KUCHING: The second World Harvest Festival was celebrated at the Sarawak Cultural Village (SCV) near here with cultural workshops, concerts, food and crafts exhibitions and competitions.
The main attraction of the day was the first round of tasks set for contestants battling it out for the title of Iron Man.
In the tasks, designed to test their strength and skill, the 10 contestants competed in carting 50kg gunny sacks of rice in wheelbarrows across a lawn.
Each contestant had to wheel 10 sacks, two at a time.
They were then tested on their blowpipe shooting skills before having to roll a 160kg tyre across a certain distance.
Over the next two days of the festival, the contestants competed in other feats of strength including carrying containers filled with water, throwing gunny sacks of rice, water rafting, dehusking coconuts and chopping wood.
Other highlights of the festival included the Miss Fair and Lovely beauty pageant, a theme play based on the legendary Iban hero Rentap and international cultural concerts featuring artistes from Malaysia, China, Indonesia and Thailand.
The three-day festival last week was organised by the SCV and the state Urban Development and Tourism Ministry to celebrate the traditions of rice harvesting in the region.
The main attraction of the day was the first round of tasks set for contestants battling it out for the title of Iron Man.
In the tasks, designed to test their strength and skill, the 10 contestants competed in carting 50kg gunny sacks of rice in wheelbarrows across a lawn.
Each contestant had to wheel 10 sacks, two at a time.
They were then tested on their blowpipe shooting skills before having to roll a 160kg tyre across a certain distance.
Over the next two days of the festival, the contestants competed in other feats of strength including carrying containers filled with water, throwing gunny sacks of rice, water rafting, dehusking coconuts and chopping wood.
Other highlights of the festival included the Miss Fair and Lovely beauty pageant, a theme play based on the legendary Iban hero Rentap and international cultural concerts featuring artistes from Malaysia, China, Indonesia and Thailand.
The three-day festival last week was organised by the SCV and the state Urban Development and Tourism Ministry to celebrate the traditions of rice harvesting in the region.
Source: The Star
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