Plaiting basic necessities of life — mats and baskets
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Heidi Munan
MAT and basket making is a skill known throughout Borneo and probably one of the oldest known crafts. Unfortunately,...
How ‘White’ were the ‘White Rajahs’?
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By J. H. Walker
ALTHOUGH newspaper references to the ‘White Rajah’ of Sarawak can be found as early as 1850, throughout the...
Lee Weng Thong (1892–1959), Cantonese Kapitan
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Hing-Yan Lee
DURING the Brooke years, the Rajah dealt mainly with the Malays as far as Sarawak politics was concerned. With...
Animal teeth as cultural objects in the Borneo Cultures Museum exhibitions
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Lim Tze Tshen
THE use of hard animal parts such as bones and teeth to adorn cultural items with special significance...
The case of the “The Real Pirates of Borneo”
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Alex Teoh
IN the collection of various national libraries, Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, National Library of Singapore and the...
Earthen Infusion: An exhibition linking two local traditions through time
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Earthen Infusion
HOW many of us can recall our elders—our mothers, aunties, or grandmothers—encouraging us with a warm, comforting, “Drink this,...
Datu Patinggi Abdul Gapur: The traitor who wasn’t (Part 1)
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By J. H. Walker
Datu Patinggi Abdul Gapur is unique in Sarawak’s history for having been exiled for derhaka (treason) not once,...
Datu Patinggi Abdul Gapur: The traitor who wasn’t (Part 2)
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
J. H. Walker
Read Part 1 here: https://dayakdaily.com/datu-patinggi-abdul-gapur-the-traitor-who-wasnt-part-1/
DATU Patinggi Abdul Gapur’s financial difficulties following his extravagance over Dayang Fatimah’s wedding provided the...
Ranee Sylvia on the Flying Carpet
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Louise M Macul
SYLVIA Leonora Brett (1885–1971) was the last Ranee of Sarawak as wife to Sir Charles Vyner de Windt...
Tuked Rini, cosmic traveller: A Kelabit culture hero
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Monica Janowski
Tales from the Heart of Borneo
This is the fourth of a four-part series titled 'Tales from the Heart of...
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