Sarawak Culture PELAH HAWA Traditional Kayan Wedding

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Kayan Wedding Preparations

General Preparations

As elsewhere in Sarawak, during festivities and celebrations, longhouse people communally work to decorate the longhouse. It is common to see the peng' hud hanged along the gallery (ruai) of the longhouse and staked along the road leading to the amin of the wedding couple and also around the food preparation areas.

The peng' hud is a traditional decoration made from the process of shaving wood from the rubber tree. In Long Bemang this decoration was in abundance and extending to the stage where the wedding took place. Coconut leaves were woven together and also used as decorations on the stage. The atmosphere was jovial during preparations, and from time to time women and men who would play pranks on each other, like rubbing soot onto the faces of friends and relatives alike.