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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The naga and his twin sister — a Malay tale
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
This is the first of a four-part series titled 'The Naga Moves: Dragon Tales from Borneo'.
By Monica Janowski
MORE than a hundred...
Kebing races the dragon and becomes penghulu — a Kayan tale
Heritage Snippets of Sarawak
This is the third of a four-part series titled 'The Naga Moves: Dragon Tales from Borneo'. The first two parts can...
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...
