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Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

aahaa, there're some female visitors. If you are male, this guy won't stop chopping the wooden block. He will stop chopping and starts plucking the sape when female visitors congregate around him. Rather gender selective ehhh...

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

A demonstrator making a traditional musical instrument called sape (sapeh, sampet, sampeh), carved from a single bole of wood. Sape music is usually inspired by dreams and there are over 35 traditional pieces with many variations. The overall repertoire is slowly increasing.

Orang Ulu tribes except the Penans build imposing longhouses or rumah panjang of similar architecture but the finishing and skill differs widely. The houses are always located close to rivers. The massive 7-10 m stilted longhouse, utilizing the durable Belian or Borneo ironwood as the principal material, including the roof shingles, were built to last and spacious to accommodate as many as one hundred families in the old days. The replica of the vernacular house at the Cultural Park is a mix bag of several tribes including, the ornate motifs, artifacts and others being displayed. Basically, each sub-ethnic tribes have their own unique brand of culture, language, lifestyle and handicraft.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

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Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

A wall mural in the longhouse. I am not precisely sure to which tribe of the Orang Ulu this art belongs, but incline to say this is a typical Dayak Kenyah tribe's motif. The stylized ornate motifs are abstract and distinctive depicting hydras, horn-bills, squids, as well as masks and human skeletons, and each having their cultural significance.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

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Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

A wall mural in the longhouse. I am not precisely sure to which tribe of the Orang Ulu this art belongs, but incline to say this is a typical Dayak Kenyah tribe's motif. The stylized ornate motifs are abstract and distinctive depicting hydras, horn-bills, squids, as well as masks and human skeletons, and each having their cultural significance.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

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Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

A demonstrator strumming a traditional musical instrument called sape (sapeh, sampet, sampeh), carved from a single bole of wood. Sape music is usually inspired by dreams and there are over 35 traditional pieces with many variations. The overall repertoire is slowly increasing.

Orang Ulu tribes except the Penans build imposing longhouses or rumah panjang of similar architecture but the finishing and skill differs widely. The houses are always located close to rivers. The massive 7-10 m stilted longhouse, utilizing the durable Belian or Borneo ironwood as the principal material, including the roof shingles, were built to last and spacious to accommodate as many as one hundred families in the old days. The replica of the vernacular house at the Cultural Park is a mix bag of several tribes including, the ornate motifs, artifacts and others being displayed. Basically, each sub-ethnic tribes have their own unique brand of culture, language, lifestyle and handicraft.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Orang Ulu sword making foundry. Among the Orang Ulu the Kayans were the best iron smiths amongst all the peoples of Borneo . In the olden days, the iron ore were collected from riverbeds but later bars were procured from Malay and Chinese traders. The Dayak weaponry is the sword generally called mandau (sometimes it is also known as parang ilang among the Bidayuh and Penan people, malat by the Kayan people or baieng by the Kenyah people). Once the blades were forged, the hilts (human bones or deer antler in fine specimens) were tufted with human hair from the rewards in warfare. The wooden or leather scabbards is complemented with distinctive motifs unique to their tribes and ornately carved, beadwork, and amulets such as shells and animal teeth.

"Wood shaving thinly sliced with a scalpel-like tool from a piece of softwood. The wood shaving, called kelebu is used for decorations, shamanic rituals and as fire kindle."

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

P1300204 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

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Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Orang Ulu sword making foundry. Among the Orang Ulu the Kayans were the best iron smiths amongst all the peoples of Borneo . In the olden days, the iron ore were collected from riverbeds but later bars were procured from Malay and Chinese traders. The Dayak weaponry is the sword generally called mandau (sometimes it is also known as parang ilang among the Bidayuh and Penan people, malat by the Kayan people or baieng by the Kenyah people). Once the blades were forged, the hilts (human bones or deer antler in fine specimens) were tufted with human hair from the rewards in warfare. The wooden or leather scabbards is complemented with distinctive motifs unique to their tribes and ornately carved, beadwork, and amulets such as shells and animal teeth.

"Wood shaving thinly sliced with a scalpel-like tool from a piece of softwood. The wood shaving, called kelebu is used for decorations, shamanic rituals and as fire kindle."

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

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Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

A traditional musical instrument called sape (sapeh sampet, sampeh), carved from a single bole of wood. Sape music is usually inspired by dreams and there are over 35 traditional pieces with many variations. The overall repertoire is slowly increasing.

Orang Ulu tribes except the Penans build imposing longhouses or rumah panjang of similar architecture but the finishing and skill differs widely. The houses are always located close to rivers. The massive 7-10 m stilted longhouse, utilizing the durable Belian or Borneo ironwood as the principal material, including the roof shingles, were built to last and spacious to accommodate as many as one hundred families in the old days. The replica of the vernacular house at the Cultural Park is a mix bag of several tribes including, the ornate motifs, artifacts and others being displayed. Basically, each sub-ethnic tribes have their own unique brand of culture, language, lifestyle and handicraft.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Orang Ulu sword making foundry. Among the Orang Ulu the Kayans were the best iron smiths amongst all the peoples of Borneo . In the olden days, the iron ore were collected from riverbeds but later bars were procured from Malay and Chinese traders. The Dayak weaponry is the sword generally called mandau (sometimes it is also known as parang ilang among the Bidayuh and Penan people, malat by the Kayan people or baieng by the Kenyah people). Once the blades were forged, the hilts (human bones or deer antler in fine specimens) were tufted with human hair from the rewards in warfare. The wooden or leather scabbards is complemented with distinctive motifs unique to their tribes and ornately carved, beadwork, and amulets such as shells and animal teeth.

"This is the less elaborate version called ambang and is used as an everyday practical tool for chopping up meat, jungle clearing and recently as tourism souvenir. Ambang is made from ordinary steel, as oppose to the genuine mandau, as it is said made from iron ore obtained from rocky mountains and forged by skilled blacksmiths. A mandau has engravings on the blade and it is embedded with gold, copper or silver."

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Orang Ulu sword making foundry. Among the Orang Ulu the Kayans were the best iron smiths amongst all the peoples of Borneo . In the olden days, the iron ore were collected from riverbeds but later bars were procured from Malay and Chinese traders. The Dayak weaponry is the sword generally called mandau (sometimes it is also known as parang ilang among the Bidayuh and Penan people, malat by the Kayan people or baieng by the Kenyah people). Once the blades were forged, the hilts (human bones or deer antler in fine specimens) were tufted with human hair from the rewards in warfare. The wooden or leather scabbards is complemented with distinctive motifs unique to their tribes and ornately carved, beadwork, and amulets such as shells and animal teeth.

"This is a special weapon used in warfare and headhunting expeditions called mandau. Characteristics for the Mandau is that the blade is shaped convexly on one side and somewhat concavely on the other side. The concave side is suited to the handedness, either left or right to conveniently perform a swift blow. The blade is mostly made of tempered metals, with exquisite vine-works and inlaid brass or other precious metals. Many claimed the blade is laced with lethal poison known only to the owner, and also its antidote."

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Orang Ulu sword making foundry. Among the Orang Ulu the Kayans were the best iron smiths amongst all the peoples of Borneo . In the olden days, the iron ore were collected from riverbeds but later bars were procured from Malay and Chinese traders. The Dayak weaponry is the sword generally called mandau (sometimes it is also known as parang ilang among the Bidayuh and Penan people, malat by the Kayan people or baieng by the Kenyah people). Once the blades were forged, the hilts (human bones or deer antler in fine specimens) were tufted with human hair from the rewards in warfare. The wooden or leather scabbards is complemented with distinctive motifs unique to their tribes and ornately carved, beadwork, and amulets such as shells and animal teeth.

"An Orang Ulu blacksmith".

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

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Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

A demonstrator strumming a traditional musical instrument called sape (sapeh, sampet, sampeh), carved from a single bole of wood. Sape music is usually inspired by dreams and there are over 35 traditional pieces with many variations. The overall repertoire is slowly increasing.

Orang Ulu tribes except the Penans build imposing longhouses or rumah panjang of similar architecture but the finishing and skill differs widely. The houses are always located close to rivers. The massive 7-10 m stilted longhouse, utilizing the durable Belian or Borneo ironwood as the principal material, including the roof shingles, were built to last and spacious to accommodate as many as one hundred families in the old days. The replica of the vernacular house at the Cultural Park is a mix bag of several tribes including, the ornate motifs, artifacts and others being displayed. Basically, each sub-ethnic tribes have their own unique brand of culture, language, lifestyle and handicraft.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

A demonstrator making a traditional musical instrument called sape (sapeh, sampet, sampeh), carved from a single bole of wood. Sape music is usually inspired by dreams and there are over 35 traditional pieces with many variations. The overall repertoire is slowly increasing.

Orang Ulu tribes except the Penans build imposing longhouses or rumah panjang of similar architecture but the finishing and skill differs widely. The houses are always located close to rivers. The massive 7-10 m stilted longhouse, utilizing the durable Belian or Borneo ironwood as the principal material, including the roof shingles, were built to last and spacious to accommodate as many as one hundred families in the old days. The replica of the vernacular house at the Cultural Park is a mix bag of several tribes including, the ornate motifs, artifacts and others being displayed. Basically, each sub-ethnic tribes have their own unique brand of culture, language, lifestyle and handicraft.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Orang Ulu sword making foundry. Among the Orang Ulu the Kayans were the best iron smiths amongst all the peoples of Borneo . In the olden days, the iron ore were collected from riverbeds but later bars were procured from Malay and Chinese traders. The Dayak weaponry is the sword generally called mandau (sometimes it is also known as parang ilang among the Bidayuh and Penan people, malat by the Kayan people or baieng by the Kenyah people). Once the blades were forged, the hilts (human bones or deer antler in fine specimens) were tufted with human hair from the rewards in warfare. The wooden or leather scabbards is complemented with distinctive motifs unique to their tribes and ornately carved, beadwork, and amulets such as shells and animal teeth.

"Wood shaving thinly sliced with a scalpel-like tool from a piece of softwood. The wood shaving, called kelebu is used for decorations, shamanic rituals and as fire kindle."

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

I am not sure what is the significance of this wooden mask. The more fearful looking Kenyah-Kayan mask, armed with menacing teeth and adorned with tendril-like motifs, is called hudoq used for chasing bad spirits and protecting the rice crops. There is another version called "soul-catching mask" for healing rituals. This one looks friendly. The sunglass-like is a moth or was it painted? What do you think?

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

syasikafairytales.blogspot.com/2012/10/im-proud-to-be-ora...

P1300235 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Orang Ulu sword making foundry. Among the Orang Ulu the Kayans were the best iron smiths amongst all the peoples of Borneo . In the olden days, the iron ore were collected from riverbeds but later bars were procured from Malay and Chinese traders. The Dayak weaponry is the sword generally called mandau (sometimes it is also known as parang ilang among the Bidayuh and Penan people, malat by the Kayan people or baieng by the Kenyah people). Once the blades were forged, the hilts (human bones or deer antler in fine specimens) were tufted with human hair from the rewards in warfare. The wooden or leather scabbards is complemented with distinctive motifs unique to their tribes and ornately carved, beadwork, and amulets such as shells and animal teeth.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Orang Ulu sword making foundry. Among the Orang Ulu the Kayans were the best iron smiths amongst all the peoples of Borneo . In the olden days, the iron ore were collected from riverbeds but later bars were procured from Malay and Chinese traders. The Dayak weaponry is the sword generally called mandau (sometimes it is also known as parang ilang among the Bidayuh and Penan people, malat by the Kayan people or baieng by the Kenyah people). Once the blades were forged, the hilts (human bones or deer antler in fine specimens) were tufted with human hair from the rewards in warfare. The wooden or leather scabbards is complemented with distinctive motifs unique to their tribes and ornately carved, beadwork, and amulets such as shells and animal teeth.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

P1300200 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Orang Ulu sword making foundry. Among the Orang Ulu the Kayans were the best iron smiths amongst all the peoples of Borneo. In the olden days, the iron ore were collected from riverbeds but later bars were procured from Malay and Chinese traders. The Dayak weaponry is the sword generally called mandau (sometimes it is also known as parang ilang among the Bidayuh and Penan people, malat by the Kayan people or baieng by the Kenyah people). Once the blades were forged, the hilts (human bones or deer antler in fine specimens) were tufted with human hair from the rewards in warfare. The wooden or leather scabbards is complemented with distinctive motifs unique to their tribes and ornately carved, beadwork, and amulets such as shells and animal teeth.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

P1300145 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

P1300246 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

I am not sure what is the significance of this wooden mask. The more fearful looking Kenyah-Kayan mask, armed with menacing teeth and adorned with tendril-like motifs, is called hudoq used for chasing bad spirits and protecting the rice crops. There is another version called "soul-catching mask" for healing rituals and the image could be one of the specimens used for the purpose.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

syasikafairytales.blogspot.com/2012/10/im-proud-to-be-ora...

110709 > MaDaKaRiPuRa waterfall by ad+apex@MeMoRaBiLia

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us! @ Madakaripura waterfall, East Java, Indonesia

* located at the village of Sapeh, Lombang district, not far from Mt. Bromo, this beautiful waterfall is hidden in the dense forest of the mountain range of Tengger. It is believed to be the sacred waterfall since it was right here that the Great Prime Minister of Majapahit, Gajah Mada, spent the rest of his life and practiced asceticism by meditating under this waterfall.

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Orang Ulu sword making foundry. Among the Orang Ulu the Kayans were the best iron smiths amongst all the peoples of Borneo . In the olden days, the iron ore were collected from riverbeds but later bars were procured from Malay and Chinese traders. The Dayak weaponry is the sword generally called mandau (sometimes it is also known as parang ilang among the Bidayuh and Penan people, malat by the Kayan people or baieng by the Kenyah people). Once the blades were forged, the hilts (human bones or deer antler in fine specimens) were tufted with human hair from the rewards in warfare. The wooden or leather scabbards is complemented with distinctive motifs unique to their tribes and ornately carved, beadwork, and amulets such as shells and animal teeth.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

P1300106 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

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Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

P1300224 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

P1300218 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

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Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

P1300199 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

A demonstrator strumming a traditional musical instrument called sape (sapeh, sampet, sampeh), carved from a single bole of wood. Sape music is usually inspired by dreams and there are over 35 traditional pieces with many variations. The overall repertoire is slowly increasing.

Orang Ulu tribes except the Penans build imposing longhouses or rumah panjang of similar architecture but the finishing and skill differs widely. The houses are always located close to rivers. The massive 7-10 m stilted longhouse, utilizing the durable Belian or Borneo ironwood as the principal material, including the roof shingles, were built to last and spacious to accommodate as many as one hundred families in the old days. The replica of the vernacular house at the Cultural Park is a mix bag of several tribes including, the ornate motifs, artifacts and others being displayed. Basically, each sub-ethnic tribes have their own unique brand of culture, language, lifestyle and handicraft.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

JG58-04-1951 by The Ulu and the Museum Sarawak Museum, Kuching

Sape player and dancer both wearing headdress, next to a boat on the river landing, at Long Buroi. ‘... the SAPEH is a two-stringed instrument of the banjo order; the strings are thin strips of rattan; the whole stem and body are carved out of a single block of hard wood.’ Hose, C (1912): 'The pagan tribes of Borneo'

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Notes from museum catalogue: none / Welcome gov't official at Lg. Buroi, see img. JG63-04_1951

P1300223 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

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Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Some of the numerous artifacts displayed in the family rooms - baskets, mats, caps, vases, urns, utensils, weaponry and many more which I don't have much time to have a closer look.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

P1300085 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

110709 > MaDaKaRiPuRa waterfall by ad+apex@MeMoRaBiLia

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Madakaripura waterfall @ East Java, Indonesia

* located at the village of Sapeh, Lombang district, not far from Mt. Bromo, this beautiful waterfall is hidden in the dense forest of the mountain range of Tengger. It is believed to be the sacred waterfall since it was right here that the Great Prime Minister of Majapahit, Gajah Mada, spent the rest of his life and practiced asceticism by meditating under this waterfall.

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Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Some of the numerous artifacts displayed in the family rooms - baskets, mats, caps, vases, urns, utensils, weaponry and many more which I don't have much time to have a closer look.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

P1300131 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

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Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Some of the numerous artifacts displayed in the family rooms - baskets, mats, caps, vases, urns, utensils, weaponry and many more which I don't have much time to have a closer look.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

P1300087 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

JD45-06_12_1956 by The Ulu and the Museum Sarawak Museum, Kuching

Lepo Kukum, brother of Lau and Bida Kukum of Long Jegan playing a three-string sape. 'In the interior areas of Sarawak many types of dances are performed for certain occasions such as the group Line dances called Bad Tiang and Delin, or the solo dance called Saga or certain ceremonial dances known as Makio, Ketchok and Lupa. Kenyah peoples perform these dances with the musical accompaniment of the sapeh, the engkluri or sung pieces.' Matusky, P (1985): 'An introduction to the major instruments and forms of traditional Malay music', p. 167

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Notes from museum catalogue:

P1300117 Mathew Ngau Jau aus Borneo (Klangkosmos-Detmold) by Thorsten Krienke

Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW:

Mathew Ngau Jau (Malaysia – Borneo)

am 14.02.2014 in der Aula der Alten Schule am Wall in Detmold.

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

A wooden mortar.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/

Taman Budaya Sarawak (Sarawak Cultural Village), Pantai Damai, Santubong, Sarawak.

A unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent fascinating glimpse of rural Sarawak life as it was, before the old skills and older ways of life were lost to modernity. Located at the foot of the legendary Mount Santubong, the Sarawak Cultural Village portrays the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the seven major ethnic groups of Sarawak.

Orang Ulu, an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons. Some of the tribes collectively called Orang Ulu meaning "up-river dwellers" are given collective names such as Kenyah, Kayan, Klemantan (also referred as the Kedayan or Kadazan), Kelabit, the Lun Bawang (consisting several sub-ethnic tribes but collectively called Murut; in the Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye) , also including the Penan (the most primitive) as well as a few minor tribes in the interior. Generally, the tribes are so heterogeneous and culturally diverse that even ethnologists in disagreement with the confusing classifications. The Orang Ulu are also former head-hunters and conveniently also called the Dayak tribes.

Log steps leading to the longhouse's individual family units.

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.pustaka-sarawak.com/Pustaka-Sarawak/Sarawakiana/pelah...

blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/10/our-people-orang-ulu.html

www.artsborneo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=...

healntland.blogspot.com/2012/02/klemantan-people-tribes-k...

www.fulltextarchive.com/page/The-Pagan-Tribes-of-Borneo4/