All Creatures Great and Small # 15 Tom’s Note: The changes in font and colour mean nothing. I still can’t figure out how to change them. The Kimaragang People of Sabah The essay describes the Kimaragang about where they came from, where they live, their language, economy and relations with each other. ETHNIC MINORITIES IN […]
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Tom’s note: These stories are from the headman of the upper class of the Leppo Tan Kenyah in 1959. Improper Pregnancy In ancient times, whenever a Kenyah woman was found to be with a child without a responsible man, the woman was sent far away into the forest where she had to stay alone in
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Pegu and Sarawak Pegu was a city-state located on the eastern side of Burma between Burma and Thailand. The country had easy access to ships from Malacca, India and Persia and their main exchange were rubies. There was a regular trade route from Yunnan to Pegu in the second century. The colony was established, according
The Saga of the Child of Padan Sigau (A Sebob Saga) Padan Sigau lived at Tebau Na-a A man of great renown He married a lady called Bungan from Alo Mara They had a child, the child of Bungan who was born at Tebau Na-A A very brave lad he proved to be an expert
Sarawak River Valley, Early Times to 1840: Santubong Kuching Brunei bySURAINI BINTI SAHARI and TOM MCLAUGHLIN, Kuching, Sarawak, SueJ’s Enterprises, 2020, ISBN 978-967-17890-0-1; 205 pp; maps, plates, bibliography.This is an unusual history book by Suraini Sahari and Tom McLaughlin. The scope of this study is overwhelming, more so for these new, and untrained, history writers.
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Recent Research on Borneo The bold text on some of the entries means nothing. I just could not figure out how to get rid of it. New Genetic Information Our results point to a surprisingly active population in Wallacea, marked by two periods of extensive change concentrated around the Last Glacial Maximum ~15 ka and
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The Batang Ai resettlement scheme moved 26 longhouses of Ibans to another area because of flooding due to the hydroelectric dam across the Batang Ai Wong Irup. The Iban received cash compensation and were given 11 acres of land consisting of five acres of rubber, three acres of cocoa, two acres of hill padi and
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om’s Note: This article dealt with themes, theories, had diagrams and other manifestations of Christian thought. I have pulled out the basic reasons why Kenyah became Christian. The Kenyah lived along the Sarawak Indonesian border with most of the people residing in Indonesia. The border was very fluid with the Kenyah moving back and forth.
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Current Research about Borneo #14 Malaysia Anti Malaria Certification Endangered The continued preponderance of the P. knowlesi mosquito in Sabah may threaten Malaysia’s quest to become a malaria-free state. The vector seems to be prevalent in areas disturbed for agriculture and land clearing operations. Scientific Reports article# 11810 (2021) In a related case, a major outbreak of
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Tom’s Note: This article was hard to read and decipher as well as being long. I read it over three times coming back to sections several times. Please remember these are old beliefs and do not reflect the Melanau of today. The earth is an egg riding on the horns of a water buffalo. When
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