TWO BROTHERS at Kampung Melayu Tebakang along Jalan Serian-Tebadu enjoy a mud bath on a riverbank near their house after returning from school. Known for its suspension bridge connecting the main road to the village, Kampung Melayu Tebakang is approximately an hour’s drive from Kuching. Situated on the far bank
Gawai Dayak this year is not going to be like all the Gawai of the past, but conditional movement control order or not, traditions do have a way with old folk. Gawai is not Gawai without the ‘poek’ (glutinous rice cooked in bamboo) for this Salako octogenarian, who has just
Hari Raya Aidilfitri this year was a toned-down celebration in compliance with the standard operating procedure of the conditional movement control order to curb the spread of Covid-19. Despite the new norm in celebrating Aidilfitri, Rufaizah Bujang made sure to serve delicious cakes and biscuits at her house in Kampung
Normally on Hari Raya, hosts will greet their guests by shaking hands and asking for forgiveness. However, that tradition has changed among Muslims celebrating Hari Raya within the ‘new normal’. Nurhazwani Has (left) greets her closest family members by checking their body temperature before they are allowed to enter her
Bidayuh, is the second largest ethnic group in Sarawak after the Iban. In Bidayuh language, ‘Bi’ stands for ‘people’ while ‘Dayuh’ stands for ‘land’. The meaning of Bidayuh is ‘Land People’ or ‘Land Dayak’. The term Land Dayak was used in the past to distinguish between the Bidayuh and Iban,
NATIVE ARCHITECTURE…A foreign tourist and his son inch their way through a bamboo bridge during a visit to the state’s living museum, the Sarawak Cultural Village in Damai about 36km from Kuching. Bamboo bridges like this are a familiar sight in rural Sarawak where bamboo plants are plenty and there
The Internet age has not entirely erased some games of the yesteryears. In Kampung Tebakang Serian, about 70km from Kuching city, the game of ‘Ting Ting’ continues to provide the kind of outdoor fun that too many children of today should engage in instead of being glued to their cellphones.
KUCHING: It was three days and three nights of a potpourri of cultures and heritage. Once again the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) lives up to its name. Since Friday, Sarawak Cultural Village, the venue, was putting on show for the world to see that RWMF is indeed where the