Feast of Harvest (Mencaq Undat) is one of the Dayak Kenyah tradition that has lasted down through generations since yore. Procession Mencaq Undat who assembled at the inauguration of Lamin Amin Bioq New Ritan, Tabang, Kukar, it's really festive. Hundreds of dancers welcome the Governor of East Kalimantan and Plt Sekkab Yurnalis Ngayoh Kukar HM Aswin and his entourage.
Yurnalis Ngayoh and Aswin was greeted with a raft being paraded wearing decorated with wood shavings of red and white. They were taken surrounded by a fence pretty girls Dayak Kenyah with musical accompaniment and sound of gongs, create the splendor of welcome.
After the evening hospitality and the inauguration of Lamin Bioq Amin, was given a souvenir in the form of necklaces and saber to Governor Yurnalis Ngayoh and HM Aswin East Kalimantan provincial government and the whole entourage and Pemkab Kukar. Hospitality night is also celebrated with dances regale Datun Julut Nyelaman Sakei that tell about the history of displacement of the Dayak Kenyah Lepoq Tukung from Iwan River - a place located on the border of Indonesia and Malaysia - in the 1840s.
After that, they move from Iwan River to Metung, Selungai, Jemahang, River of Goods, down to the River Belayan now known as the Village of New Ritan. This dance involves approximately 300 dancers who come from a village of six RT New Ritan.
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