Abang in the Middle and Upper Kapuas by Reed l. Wadley Borneo Research Bulletin, vol. 37 Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Abang Openg or Abang Jo, as he is affectionately known, became the Chief Minister of Sarawak in 2017. Where does the term abang come from? We try to answer the question. The term abang, denoting […]
ABU BAKAR’S REBELLION by Reed L. Wadley Borneo Research Bulletin vol. 38 2007 Along the Embaloh River in Southwestern Kalimantan, Haji Abu Bakar allied with some Iban from the upper Rejang of Sarawak and started a rebellion against the Dutch. What motivated Abu Bakar and his accomplices may have been quite different from the Dutch
Two White Men and a Chief Minister: A Fall from Grace and Then a Revival of Sarawak. Stephen Kalong Ningkan was born on 20 August 1920. His Chinese grandfather adopted him, lived in China and spoke Mandarin. He was a clerk with the Rubber Fund and was with the Sarawak Constabulary during the war. Furthermore,
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All Creatures Great and Small #39 Imported Malaria Although most kinds of malaria have been eradicated in Sarawak, malaria, Plasmodium knowlesi, continues to be imported from other areas. Kapit, Sibu and Miri lead the way in cases because of workers returning from malaria-infested areas. DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13875 New Species A new species of shining fungus (Cyparium ) beetle has
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Bau and the Bidayuh Kampong Gumbang Kampong Gumbang is located in the rural Bau district of Sarawak. At the time (1986) the village was only available on foot, where the trail goes up and down through the secondary forest, with a long final climb to the village. Of special interest is one of the few
Ketapang The Dayak kingdom was called “the Dayak Kingdom of the Headwaters.” It was located in the interior of Ketapang. The kingdom was a regional federation of the Dayak group, and the kingdom once controlled a large area that encompassed north of the Kapuas River. The kingdom lasted until the Dutch took over in the
Brunei and the Bajau by D.E. Brown Borneo Research Bulletin December 1971 Many parts of the southern Philippines were under the rule of Brunei in the early part of the 16th century. When the Spaniards tried to colonize the southern part, a long period of instability arose between the Baju and the Moslem people. The sea
Kingfisher The Dulit Partridge The Dulit Partridge can only be confirmed in three sites in the Borneo Highlands. The last was in the 1930s. The specimens they have were collected between 1894-1902. Surveys are urgently required in this little-explored part of Sarawak. https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a8 The Sunda Sea Sundaland is the currently partially drowned continental landmass that
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Where did the name Dayak come from? Here are some of the more amusing theories of where the word Dyak came from. Origin of the name Dayak P.J Veth in Borneo Research Bulletin, September 1983 Crawfurd, in his Descriptive dictionary of the Indian Islands, the term Dayak is used by the Malays for all the wild
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The Ngajus and the Bridge to the Upper World. The Ngajus are a major population in Borneo. They call themselves by the river they inhabit, rather than being lumped together by anthropologists. Thus, you have the uluh Ngajus, the upriver people, the uluh Ngawa the low river people, uluh Kahayan, people of the Kahayan River
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