`Bak chang’ galore as the Chinese celebrates `Dragon Boat Festival’ today

By Wilfred Pilo RICE DUMPLING — called `bak chang’ in the Hokkien dialect — is a very common traditional ‘kuih’ sold daily in most coffee...

Sape master still going strong

Kenyalang Portraits By Wilfred Pilo Mathew Ngau Jau is a world renowned Sape maestro and Malaysian National Living Heritage. He is widely considered to be a recognised...

Sarawak, a haven for birdwatching

By Wilfred Pilo BIRDS chirping away in our backyard or the forest may just be another sound of nature to the ordinary people but for bird enthusiasts,...

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...

Tattoo artist Ernesto helps Iban culture to ‘bejalai’ around the world

Kenyalang Portraits By Wilfred Pilo THE modern spirit of ‘bejalai’, an Iban term meaning “to walk” or “to go on a journey”, is not...

See Kuching Old Bazaar ‘Coolie Keng’ through Leonard Siaw’s brush strokes

By Ling Hui KUCHING, July 31: Sarawakian mural artist Leonard Siaw has brought to life Kuching Old Bazaar labourers' quarters ('coolie keng') through his latest...

Upai Semaring and Awang Semaun: The Lundayeh and the Brunei Royal House

Heritage Snippets of Sarawak By Dr Monica Janowski Tales from the Heart of Borneo This is the first of a four-part series titled 'Tales from the Heart...

From family tradition to opening own stall: Winnie Chai carries on grandfather’s pork leg...

By Wilfred Pilo KUCHING, Dec 9: After more than two decades of assisting her sister in the culinary trade, 54-year-old pork leg rice vendor Winnie...

Ray Lee living his dream as a filmmaker

By Wilfred Pilo KUCHING, April 30: Malaysian film director Ray Lee’s main focus now is to make as many local feature films as he possibly...

Jojo born with Muay Thai in his blood

By Yee Mei KUCHING, Oct 1: Muhammad Johan Ghazali Zulfikar, better known as ‘Jojo’, has made a name for himself in the Muay Thai scene,...