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The locust plague that hit North Borneo in 1919

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by Patricia Hului - November 5, 2020November 5, 2020

Do you know a plague of locusts once hit North Borneo about a century ago in 1919? The Sarawak Gazette on Dec 16, 1919 reported that until that year North Borneo had never suffered from a locust plague on a big scale. “As far as is known the only occasion on which

Tagged Borneo History Sabah

3 theories on Kayan migration to Borneo island

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by Patricia Hului - October 30, 2020October 30, 2020

When the Kayans are naming a child, or engaged in any special ceremony, such as going on the war-path, matches may not be used and fire must be made by drawing rattan backwards and forwards on a piece of soft, dry wood. Credit: Public Domain. When speaking about Kayan migration, many

Tagged Borneo History Sarawak

5 stories about the Sihan people you should know about

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by Patricia Hului - October 26, 2020October 26, 2020

With less than 300 Sihan people in Sarawak (as of 2012), any stories about their legends, customs and histories are very precious and important.As recorded by Benedict Sandin in "Notes on the Sian (Sihan) of Belaga" for the Sarawak Museum journal, the Sihan speak the same language with Punan Bushang

Tagged Borneo Sarawak

First shots of the Pacific War were fired at Kota Bharu, not Pearl Harbour

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by Patricia Hului - October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

When it comes to the Pacific War, most people believe that the first shots that began it all was Pearl Harbour. Little do most people know that the first attack actually took place in Kota Bharu, the capital of Malaysian state of Kelantan, as part of the Japanese invasion of

Tagged History Malaysia World War II

The Brunei Civil War and how it led to Sulu’s claim over Sabah

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by Patricia Hului - October 21, 2020October 21, 2020

The Brunei Civil War took place centuries years ago from 1660 to 1673. However, the consequences from this particular warfare seems to have an effect even to this day. Adding on to the element of disbelief of this piece of history, the Brunei Civil War had, in fact, started from a

Tagged Borneo Brunei History Sabah

5 amusing Sarawak stories as recorded by colonial officer Ian Urquhart

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by Patricia Hului - October 15, 2020October 15, 2020

The Crown Colony of Sarawak was established in 1946 right after the dissolution of the British Military Administration. On Sept 16, 1963, it was succeeded as the state of Sarawak through the formation of the Malaysian federation. Unlike other Crown colonies, Sarawak was perhaps the most unique one. Sarawak continued its pre-existing

Tagged History Sarawak

Mangkok Merah 1967, the Dayak-Chinese conflict in Kalimantan

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by Patricia Hului - October 12, 2020October 12, 2020

Mangkok Merah 1967, the conflict between the Dayak and Chinese in West Kalimantan Slogan proclaiming that Chinese and Indonesians stand together. Circa 1946. Credit: Berita Film Indonesia / Public domain The New Order in Indonesia is the term coined by the second Indonesian President Suharto to describe his administrative era when he

Tagged Borneo History Kalimantan

The forgotten Malayan labourers of Burma Railway during WWII

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by Patricia Hului - October 6, 2020October 6, 2020

The Burma Railway is infamously known as the Death Railway. It is because thousands of people died building it during World War II (WWII). The Empire of Japan built it from 1940-1944 to supply troops and weapons in the Burma campaign. The railway is 415-kilometres long connecting Ban Pong, Thailand and Thanbuzayat,

Tagged History Malaysia World War II

Numbul and Bedukun, the Bisaya traditional healing ceremonies

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by Patricia Hului - September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

Before there were doctors and nurses, the people of Sarawak relied on traditional healing ceremonies to cure sickness. Every ethnic group has its own healing ceremony, for example the Ibans have their pelian and the Melanau turn to berayun and berbayoh to heal the sick. For the Bisaya people in the Sarawak,

Tagged History Sarawak sarawak culture

8 things the Timugon Murut believe about Nabalu, or the afterlife

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by Patricia Hului - September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

Different beliefs offer different views of the afterlife. In some views, the afterlife takes place in a spiritual realm. Another popular view is reincarnation. It is where the individual may be reborn into this world with no memory of his past life. Meanwhile in Sabah, the Timugon Murut people have their

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