Dayak Ghost Story
Kumang Kidundung by Sunga Tom’s Note: This tale comes from the Bidayuh in the Serian district. Kumang, in the Dayak […]
Datu Merpati: A Fable?
Tom’s Note: Here is an oral history of Datu Merpati. He is a person who, it was said, ruled Sarawak
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Bidayuh Birds Nest Fable
Tom’s Note: The fable is from the Bidayuh living around Bau. It tells who owns the caves in the area
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New Brunei Word Origin ?
Toms Note: I try to read all the literature that could have a historical fact or two. In this essay
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Orangutan Stories
Greetings! Happy Gawai to all. I am presenting these six old stories about the Mias and the people to celebrate
An Iban Story
Comic Tales of Api Salui by Benedict Sandin Sarawak Museum Journal July-December 1960 Tom’s Note: The below story has been
A Ladies Perspective of the 1859 Revolt
The Chinese Revolt by Rev. Brian Taylor SMJ 1969 The first woman, other than women with their husbands, ever sent
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Pleiades Creation Story by the Iban
The Mother of the Pleiades A Mythological Story of the Iban Almighty God made a golden stone in the eastern
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A Mouse Deer Story
Salam The Mouse Deer- Second Evening Old Abdullah picking his way homewards through the deep forest one evening at sundown
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Iban origins, floods and rules for sex, war and kitchens
Notes from Benedict Sandin Sources of Iban Traditional History published by the Sarawak Museum Journal 1994 Sumatra Suriani and I
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