Saudi Arabia Group Riyadh
This is the Saudi Arabia segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7
I have a confession to make. I am not quite familiar with the Saudi folk dance and I am not quite sure what the dance presentation was about on the night concerned. In the mean time, enjoy the Bamboo Cane [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ‘09- Saudi Arabia
Posted in Championship, Dance, Entertainments, Happenings, Photography, Travel, tagged Folk Dance, Sabah International Folkdance Competition, Sabah International Folklore Festival, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia Group Riyadh on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Beauty Fest And the Folklore Festival
Posted in Championship, Dance, Entertainments, Fashion, Happenings, Photography, Travel, tagged Beauties, Beauty Contest, Beauty Festival, Folkdance, Girls, Sabah International Folkdance Competition, Sabah International Folklore Festival on July 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Beauty Is In The Eye of The Beholder
This is the Beauty “Contest” segement of the Folkdance Competition- July 7
Eureka!
This may yet be another bright idea that the festival’s bright sparks can consider. A Folklore Beauty Contest to revolutionise the folkdance festival into something totally unrecognisable from its first incarnation. I must say it was a [...]
Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ‘09 – Kazakhstan
Posted in Championship, Dance, Entertainments, Happenings, Photography, Travel, tagged Folkdance, Kazakhstan, On Alti Kiz (sixteen girls), Sabah International Folkdance Competition, Sabah International Folklore Festival on July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Alti Kiz (sixteen girls) – Kazakhstan
This is the Kazakhstan segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7
Land of the Kazakh won the Best Costume category of the folkdance competition. They were the celebrities of the night for the colourful and strikingly beautiful red costunes they put on on the night. It’s a sort of a cross between [...]
Sabah Int’l Folkdance Compettiton ‘09 – Kalimantan
Posted in Art, Championship, Dance, Entertainments, Happenings, Photography, Travel, tagged Folkdance, Indonesia, Majelis Adat Dayak Nasional- Kalimantan, Sabah International Folkdance Competition, Sabah International Folklore Festival on July 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Majelis Adat Dayak Nasional- Kalimantan, Indonesia
This is the Indonesian Kalimantan segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7
Dayak refers to the indigenous people residing in the island of Borneo, especially in the regions of Sarawak and Kalimantan. Their dances are usually full of symbolism and can be considered to be a type of ritual dance, [...]
Sabah Int’l Folkdance Comptetition ‘09- Java
Posted in Art, Championship, Dance, Entertainments, Happenings, Photography, Travel, tagged Folkdance, Indonesia, Javanese Dance, Kumpulan Daya Presta- Java, Sabah International Folkdance Competition, Sabah International Folklore Festival on July 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ‘09- India
Posted in Art, Championship, Dance, Entertainments, Happenings, Photography, Travel, tagged Folkdance, India, Indian Dance, Punjab Folk Art Centre, Sabah International Folkdance Competition, Sabah International Folklore Festival on July 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Punjab Folk Art Centre
This is the India segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7
Bhangra, that lively & jolly folk dance originated from the Punjab region of India & Pakistan. It, without fail, always gets me going and in the mood for a Saturday Night Fever. The dance performed at the Fest somehow has that [...]
Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ‘09- China
Posted in Art, Championship, Dance, Entertainments, Happenings, Photography, Travel, tagged China, Folkdance, Sabah International Folkdance Competition, Sabah International Folklore Festival, Zhan Jiang Song and Dance Ensemble on July 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Zhan Jiang Song and Dance Ensemble- Guang Dong, China
This is the China segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7
And of course the usual ribbons (and fans) in a Chinese dance would go without saying. Chinese dance has its own unique vocabulary, semantics, and syntactic structure that enable a dancer on stage to fully express [...]
Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ‘09- Cambodia
Posted in Art, Championship, Dance, Entertainments, Happenings, Photography, Travel, tagged Cambodia, Department of Performing Arts - Cambodia, Folkdance, Sabah International Folkdance Competition on July 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Department of Performing Arts – Cambodia
This is the Cambodia segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7
It was a superbly staged folkdance festival with rip-roaring dance performances coming one after another at a fast and furious pace. Spectacular is probably an understatement of the year, I believe. Showbiz Glitz is more fitting. Yah, putting on [...]
Sabah Int’l Folkdance Competition ‘09 – Brunei
Posted in Art, Championship, Dance, Entertainments, Happenings, Photography, Travel, tagged Brunei, Folkdance, Persatuan Melayu Keriam Tutong Pesaka, Sabah International Folkdance Competition on July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Persatuan Melayu Keriam Tutong Pesaka
This is the Brunei segment of the Folkdance Festival – July 7
It was a superbly staged folkdance festival with rip-roaring dance performances coming one after another at a fast and furious pace. Spectacular is probably an understatement of the year, I believe. Showbiz Glitz is more fitting. Yah, putting on the glitz!
Overall, [...]
Sabah International Folklore Festival 2009
Posted in Championship, Dance, Entertainments, Happenings, tagged Sabah International Folkdance Competition, Sabah International Folklore Festival on July 21, 2009 | Comments Off
A Festival or A Competition? Whatever!
It suddenly dawns on me Kota Kinabalu is in desperate need of a top-notch auditorium theatre cum convention centre if we are to have more top perfoming acts coming to the city. And the venue has got to be in or near the city centre boundary. As it is now, [...]
Photo To Pass the Time Away
Posted in Art, Beaches, Pantai, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Kota Kinabalu, Photo, Photography, Tanjung Lipat on July 19, 2009 | Comments Off
Woh, I Am Going to Barbados
Have A Nice Weekend!
Birds of Borneo- Black-capped Kingfisher
Posted in Angler, Birds, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Birder, Birds, Birds of Borneo, Birdwatching, Black-capped Kingfisher, Kingfisher on July 18, 2009 | Comments Off
All Hail The King!
The black-capped kingfisher is not exactly that common in Kota Kinabalu, contrary to what I have been told by some birdie experts. To date, I have only come upon them three times (thrice, for those of you who love that word).
Sabah MKA Dog Show
Posted in Animal, Championship, Happenings, Photography, tagged Dog Show, MKA, Sabah MKA Dog Show 2009 on July 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Ciao Chow!
Sabah MKA Dog Show 2009- 7 June.
This sleepy-head is so cute and lovely. And it is well trained & obedient as well. It was left on top of a cage and it just stayed there taking an afternoon siesta. Believe you me it was a massive dog- as big as a five-foot-something fat man. I believe [...]
Chinese Pottery
Posted in Art, Happenings, Museum, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Chinese Pottery, Heritage Village, Kota Kinabalu, Pottery, Sabah, Sabah Museum on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Pottery In Motion
Come the month of May you may like to visit the Heritage Village at the Sabah Museum. There will be cultural programmes being staged at the museum. One of them will be the Chinese pottery making demonstration.
Traditional Dances of Sabah- Mongigol Sumayau
Posted in Dance, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Places, Travel, tagged Dance, Lotud, Lotud Dance, Mongigol Sumayau, North Borneo, Sabah, Sumayau, Traditional Dances of Sabah on July 15, 2009 | Comments Off
A Sacred Dance to the Great Warriors
Mongigol Sumayau is a traditional ritual dance associated with the Lotud people. Traditionally, the dance was performed during the “Rumaha” and “Mangahau” ceremonies.
The Lotuds are an indigenous ethnic group residing in the Tuaran District on the northern part of the Borneo island. They are a sub-ethnic group of the Dusunic [...]
Macaque Monkey
Posted in Animal, Apes, Places, Travel, tagged Jalan Istana, Kota Kinabalu, Macaque Monkey, Monkey, Signal Hill Observatory on July 12, 2009 | Comments Off
The “Nit-picker”
Macaque monkey is of course a common primate spread over most of the Asian & African continents. In Kota Kinabalu you “may” sometimes encounter one when you take a stroll up to the Signal Hill Observatory. More likely you will see one if you take the Jalan Istana (Road). Do not attempt to approach [...]
Maidens of Borneo- Bajau
Posted in Indigenous People, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Bajau, North Borneo, Sabah, Sea Gypsies on July 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If Looks Could kill !
Moon-Cloud
Posted in Happenings, Photography, Wonderment, tagged Cloud, Moon on July 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Moonlight is Sculpture
~Nathaniel Hawthorne
I will buy you the Moon, if only……………
Maidens of Borneo – Dusun Kota Belud
Posted in Indigenous People, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Sabah, Kota Belud, North Borneo, Maiden of Borneo, Maiden of Dusun Kota Belud, Borneo Beauties on July 9, 2009 | Comments Off
The Shire Maiden
Freestyle Diving @ Semporna
Posted in Landmark, Pantai, Photography, Places, Resort, Seaside, Travel, tagged Diving, Semporna on July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Sunset Dip
Semporna- that Divers’ Meeting Place before heading towards the Divers’ Paradise. Surprisingly, Semporna has now become kind of like an English seaside resort. But…………. everything comes to a halt after 10 pm. So, to bed we went. An early night, the first time in a long while.
What is there in Semporna, you may [...]
Baby Orangutan
Posted in Animal, Apes, Park, Photography, Places, Travel, Zoo, tagged Baby Orangutan, Lok Kawi Wildlife Park, North Borneo, Oran Utan, Orang-utan, Orangutan, Sabah, Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre on July 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The “Poser”
On a photoshoot assignment with a top supermodel.
Orang Utans (the original and proper spellings), as you know, are the native primates indigenous to the islands of Borneo & Sumatara. Listed as one of the endangered species of the Great Ape variety, North Borneo is one of the places where you can see Orang-utan in great numbers. Sepilok [...]
Postcard fron Donggongon
Posted in Landmark, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Donggongon, Kota Kinabalu, North Borneo, Penampang, Sabah on July 6, 2009 | Comments Off
Kadazan Country
Visit the outskirts of Donggongon town. Keep a low profile, we don’t want to create massive traffic jams now, do we?
Egret Fishing
Posted in Birds, Fishing, Happenings, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Birds, Birdwatching, Egret, Egret Fishing, Fishing Trip, KK Esplanade, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Segama Waterfront on July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hook, Line and Sinker!
On one blue sunny day, came an egret on a fish-hunting trip ………..
KK Esplanade (alternatively referred to as Segama Waterfront) is the seabirds’ rich hunting-ground and playground. On any given day you may catch a bird or two flying past on their way to the Never-never-land. And if you get lucky, you may [...]
Kota Kinabalu at Night
Posted in Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged jesselton Point, kota Kinabalu at Night, Night scene of kota Kinabalu on July 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When the Night Falls….
No, the wolves didn’t come out.
A stroll through Jesselton Point with the sea breeze beating down on your cheeks will make your journey to the Land Below the Wind a night to remember for.
Adios Amigos, and I bid you farewell!
Maidens of Borneo- Lotud
Posted in Indigenous People, Places, Travel, tagged Borneo, Lotuds, Maiden Lotud, Sabah, Tuaran, Young Lady Lotud on July 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Dancing With the Lotuds
Sabah Dragon Boat Race 2009
Posted in Carnivals, Championship, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Pantai, Park, Photography, Places, Sports, Tournament, Travel, tagged Dragonboat Race 2009, Kota Kinabalu, Likas Bay Park, Sabah Dragon Bot Race on July 1, 2009 | Comments Off
On The Fifth of The Fifth
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream …………………
Hit It!
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