Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Healing in the Iban World The Pelian Ritual In Sebauh District, Bintulu, Sarawak The Pelian ritual was performed by a shaman and was the only way to cure disease among the Iban. This was before the advent of modern
Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us All Creatures Great and Small #45 Electric CarsThe new capital of Indonesia in Borneo will permit only electric cars. It is understood that home charging will take a longer period than charging in charging stations There is no
Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us An epic poem of the Ga’ay EPICS OF THE GA’AY, THE MOST HEGEMONIC KAYANIC SUBGROUPS IN EAST AND NORTH KALIMANTAN The epic poem is very long, with over 200 footnotes. It is a fantastic tale which provides insight into
Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Penan The Penan The Penan of Sarawak are traditionally a nomadic people. They comprise 16,000 inhabitants living in the interior of north Sarawak in the headwaters of two major rivers, the Rejang and Baram. There are 19 settled or
Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Edward Dari Kampong Panglima Seman Lama Kisah Edward dari Kampong Panglima Seman Lama Dari akhir Perang Dunia II sehingga pergantian abad ini, orang Melayu di seberang sungai dari Kuching hidup dalam kemiskinan yang teruk. Sementara anak-anak penduduk bandar mempunyai
Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us All Creatures Great and Small # 44 Beads This paper examines the rich marine shell beads excavated from Liang Jon in East Kalimantan, Borneo. Results demonstrate marine species belonging to conical shells and shells with an opening along the
Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us Bidayuh Headhunting Gosh, this was a hard one. A 50-page paper, the names in parentheses in the body of the paper are the sources of the material and not related to the author. A bibliography of the mentioned sources
Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us The Sins of the White Rajahs The Brookes had “holiday cottages” built for them. The first Rajah Brooke, James, had a cottage built for him on Mt. Peninjau which afforded him a magnificent view of the plain below. He
Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us An Iban Tale A Bizarre Iban Tale. This story was found in the Sarawak Gazette and included a mixture of Iban and English. I have edited and organized the tale, so it makes sense to the reader. In the
Menu Home Posts Gallery Keris (Gallery) Sarawak River Valley About Us All Creatures Great and Small # 42 Brunei The Indian civilization spread across the Malay society as a result of trade, invasion, and communication with the Indian people and traders. The Indianized kingdoms of Brunei were modelled after King
The Japanese in Sarawak Three decades after Emperor Meiji had begun his industrialisation programme in the 1860s, there was a prolonged period of economic recession in Japan due to a worldwide recession. The new industries, especially textile manufacturing which was a mainstay of Japan’s port trade, were severely affected, resulting
Good Morning, This is part two, of a Japanese man’s history in Sabah during World War II. I never knew Japan had offered opportunities for Japanese peasants to come to Sabah and acquire land for farming. Here is the continuation of his story of a person who left Japan, tried