History - Borneo History

Tarsier and Evolution

Early Sketch from Camel’s description Tom’s Note: The people of the Indo/Malay islands already knew about the Tarsier. However, when […]

The Kelabit Harvest The Kelabits are a small tribe inhabiting an isolated highland area of 1000 square miles in Sarawak

Bidayuh Head Ceremony-Katang Tom’s note: Probably the thing that strikes me is the amount of preparation it takes to please

How the Kadayan Tells Time Tom’s Note: This article describes, in the first four and a half pages, an incomprehensible

Toms note: The omen birds are a group of birds that figure prominently in the Kenyah culture. Traditional Kenyah Farming

Tom’s Note: This piece was written in 1978 about the Gawai Mpijog Rantau Festival for the first clearing of the

Panay in the Philippines: A Sarawak Connection The island of Panay is the fourth largest island in the Philippine archipelago.

Toms Note: I continue with the history of the mission schools in Sarawak St. Mary’s In 1882, only one girl

The Anglican Mission Schools The mission schools were used by the missionaries as a source of converts to Christianity. The

Tom’s Note: The writer of this essay concentrated on the two white men, Rajah James and Frances McDougall. He relegated