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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Early records of inoculation and smallpox vaccination in Sarawak
If you are not familiar with inoculation or variolation (deliberately introducing the pathogen into an uninfected person), it is the method first used to immunize an individual against smallpox with material taken from a patient or a recently variolated individual, in the hopes that a mild, but protective infection would
The story of Apai Saloi being a glutton over smoked deer meat
How were executions carried out during Brooke’s time in Sarawak?
How did the name of Sarawak’s capital get changed to Kuching?
In the olden days, Sarawak's capital was also known as 'Sarawak'. Kuching view. Credits: Pixabay. Why did the second White Rajah, Charles Brooke decide to change Sarawak's capital name to Kuching on Aug 12, 1872? Abang Othman Datu Haji Moasili wrote in The Sarawak Gazette on Aug 31, 1964 that explained the
Tungu Rubi, a Bidayuh reconciliation ceremony
The Brooke battle against the Iban from Gaat river at Nanga Pila in 1916
The legend of Batu Puyang in Batang Ai you probably never heard
Legend of a two-tailed monster and how poison came about in Borneo
Sarawak’s forgotten source of entertainment, Band Day
The current generation should be grateful that entertainment is so easily available nowadays. Imagine living in Sarawak in the late 19th century with no smartphone, internet or TV... how did people entertain themselves? Like most parts of the world in those days, people turned to music. For the-then Kingdom