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Omen Birds of the Iban and Kenyah

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

The Seven Omen Birds of the Iban Lang Sengalang Burong (Lang) is considered as the Chief all bird deities and appears on earth as the Brahminy kite. The Ketupong or Entis The authoritive or deliberate leader. He is Raja Ngaka of the many head trophies who dwells in the great tree full of bee’s nests […]

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Hunting with Blowpipes

Culture, History, Story / Tom02

Punan Hunting BlowpipesThe blowpipes came to the Punan from other tribes crossing from Indonesia. They are not the invention of the Punan and, in fact, nobody in Punan Busong knows how to make one. The dart is composed of two parts. One is the long sharp stick which is usually 3 mm wide and 23

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Earless Monitor Lizard

Borneo Research, Wildlife / Tom02

Earless Monitor Lizard: Water or Land Reptile. The earless monitor lizard has been subject to endless debate about how to classify it. Some scientists think it should be thrown together with other land monitor lizards while others think it deserves its own family.Examination of the lizard began with Mr. Tom Harrisson (again, here we must

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The Siteng People

Borneo Research, Culture, History / Tom02

The Siteng PeopleIn the olden days, the Siteng people inhabited the upper Baram river in the Fourth Division of Sarawak. While in this area they were attacked and killed by hundreds of wild pigs. Those that survived fled in many directions. Some lived in Julan, a tributary of the true left bank of the Baram

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God of Heaven Temple

Chinese, Culture, History, Towns / Tom02

The second oldest temple in Kuching is the one on Carpenter Street erected by the TeoChew community. It was built in 1896(?) in honour of Hian Tien Shian Tee, God of Heaven who was born on the third day of the third moon and died on the ninth day of the ninth moon. On earth

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Tree and Java Sparrows

Borneo Research, Wildlife / Tom02

Tree Sparrow Editors note: We thought we would fly out of 2020 and into 2021 leaving the guano behind The Tree Sparrow(Passer montanus) was first spotted in Sandakan in 1964, the next year in Kuching and in Brunei town in 1969-1970. No other bird has so swiftly and successfully populated Borneo Island. The birds seem

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Brookes and the Chinese

Borneo Research, Chinese, History / Tom02

Anti Chinese Sentiment 1840-1900John ChinamanHow the Europeans and later, the Malays and Dyaks, viewed the Chinese were contained in a caricatures of the Chinese known as John Chinaman. Published in Punch magazine in April 1858, the term John Chinaman was referred to in official publications of the Brooke government and the Sarawak Gazette. This helped

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Hakka in China, Indon and Bau

Borneo Research, Chinese, Culture, History / Tom02

Our story begins with the migration of the Hakka from central China in Henan to the south from about the Third century A.D. They first entered Jiangxi, then during the Tang and Song periods to Southwest Fujian. The migration continued into Guangdong Province. By the 18th and 19th centuries the areas of northeast Guangdong were

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The Princess who married a beast

Culture, Malay, Story, Uncategorized / Tom02

A Young Princess Who Married a Wild BeastOnce upon a time there was an old women who lived in the Pontianak region of Borneo. She was very poor. She was not able to farm padi but was able to gather fruits and vegetables and sold them to the Rajah. In return the Rajah gave her

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Indians+Plantations+Sikh

Borneo Research, Chinese, Culture, History, Malay / Tom02

Indian Muslim CommunityWe can date the Indian community to at least 1820 when Patinggi Ali built a house in the area. It would seem logical that he would build a house in an already established Indian Moslem community. It is thought he came down from Bau. When the actual Indian community came, whether it was

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