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All Creatures Great and Small #53

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris Wood Art Sarawak River Valley About Us All Creatures Great and Small #53 New Species A new species of flea beetle has been made known to the Western world. The beetle was found in Brunei. 119481 doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e119481 New Species Four new species of the

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April 2, 2024 No Comments

The Raja’s Hulu Aqi of Northwest Borneo

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us The Raja’s Hulu Aqi of Northwest Borneo The Palace of the Rajas Hulu Aqi The Rajahs Hulu Aiq: Kings of the Upriver The resignation of President Suharto on 21 May 1998 unleashed a wave of violence throughout Indonesia. The

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March 24, 2024 No Comments

The Tidung People of East Sabah and the Islands

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us The Tidung People of East Sabah and the Islands Sebatik Island is located off the eastern coast of Sabah. The border between Indonesia and Malaysia runs through the middle of the island, with the northern part belonging to Malaysia.

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March 20, 2024 No Comments

All Creatures Great and Small #52

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us All Creatures Great and Small #52 Covid 19 Sarawak and Sabah were a population more vulnerable to the pandemic than the rest of Malaysia but the death rate was much lower in the two east coast states. doi.org/10.1007/s44155-024-00068-2 Orangutan

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March 13, 2024 No Comments

Tuca: Contacting the Unseen world

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Tuca: Contacting the Unseen world Tuca by Tom McLaughlin and Suriani Sahari Long ago, there were sayings in the kampong which would tell us about the culture and history of the area. We are going to look at some

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March 10, 2024 No Comments

All creatures great and small # 51

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us All Creatures Great and Small #51 SoundThe use of sound to determine the richness of a logged area of a forest was used in an area where the logged area was covered in linanas, a woody vine that climbs

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March 5, 2024 No Comments

Wafaq

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Wafaq In the Sarawak Malay world, there is a line between the pure Islam that everybody worships today and the fuzzy beliefs of the past. These fuzzy beliefs were a combination of supernatural ways from everything to cure one

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February 28, 2024 No Comments

The possible travels of the Santubong Buddha

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us The possible travels of the Santubong Buddha Buddhism is one of the world’s largest religions and was established in India around 450 BCE. It spread throughout China, Korea and Japan, followed by incursions into Southeast Asia. In this essay,

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February 18, 2024 No Comments

Indra Lewah and Indra Daha ~1303-1376

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Indra Lewah and Indra Daha ~1303-1376 We continue on with the oral history of the rulers of Santubong. Pangiran Tuanku Mahkuta Indra Lewang ~1303-1332 Indra Lewang was married to Dang Janak who is also a cousin from his mother’s

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February 14, 2024 No Comments

Chinese Surnames

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Chinese Surnames Chinese Surnames Hello: I do not claim to have a vast knowledge of Chinese or the origins of surnames. Below, please find a summary of a couple of articles I found on the net. I am especially

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February 8, 2024 No Comments
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