A talk by Ms Yon Syafni, on ‘Bergendang‘ and its spatial use in the traditional Malay house. [Bergendang is a musical performance unique to Sarawak Malays involving pantun (Malay verse) and dancing that was often held during traditional social gatherings in houses]. The talk will describe how the spaces in the traditional Sarawak […]
Tag Archives: kampungs
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Sep
Sep
[updated 09/2020] SHS launched its ‘HERITAGE QUEST’ (‘HQ’) campaign in November 2018 as part of its efforts to highlight and preserve Sarawak’s cultural heritage assets and to advocate for additional listing and gazetting of heritage items that are not in the list of cultural heritage items already listed by the Government as historic buildings, monuments […]
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Mar
Mar
download pdf version SARAWAK What did we hear, see and learn on the Sarawak heritage scene in the last four months? Statements by the now Chief Minister and Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg, on several occasions provided an updated picture of the Government pipeline of projects touching on […]
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Jan
Jan
A wealth of info this past month. For easier reading, you may wish to go to the pdf version of this article. SARAWAK Early December – Kuching. At a function, the Director of the Sarawak Museum Department touched on the new Sarawak Museum campus project. He said that the RM 300 million State funded project, to […]
[updated 03 Dec.2015] SARAWAK 30 July – Bario, Borneo Highlands. At the occasion of the Bario Food and Cultural Festival, Puan Sri Jamilah Anu, wife of Sarawak Chief Minister, launched the book “Highland Tales in the Heart of Borneo” documenting the heritage of the highlands of Ba’ Kelalan, Bario, Long Semadoh in Sarawak and Long […]
Several of our members have been wondering about the nature of the programme to revamp the kampung (village) area on the left bank of the Sarawak river in Kuching. The Borneo Post published recently a column by Thomas Ong commenting on this programme. Extracts “[…] The numerous Malay kampungs along the north bank of the […]