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...
The Sarawak Museum: Blazing a trail since 1886
(Editor's note: A link to this article was featured on our Facebook page on May 16, 2022 to celebrate International Museum Day which falls...
The Prince and the Dyaks
Heritage Snippets from Sarawak
By Alex Teoh
An account of the 1st Malaya Borneo Exhibition 1922 in Singapore
Set in the early twentieth century, exactly a century...
Ah Chong: One of Kuching’s best-kept secrets
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Monica Janowski
Following the recent informative talk on the Chinese dragon (lóng 龙) by Dr Monica Janowski, this article is about...
Asian elephants in Borneo and the missing fossil from Bau
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By LIM Tze Tshen
By size, the Asian elephant is the largest wild animal living in Borneo. Its natural geographic distribution in...
‘That’s just a superstition!’
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Heidi Munan
Superstition, customs, spirits, and all that—in Sarawak!
WHERE does superstition end, and custom start?
Some people avoid the number 13, or...
Traditional titles (gelar) in Sarawak
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
With the recent changes in our State leadership, this article serves to teach and remind us of the old, complex and...
The sape’s evolution in Sarawak’s traditional music legacy
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Dr Connie Lim Keh Nie
ESTABLISHED in 1998, the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) aims to promote and preserve the unique...
Puso’s Jar (Part I)
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Jayl Langub
Within every object in the Sarawak Museum collection lies a human story waiting to be heard. The jar in...
Beyond Bollywood: Cultural contributions from the Indians of Sarawak
By Anita Majumder–MacGillivray
REFERRED to as ‘dan lain-lain” (others) in all official forms in Sarawak until recently, the Sarawakian Indians—though a smaller ethnic group—have existed...
