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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

Old Borneo News Stories

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Old Borneo News Stories Newspaper Articles Thanks to Veronica Chang Schmid for finding and posting these articles. When did Headhunting begin? Mr. Alan Coates, in his “Letter to the Editor” in the Sarawak Gazette of 16th December 1957, states

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January 31, 2024 No Comments

The Great Flood

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us The Great Flood Saganda Manikam (Siagasangsana)  ~1277- 1303 After Pangiran Sri Paduka Tuanku Indrana Junjunan changed into a dragon and went into the Kaliman Sea (Keleman ) his son Pangiran Molia Tuan Siagasangsana became the ruler and took the

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January 20, 2024 No Comments

An Old Ruler of Santubong

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us An Old Ruler of Santubong For those who have just joined us: The article is the continuation of a series of the rulers of Santubong told us by a Dukun in Kampong Panglima Seman Llama near Kuching. For earlier

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January 18, 2024 No Comments

The Rulers of Santubong 1131-1242

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us The Rulers of Santubong 1131-1242 We continue on with the next three rulers of Santubong as told to us by the Dukun. The existence of Sri Vijaya has been called into question by the scholar Dr. Liam Kelly of

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January 7, 2024 No Comments

Sagenda Sarik and Sagenda LeLang

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Sagenda Sarik and Sagenda LeLang Kundor These are numbers four and five of the rulers of Santubong as related to us by the dukun. The story, according to him, is connected to Sagenda Lelang Saganda Sarik (Indra Sarik )

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December 24, 2023 No Comments

Love on the Mountain Santubong and Se Jinjang

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Love on the Mountain Santubong and Se Jinjang My favourite piece of oral history about Sarawak. Kuching, Sarawak, is dominated by a mountain called Santubong. This article is attributed to the reign of Sagenta Galam by the Dukun who

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December 17, 2023 No Comments

Santubong: First Two Rulers

Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Santubong: First Two Rulers We begin this series with the rulers of Santubong from ~966-~1512.(the dates are not exact as the symbol ~ tells you) We obtained the information from a Dukun in a Kampung who said his grandfather

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December 10, 2023 No Comments
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