The Baju’s love of the sea, their pre-Islamic customs(adat) and Islam come together to form a belief system where they […]

For a change of pace, I present poetry from the kampongs along the Sarawak River. They are usually recited at

Headhunting Among these spectacles, I was arrested by the ghastly appearance of a once human head. In mere derision it

Astronomy of the Ma’anyan of central Borneo When I was about 10, a youngster, I learned about constellations. An assistant scoutmaster

Circumcision We were riding a bus in the eighth month of pregnancy from Kuching to Sibu. The ride was uneventful

Durate Barbosa This small essay describes Borneo before 1518 from the point of view of the Portuguese. This was after

Irrawaddy Dolphins Our results indicated that the Irrawaddy dolphin lineage split from the Australian Snubfin dolphin lineage (Orcaella heinsohni) in

Children of the Missions 1862 Polly Polly is the eldest and a Kanowit Dyak orphan. She is between 15 and

People who have Died Have Ghosts Once there was a longhouse. There was someone who had just died in that

This article was extracted from The Hakkas of Malaysia to 1970 by Phin-Keong Voon from Malaysian Journal of Chinese Studies