There’s quite a big community of biRayang people working or studying in the Klang Valley. Although we’re all busy with our own commitments, we do meet once a while on long weekends, public holidays or during occassions such as birthday parties and BBQ sessions, etc.
To participate, kindly contact the designated persons or purchase online here.
MIRI: A web portal, www.bidayuh.info (bidayuh.info), set up by members of the Bidayuh community, will be holding its sixth annual gathering and family day on Dec 27 and 28 in conjunction with the coming Christmas holidays.The two-day event will take place at Rayan Deer Farm-Stay in Kampung Segong, Singgai, Bau near Kuching.
According to bidayuh.info chairman James Douglas, among programmes planned for the event are barbecue, fun games, ice-breaking session, selling of bidayuh.info merchandises, photography by professional photographers, karaoke and lucky draws.
The participants will also be brought to tour the Rayan Deer Farm-Stay where they will go jungle trekking and also get to feed the deer.
It was learnt through oral history that the original Luga bloodline descended to Sumang anak Buhod, my father’s late mum. The Luga clan travelled from Bugau then moved to Tembawang Tampun, West Kalimantan of Borneo. They migrated to Semabang (now Gahat), only later to split into two sub-clans that resettled at Tesu and Seroban. Roughly in the 1900′s or maybe earlier, the Seroban splinter relocated further to Rayang. Long before the inception of the name “Rayang” it was earlier known as reyu(saliva) after a “salivating” rock that made the Rayang river.
During Datuk Patinggi Mohd Najib, the Deputy PM’s visit to DBNA headquarters, one of the attraction that grabbed everyone’s attention was a couple of gigantic Bidayuh drums called Sebang.
During the recent working visit to Sarawak, YAB Datuk Patinggi Mohd Najib awarded an RM4 million windfall to Dayak Bidayuh National Association (DBNA) headquarters at Jalan Ong Tiang Swee, Kuching.
