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Kanowit Punitive Expedition

Bidayuh, Borneo Research, Culture, History, Iban, Towns / Tom02

The Expedition of 1934 The Kanowit Punitive Expedition  One fine morning in June 1934, we left Sibu by way of […]

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Bidayuh Kampong Life

Bidayuh, Borneo Research, Culture, History, Story / Tom02

Tales from the Countryside by Luke Pihee JohengReview by Tom McLaughlin Borneohistory.net A Bidayuh Journey Tales from the Countryside is

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Bidayuh Vegtable Farming

Bidayuh, Culture, History / Tom02

A History of Bidayuh Vegetable Marketing The Sekeduk Bidayuh adopted the idea of vegetable marketing from the Chinese living closer

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Former Bidayuh Customs

Bidayuh, Culture, History, Story / Tom02

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

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Borneo plants used in medicine and ritual

Bidayuh, Borneo Research, Culture, History, Iban, Malay / Tom02

Each plant description has an accompanying detailed drawing like the above. Now swept away by modern medicine, these plants were

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Love Potions and Sea Cows

Bidayuh, Culture, History, Iban, Malay / Tom02

Along the coast of Sarawak there were dugong or sea cows. In Malay, they were called sea women. They are

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A Dayak Love Story

Bidayuh, Borneo Research, Culture, Iban / Tom02

We begin this series with a Dyak love story. The people were not half crazed lunatics charginging into the villages

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