It was a colourful display of dance, drama and dynamics as close to 3,000 participants from 100 contingents took to the streets of Kuching for the Mardi Gras- style Niti Daun Gawai parade.

Tourists as well as locals watched the procession consisting of dance troupes, a cavalcade of decorated chariots and colourful mobile daises depicting the indigenous themes of the Dayaks – largely the Iban, Bidayuh and the upriver Orang Ulu communities...