Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris Wood Art Sarawak River Valley About Us Second Sultan Part Two Here is the second part of the second Sultan Tengah of Borneo. The essay explains the origin of gula Melaka, the formation of different silats and the organization of the Malay and Iban armies. The information comes from the […]
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Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris Wood Art Sarawak River Valley About Us The Second Sultan of Santubong Part One We now proceed with the Second Sultan of Santubong according to our Dukun who recited the story to us. Below, please find the first part of his epic journey. His visit to Kedah is corroborated with
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Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris Wood Art Sarawak River Valley About Us Islam and Santubong We now reach a point in history where Islam is introduced and accepted by the rulers of Santubong. The lifestyle change must have been sudden and abrupt from a leisurely existence to one of strict obedience to the five prayers
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Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris Wood Art Sarawak River Valley About Us The Bhuket People of Sarawak The Bhuket People of Sarawak Within the people of Austronesian descent were the Bhuket people of Sarawak. They were studied by Shanthi Thambiah for her doctorate at the University of Hull in 1995. The Bhuket people could have
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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 Chinese were the victims in
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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. There are several outlying islands
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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 of these sayings and how
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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 of a disease, to make
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, we attempt to trace the
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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 confused about the Yellow Emperor.
