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Human Bone Storage among the Melanau

Culture, History, Melanau / Tom02

Jerunei:  The Coffins and Slaves of a Tribal People. A jerunei is a large pole or monument used by the […]

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The Kut: Connecting the Egan and Oya Rivers

Borneo Research, Culture, History, Melanau / Tom02

Tom’s Note: Connecting the upper Oya and Egan rivers in Sarawak is a man-made canal called a Kut. It was

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Melanau Beliefs and Crocodile Stories

Culture, History, Melanau, Story, Wildlife / Tom02

Tom’s Note: This article was hard to read and decipher as well as being long. I read it over three

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Melanau Poison Tale

Melanau, Story / Tom02

Melanau Tale On the Oya river, a few bends above Tamin and just below Skuau, there once lived two brothers

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Melanau Healing

Culture, History, Melanau / Tom02

For many generations now, the healings of various dukuns, bohmohs, Chinese medicine men and others have been relegated to the

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Bisayah,Tabun,Tagal, and Murut

Culture, History, Iban, Malay, Melanau / Tom02

The Bisayah, Tabun, Tagal and MurutThe Bisayah“The Bisayah are the indigenous people in Sarawak’s Fifth Division. Living side by side

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