The Borneo Post

Orang Ulu dinner to celebrate Women’s Day, Gawai Dayak

- By Jacqueline Raphael reporters@theborneop­ost.com

MIRI: The Women’s Section of the Federation of Orang Ulu Associatio­n Malaysia ( Forum) will be holding a special dinner gathering at Dynasty Hotel tomorrow.

According to its chairlady who is also a political secretary to the chief minister, Kijan Toynbee, the gathering aimed to celebrate Women’s Day and Gawai Dayak.

“Although Internatio­nal Women’s Day was last March, I believe it is never too late to celebrate the contributi­ons of women around the world,” she said.

The gathering scheduled to commence at 6.30pm is expected to be attended by guest of honour Telang Usan Assemblyma­n Dennis Ngau.

“We are expecting about 300 guests that night and we have planned various programmes to make the gathering livelier,” said Kijan.

She added that the programmes for the night included cowboy dance, sunshine dance, ‘ River of Babylon’ performanc­e as well as traditiona­l dances such as ‘arang kadang’, ‘ngajat’ and ‘leko biat’.

“There will also be poco-poco dance which guests can join in, karaoke sessions and lucky draws offering attractive prizes,” she said.

Tickets for the dinner at RM50 each or RM500 per table are still on sale and to purchase them, contact Kijan at 019- 8145776.

Although Internatio­nal Women’s Day was last March, I believe it is never too late to celebrate the contributi­ons of women around the world. Kijan Toynbee, Forum chairlady

 ??  ?? (Seated second row from fourth left) Mardiah and Margaret in a photo call with participan­ts of the skills training programme.
(Seated second row from fourth left) Mardiah and Margaret in a photo call with participan­ts of the skills training programme.

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