Which one??:Kumang Bidayuh or Dayung Bidayuh for Ethnic Beauty Pageant Title !!

DAYUNG IYANG -SIKASUN RAYA.( Biatah Area) 

Since "KUMANG " is The Mother Goddess of Ibans. & 'Dayung' means girl in Bidayuh.

After the 1st Kumang Gawai Beauty Pageant in 1960s. The "Kumang" is synonym with Iban Ethnic Beauty Pageant ..The Kumang is a Legendary .The meaning is not just a "Girl" or "Induk Iban".Kumang name is a legend by its history .

In Fact,the Bidayuh has a sub-tribe & different dialect..to chose the right TITLE when involve the Beauty Pageant of Bidayuh outside the sub-ethnic origin is a "Crucial" ..but to putting the TITLE as a "DAYUNG" rather than KUMANG will reflect the true identity of the Bidayuh itself.

Dayung Bidayuh or Dayung Bi Dayeh ..maybe the most closer..when the pageant held outside Kuching( In fact,Bidayuh are origin from Kuching  (Lundu, Bau, Penrissen, Padawan, Siburan and Serian.)& West Kalimantan)

The "Bidayuh Ethnic Beauty Pageant Title " means"BEAUTIFUL BIDAYUH GIRL" by the sub-tribe  & location : 

KUCHING AREA( Beautiful Bidayuh Girl for Beauty  Pageant Title)/:-
1)Dayung Pimaguh for Bisapuq 

2)Dayung  Iyang for Biatah 

3) Dayung Timegen /Timungun//Temengun for Serian((Pesta Berumuh)
4) Dayung Sangon for Bau. 
5) Dayung Biskora(Sikora)(Skora) for Bisingai. 


The other meaning of Dayung.........
1) Dayung Borih  for Jagoi( Priestess ) 
2) Dayung Boris -Priestess(Maidens of Gawai Festival)
3) Dayung Bi Dayeh for Org Asal Tanah. (People of the Land)


OUTSIDE KUCHING AREA( Beautiful Bidayuh Girl for Beauty  Pageant Title)/:-
1)Kumang Bidayuh-Miri Divisional Gawai Dayak.
2) Dayung Temengun -Bintulu Divisional Gawai Dayak.
3) Dayung Skora-Sri Aman Divisional Gawai Dayak
4) Kumang Gawai for Tembawang Tampun /Tampun Juah Mongkos(Tebedu)-Bunan, ( West Kalimantan )

5) Kumang Bidayuh for Borneo Hornbill Festival KL by Warisan Sarawak.

Kumang Bidayuh @ Borneo Hornbill Festival KL (from 2009-2011) at MATIC (Malaysia Tourism Centre ,Jalan Ampang.

Kumang Bidayuh (Delimda) @Borneo Hornbill Festival KL 2011
 at MATIC(Malaysia Tourism Centre Jln Ampang)

Kumang Bidayuh (Joan ) @Borneo Hornbill Festival KL 2010
 at MATIC(Malaysia Tourism Centre Jln Ampang)
Photo credit:WARISAN SARAWAK KL
The Star (July 31,2010)
Also read: Joan's life as a Kumang!!

LEFT: Kumang Bidayuh ( Cherry Ying Ying Abel   ) @Borneo Hornbill Festival KL 2009
 at MATIC(Malaysia Tourism Centre Jln Ampang)
Photo credit:WARISAN SARAWAK KL

                        And she wins again in year 2010 as  ‘Dayung Sikora’‘

The Star July 29,2010  

Cherry Ying Ying Abel was crowned as a ‘Dayung Sikora’‘
Gawai(Bidayuh) beauty pageant during Gawai Carnival Redeems 2010