Kelab Gagung Sibu Sarawak to organise its first anniversary celebration
KAPIT: Kelab Gagung Sibu Sarawak ( KGS) will hold its first anniversary celebration tentatively on March 18 this year. The venue for the gathering is either at Lake Garden, Permai Jaya Sibu or at RH Hotel.
This was disclosed by the club’s chairman Jabang Juntan who is an administrative officer at Kanowit District Office during the club’s committee meeting recently.
He said that the committee has appointed ASP Johnson Nuing as the organising chairman for the celebration. Other members of the organising committee are Raphael Ampi, Edwin Maring, Liba Bulik, Sammy Ngelambai, Martin Bilun, Samuel Albert Tegap and Steven Ron.
There are also sub- committees for stage and entertainment headed by Edwin Maring, competition committee headed by Martib Bilun, teresang committee ( Entili Geraji and Sammy Ngelambai), prizes and souvenir ( Samuel Albert Tegap and Liba Bulik) and entertainment led by ASP Johnson.
Jabang also said that the club has been registered with the Registrar of Society ( ROS) under the name Kelab Gagung Sibu Sarawak ( KGS) on 3 March 2016.
“We are now a lawfully registered club with a distinctive logo and we have the constitution as our guideline and this means we have no fear of carrying out our activities” said Jabang who congratulated all the members for their effort and support to make the club moving forward.
To date the club has more than 70 registered members who are from various districts and divisions throughout the state.
Since its formation on 15 December 2015, the club has carried out several activities including taking part in several official government functions held in various parts of the state last year.
The formation of ‘Kelab Gagung Sibu Sarawak’ among other things, is to preserve the Iban culture and traditional Iban warrior costumes/vest known as ‘gagung’ which includes the headgear ( ketapu silong or lelanjang).
It also serves as a platform for the members to standardise the warrior costumes and to stick to the Dayak Iban ‘gagung’ identity without having to blend it with the other communities’ accessories and headgear especially those from the Orang Ulu.