Past Posts - Borneo History

All Creatures Great and Small

#12 Current research in Borneo Current Research in Borneo Plates Uplifting When did one ocean plate move under another ocean […]

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

All Creatures Great and Small #11 Plants from South America and onto Southeast Asia Dissochaeteae Melastomataceae is a large group

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.

Tom’s note: I own several pua kumbu, (cloth woven by Iban weavers) and have always wondered how the Iban ladies

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