ETHNIC BEAUTY PAGEANT MISS CULTURAL HARVEST FESTIVAL 2020

17th April 2020

The beauty pageant was introduced in 1999 and unlike the traditional Kumang Gawai where the contestants are of the Dayak community; ethnic beauty pageant is open to all single ladies of any race and nationalities.

The open application to all single ladies of any race and nationalities is to encourage and attract the interest and participation of non-Dayak to celebrate in a festival that has traditionally associated with the Dayak community only.

The Organiser has always been looking for a woman of quality and substance as the winners of the pageant. The winner must have the grace and poise, articulate with a sound knowledge of Sarawak and its tourism related subjects.

Besides physical attractiveness, the winner must also possess a friendly disposition, charm and the confident for she could be our tourism ambassador.

Previous winners were Rowena Awa Ngumbang (1999), Shahida (2000), Fairozita Ramli (2001), Sharifah Norzuridah (2002), Farhana Zainal (2003), Marcella Shareen (2004), Easther Agatha Jitom (2005), Raden Ira Faraniza (2006), Hazel Desmond (2007), Pearlycia Brooke (2008), Jenet Bennet (2009) Ummu Khansa Romainoor (2010), Suljirina Lucas (2011) Magrina Awing George (2012), Rosalind Sajah (2013) Stephanie Johari (2014), Jean Seymour Harry (2015), Trisdewi Trisno (2016), Shastaclaire Drickerson (2017), Melinda Peter Jinap (2018) and, Tamira Lallemand the reigning beauty queen.

MUSICAL DRAMA – RAJA SEBRAH & THE GOLDEN BAMBOO

18th April 2020

One of the highlights of SHFF is the musical drama, which has so far received rave reviews from both the media and audiences. The obvious uniqueness that whf theme plays have are the fact that the stage will be the whole village itself, and the entire play will envelop the guests in live theatrical scenes.

The three Dayak communities’ legends will take turns in being featured in SHHF’s musical dramas, and following last year’s Bisaya musical drama and the Iban the year before that, it is now the turn for the Bidayuh community to have one of their legends re-enacted.

This year musical drama entitled “Raja Sebrah & The Golden Bamboo” will tell the story of Raja Sebrah and his beloved wife journey of everlasting love. 

Sarawak cultural village has so far succeeded in staging 22 musical dramas, “Simanggeng” (1996), “Agan Tadun” (1997), “Battle Of Bukit Sadok” (1998), “Sibauk” (1999), “Coming Of The Gods” (2000), “Belawan Bureing-Hercules Of Keliman River” (2001), “Manggeng” (2002), The Legacy Of Simpang-Impang (2003), Agan Tadun Ii (2004), Wek Jongan (2005), “Rentap-Battle Of Bukit Sadok” (2006), “Belawan Burieng” (2007), “Panglima Kulow” (2008) , “Simpang Impang 2” (2009), “Batang Arong & The Sky Goddess – When Love Hunts For Magic” (2010), “Selanting Kuning & The Dragon King” (2011),  The Adventure Of Keling & Kumang” (2012), “The Fish Princess: A Highlander Love Story” (2013) “Sibauk & The Magic Golden Seeds” (2014), “Kumang” (2015),  “Dayang Bulan: The Moon Princess” (2016),  “Tra Tra Land ~ Where Honey Sparkles” (2017), “Rentap ~ The Untold Story” (2018) and last year’s “Dang Buncu ~ The Mystical beauty of Bukid Batu Barit”

SAPE WORLD CONCERT

18th April 2020

For Sape enthusiasts, there will be a Sape concert staged on the night of 18th April 2020 in the SCV Theatre. This concert will feature Sape amateur players compete on performing with Sarawak’s most iconic musical instrument. This concert will feature Sape traditional and fusion music by international musicians as well as Sape’ workshop at day time.

This festival was introduced and held mainly to preserve and maintain the originality and uniqueness of Orang Ulu traditional music from Sarawak and Malaysia in general, at both the national and international level.

Sape is one of the Orang Ulu’s identities and can become a tourist attraction for the state and Malaysia.