Borneo Gawai - Kaamatan Virtual Run

Borneo Gawai  - Kaamatan Virtual Run
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JUNE BIGGEST FESTIVAL IN BORNEO
The Gawai Dayak & Tadau Ke’amatan Harvest Festival in Borneo

Celebrated with enthusiasm across the island, the festival in Borneo is a multi-day harvest festival held on May 30th to honor the island's indigenous people.
The Festival  translates to "Harvest Day"; however, celebrations can last for a month! 

Weddings are deliberately scheduled in June to take advantage of Harvest Festival. The term indigenous people including the Kadazan, Bajau, Iban, Bidayuh, Kayan, Kenyah, Kelabit, Murut and over 200 other tribes which once roamed Borneo, sometimes relieving unsuspecting traders of their heads.

Although steeped in headhunting traditions of the past, the only head removed these days during the festival belongs to a chicken sacrificed to honor a successful rice harvest.

Harvest Festival  is to Borneo's proud indigenous tribes. More than just a kitschy demonstration of indigenous culture for tourists (although there is some of that), the festival is celebrated with genuine joy and enthusiasm — an occasion for weddings and joyous family reunions.
Gawai Dayak in Modern Times
Forget the romanticized stereotypes — not all of Borneo's indigenous people still live in longhouses or choose to don a traditional costume during the festival. You'll see far more baseball caps worn on heads than hornbill feathers these days.
Many Borneoan have moved from their rural homes into the cities in search of work. Urban Borneoan communities may choose to celebrate their holiday simply by taking time off work — a rare occasion — to visit family outside of the city.
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GAWAI-KE’AMATAN JUNE VIRTUAL RUN | 6KM+
WALK-JOG-RUN ANYWHERE, ANYTIME
** results from Treadmill and Walk combined acceptable

STEP 1: REGISTER FOR EVENT
Register Now to 29/06/2019. You can immediately email your combined/total results once completed to [email protected] 

STEP 2: JUST RUN NOW TO 29/06/2019
Run Anytime, Anywhere. No Matter Your Pace, Just Run and Be Happy!
(Complete the challenge/run/walk using a GPS-enabled running app, sport wearable/device or treadmill to track your walk/jog/run at anywhere and anytime during the event period)
** combination of results from other Event Race / Run acceptable

STEP 3: SUBMIT
Email your 6KM+ total combined record to [email protected]

STEP 4: OOHAA! Get Reward 
Thank you for your support. You just burned awesome calories!!!

This is an online event. An Online event is a challenge or run that allows you to run or walk anywhere around the world during the event period – no specific starting time or starting place, alone or with friends and even at another run!


RACE PACK COLLECTION

For paid event only: 

Runners’ entitlement will be sent out after the run period ends (30/06/19). For other ASEAN and International Participants, estimated delivery time is 7 - 14 business days. In other countries, it may take up to 10 - 21 business days.


REGISTRATION ENDS AT

29 June, 2019 11:59 PM (GMT +08:00)



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