The story of Anyi’s door
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Datu Robert Lian@Robert Saging and Dr Valerie Mashman
This impressive door was carved out of a solid chunk of timber coming...
Clothing and heritage: A Kenyah warrior’s bark-cloth jacket in the Borneo Cultures Museum
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Valerie Mashman
KENYAH warriors used to wear bark-cloth jackets during ceremonies related to warrior initiation and headhunting. These jackets have...
Extinct megafauna from Niah, Sarawak
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Lim Tze Tshen
Niah's Great Cave and zooarchaeological record
THE Great Cave within Niah National Park is a veritable depository of prehistoric...
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...
Puso’s Jar Part II
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Read Part 1 here: https://dayakdaily.com/pusos-jar-part-i/
By Calvin Agau Jemarang and Louise Macul
WITHIN every object...
Rajahs and “Mutineers”: How convicts from the Indian Rebellion 1857 came to Sarawak
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
On October 24th this year all Indians everywhere will be celebrating the Indian Festival of Lights – Deepavali or Diwali as...
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...
German business on India Street
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
By Jutta Kelling
THIS is another historical episode about Sarawak’s global entanglement.
India Street in Kuching is a popular pedestrian shopping mall today,...
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...
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...
