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Hakka in China, Indon and Bau

Our story begins with the migration of the Hakka from central China in Henan to the south from about the Third century A.D. They first entered Jiangxi, then during the Tang and Song periods to Southwest Fujian. The migration continued into Guangdong Province. By the 18th and 19th centuries the

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January 20, 2021 No Comments

Indians+Plantations+Sikh

Indian Muslim CommunityWe can date the Indian community to at least 1820 when Patinggi Ali built a house in the area. It would seem logical that he would build a house in an already established Indian Moslem community. It is thought he came down from Bau. When the actual Indian

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January 20, 2021 No Comments

This and That # 6

An occasional paper on current research aligned to Borneo New Spider Species A new species of spider has been made known to the western world. Aetius bicuspidatus sp. nov. (Araneae: Corinnidae) was found in the Lambir Hills National Park. It was based on the collection of male and female specimens.

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January 20, 2021 No Comments

Cock Fighting

A few years back I took a trip up the river to Kapit in central Borneo. The boat stopped at numerous ports drooping off and picking up people, goods and to my surprise roosters. They were in separate cages and everyone looked at the birds and cackled in a language

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January 20, 2021 7 Comments

A Dayak Love Story

We begin this series with a Dyak love story. The people were not half crazed lunatics charginging into the villages to take heads and drink blood, but were sensitive humans who took a head for the purpose of presenting it to his loved one. This poem, from the Sarawak Museum

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January 20, 2021 No Comments

This and That #5

This and That #5Sunda Clouded LeopardThe Sunda Clouded Leopard is the apex predator of Borneo yet little is known of its ecology reports the Journal of Threatened Taxa (vol. 12 No. 16). A ten year camera trap study revealed 11 individuals. (8 males, one female and two with unknown sex)

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January 17, 2021 No Comments

Return from Battle: A Kenyan Song

This song seems to be part of a much longer song of praise as the young warriors return home. The word layak, the author was unable to translate. The reference to mushrooms is quite common in Kenyah songs. A Morik SongCome back to the place of your birth where your

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January 17, 2021 No Comments
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