Our next talk in the SHS Heritage Speaker Series, entitled ‘Communing with the Dark Side‘ will focus on Borneo’s Masks and Masquerades. We usually associate tribal masks with African and Melanesian cultures, but they are also part of our rich cultural heritage. This illustrated talk will discuss the different masquerade cultures of the major ethnic […]
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At this first SHS event in Miri, Dr. Azmi Hassan (Geostrategist/Research Fellow at Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research (NASR), Geoffrey Lee (scuba diver and underwater photographer) and Jimmy Yong (founder of Miri Divers) broached the topic of protection of underwater heritage, under both angles of cultural heritage (shipwrecks and other historical underwater heritage…) and natural […]
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SHS Heritage Speakers Series: Origins of the Carpentry in the Brooke Rajahs’ timber forts – Sun 26 Nov. 23023 2:00 pm
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The Brooke Rajahs built a number of timber forts during their reign for defense and administrative purposes. This talk by Dr. John Ting (Universty of Canberra, Australia) will delve into the origins of the carpentry of these forts, which range from Malay to Straits Chinese. Date & Time: Sunday 26th November, 2 p.m. Venue: Borneo […]
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SHS Heritage Speakers Series: “Preserving Indigenous Knowledge of Melanau Traditional Healing Rituals” – Sat 25 Nov 2023 2:30pm
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Traditional healing rituals within the Melanau community are being forgotten. Several types of Melanau traditional healing rituals that are no longer carried out today due to the availability of modern medicine and religious conversion. Dakan/bilum are two of the rituals that are still practiced, but the number of practitioners with the knowledge is dwindling. Muhammad […]
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SHS Heritage Speakers Series: THE RED BRIDGE – Sun 22 Oct 2 p.m. Telang Usan Hotel, Kuching
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Come and uncover the story of the mythical Red Bridge of Kampong Seropak, a steel suspension bridge in the remote forest of Bau District known to the local villagers of Kampong Seropak but only discovered by some outsiders in 2005. Ib Larsen and Louise Teo were intrigued by it and embarked on researching the history […]
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[updated 05/08/2024 on status of project] The Santubong peninsula, which lies in the Sarawak River Delta, became a focus of Sarawak archaeology from the end of the 1940’s to the mid 1960’s principally by teams under Tom Harrisson, then Curator of the Sarawak Museum. Several sites which had revealed hints of archaeological interest since the […]