All hail the procession: An integral expression of Sarawak culture
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Karen Shepherd
SOME of my earliest memories of Sarawak surround processions, the cavalcade of noise and light and colour snaking through...
Prehistoric gibbons and monkeys from Niah, and the Dutch palaeontologist Dirk Albert Hooijer
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Lim Tze Tshen
MODERN PRIMATES IN BORNEO AND AROUND NIAH NATIONAL PARK
PERHAPS due to their human-like nature and complex social behaviour,...
Adventure to Batu Lawi
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Datuk John Tenewi Nuek
After a very interesting talk by Datuk John Tenewi Nuek about Mount Singai and its heritage, history...
Belief in existence of spirits part of Adat Oma of Bisingai people
By Shikin Louis
KUCHING, Jan 21: Since the olden days, the Bisingai, a sub-group of the Bidayuh ethnic group, have always believe in the existence...
A note on the conservation of the Pandan Klirieng
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Calvin Agau Jemarang
Following up from an earlier article on klirieng, here is an account of the actual preservation and restoration...
The untold story of the Kliriengs of Lulau Belak
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Calvin Agau Jemarang
After a recent very interesting and informative talk at the Borneo Cultures Museum under the “Sarawak Snapshots—Museum Talks”...
Bringing home two Orang Ulu parangs: An international story of a 100-year journey
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Dr Louise Macul
WHEN we visit the Sarawak Museum, we learn many things about the objects we see, but have you...
An early photographer to Sarawak
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Alex Teoh
A double page spread of the Illustrated London News on 4 January 1873 shows a stately print with the...
How many Indians were there on Mount Matang?
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Jutta Kelling
With the Indian Festival of light Diwali just gone, here is some more information on the ancestors of the...
Nosing out the dragons in Sarawak: In the footsteps of G.H.R. von Koenigswald
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By LIM Tze Tshen
IN SARAWAK, dragons exist not only in local stories and legends, such as those fascinating accounts told by...