Silver Dayak clerk week or a number-25 was held. This is an ethnic Dayak ritual of thanksgiving for having successfully harvesting rice for a year. Dayak Silver clerk Week was officially opened by Governor of West Kalimantan Cornelis.
"Dayak clerk has actually been maintained for hundreds of years ago, but just the last few years carried out with great fanfare," Cornelis said on the sidelines of the opening weekend at home clerk Shopping Dayak Silver Long Pontiac, Thursday (20/05/2010).
According to Cornelis, clerk does not only belong to ethnic Dayak Dayak, but belongs to all ethnic groups in West Kalimantan. "Do not, because different cultures and we'll keep his distance. Let's get a success all the nuances of cultural events aimed at attracting international tourists to visit the ordinance," he said.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Board of Dayak Adat Kalbar, Thadeus Yus said the clerk Dayak be implemented as a thanksgiving after the harvest of rice which has been successful both for the upcoming planting season.
"Clerk Dayak itself has become a tourist calendar Kalbar held annually on May 20, which is also used as tourist regional, national, and international," he said.
Chairman of the Committee clerk Dayak Week 2010, Fabian Kasim said the clerk Dayak Silver in 2010, also attended by guests from the Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU).
He explained that the clerk Week Dayak Silver also enlivened by a carnival culture of ethnic Malays and Dayaks and others by taking a route starting from the front Sutoyo Road Shopping, Ahmad Yani, Teuku Umar, Gajah Mada University, then traveled to Veterans Road, Jalan Ahmad Yani , Tugu Digulists Tanjungpura University, and back to Jalan Sutoyo.
"There are dozens of floats depicting the diversity subsuku dikirab Dayaks in Kalimantan, which drive around the City of Pontiac to promote the richness of Dayak culture," said Kasim.
Moreover, continued Kasim, a week ahead of Dayak Week clerk will also be toned with various art events and competitions, such as the Dayak festival songs, dances typical of the Dayak and other ethnic groups in West Kalimantan, and enlivened with traditional sports competitions such as chopsticks and pangkak kazoos.
Despite displays the event with a rousing effort, but the committee's chairman admitted there are some areas can not participate in these activities because it was the election of the 2010-2015 period.