People dance and sing gleefully. Every household visits others. Some traditional rituals are conducted.
May is a special month for Dayak Kantuk tribe. In this month they celebrate “Makai Taun”.
Makai Taun is an annual festivity held to express gratitude for the harvest.
Makai Taun means food for a year. People wish the harvest would be sufficient for one year stock of rice.
Dayak Kantuk tribe gets harvest once a year as they still do an unsettled traditional farming. Most of them still plant inheritable seeds of grain rice.
Makai Taun is held about a week. Its peak is at May 20th. Every village dwelt by Dayak Kantuk tribe will celebrate it.
In this joviality, a certain ritual is held to bestow the seed of grain rice which will be sown for next planting season.*
