Seven longhouses against removal of Klirieng
SIBU: The Bagatan Penyarai Tatau Heritage Conservation Committee (JPWBPT) urged the authority concerned not to move the 200-year-old ‘Klirieng’ (tombstone) that was found in the Sungai Penyarai, Kakus, Tatau as to preserve the heritage of the Bagatan (Beketan) people in the area. According to its chairman, Jaing Bubun yesterday seven longhouses in Kakus collectively were […]
Our naughty acts displeased grave robbers
Even in prosperous times, the living robbed the dead. ― Jocelyn Murray, author The year 1966 was very significant for folk in Melupa as this was the very first time the Sibu-Kuching trunk road prided in its conquest and became useable. It was also the year that my dad’s original longhouse Munggu Embawang (shared together […]
Revive use of Jawi
KUALA SELANGOR: “Jawi is a writing system practised by most people in the country before, Malaysians should know, but, unfortunately, the young people today do not know the Jawi script,” said a tombstone sculptor of Chinese descent. Kuah Leong Chuan, 65, who has been carving granite tombstones since he was in his 20s, expressed fear […]
