Above : Layout of Bandar Sri Aman poster beside bus station

Simanggang (Today Bandar Sri Aman（斯里阿曼) is a market town and port on the Lupar River  halfway between Kuching and Sarikei, it is situated in one of the few major agricultural areas of Sarawak and is  a trade center for timber, oil palm, rubber, and pepper.
 

Looking out from my hotel room is Batang Lupar River. It flows gracefully and silently since time immoral. Seem  no one remember the historical events that ever took place here. Let My Love flow like a river eternally.

Bus station. Bus services mainly provided Sarawak Transport Company Bhd.  The bus station is just opporsit the General Hospital across the road.

Gawai Dayak (Dayak Festivel) falls on 1st of June annually. It a day for all Iban peoplein Sarawak to celebrate the end of the harvest season. In tradition , Dayak people  will return their own longhouse (village) to celebrate Gawai Day with their families. Gawai Dayak in Sarawak is similar to Harvest Festival in Sabah. In the festival etnics celebrate their own harvest festival with a big feast at night which last till the next morning. Many local Sarawakien have taken up Christiannity. The Dayaks nowadays go to church on Gawai Day to attend a special mass to thank God for the good harvest..

Gawai Dayak public holiday usually spanning 3 days (1-3rd June). These 3 days I was in Sri Aman.

More about Gawai Dayak : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawai_Dayak

Gawai Dayak Dinner 2008 in Bandar Sri Aman

Highlights of a Gawai Dayak include a beauty pageant, cultural dances and rituals. Every Gawai Dayak, a beauty pageant is held to choose the festival beauty queen.