Nooh Dawa and the dragon as Great Spirit — a Lundayeh tale
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
This is the fourth of a four-part series titled 'The Naga Moves: Dragon Tales from Borneo'. The first three parts can...
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...
Fields of gold: The rural heritage of Sarawak rice
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Karen Shepherd
EVERYTHING is early this year. Chinese New Year has come at the end of January and, with it, in...
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...
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...
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,...
Ceramic jars: From practical storage to treasured heirlooms
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Camelia Yeung
The word ‘heritage’ has been making the news these past few months: the implementation of the Sarawak Heritage Ordinance...
“Come visit me and you will be blessed”: The importance of Qing Ming, the...
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Jennie Soh
THE Chinese community places great importance on the Tomb-Sweeping Festival known as ‘Qing Ming’, based on the belief that...
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...
Curly Kelawit: Warisan Orang Ulu
By Louise M Macul
THROUGHOUT much of Sarawak, some images decorate walls in businesses, paintings on longhouse verandas, and motifs on commercial goods such as...
