ngira dini alai endur kitak diau aram sama bersengkik ke segelas tuak serta manjung sama-sama Oohhhhhaaa!.”

Sahzy

For Sahzy, a Kuching-born artist, Gawai is also a day of remembrance.

Sahzy and friends at his hometown, Sebuyau for Gawai.

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Sahzy with other fellow artists at an art event in conjunction with the Gawai celebration.