Trooping the Colour, Borneo Style
Kota Belud, “waaaah!”, the land of horses & buffalos (it could easily be the land of milk & honey). So, here it begins the story of the “Five Horsemen On the Prairie“. First thing first, let’s meet our world-famous horseman of Kota Belud. I have seen pictures of this old gentleman countless [...]
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Bajau Horsemen of Kota Belud
Posted in Animal, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Bajau, Horseman, Kota Belud, Riders, tamu besar on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Trick or Treat
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Bogeyman, Halloween on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Night The Bogeyman Falls to Earth
Diwali- Sri Pasupathinath Alayam
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Deepavali, Diwali, Festive Season, Hindu temple, Sri Pasupathinath Alayam on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Together, We Walk Down Into The Deeper Valley. Walk On!
Though the title does not make any sense, whatsoever, I just like the sound of it. You just gonna have to accept it. Another public holiday (17/10) again in Sabah. This time, together, we celebrate the Deepavali (Diwali) with our Indian compatriots. Diwali is also known as the Festival [...]
Sky Lantern
Posted in Divine, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Kung Ming Lanterns, Lanterns, Mid-Autumn Festival, Mooncake Festival, Sky Lanterns on October 15, 2009 | Comments Off
Kung Ming Lantern- Romance of the Three Kingdoms
In Sabah Lantern Festival is celebrated during the mid-Autumn Festival. In China proper and Greater China, the Lantern Festival takes on a totally different meaning over there. There, it was celebrated as marking the end of the Chinese New Year.
Mid Autumn Moon Cake Festival
Posted in Festive Season, Food, Happenings, Legend, Photography, Travel, tagged Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Festival, Mooncakes, Sabah on October 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Fly Me To The Moon 中秋節
Give me the moonlight, give me the lotus paste.
Hello! It’s that time of year again. Today, Chinese the world over celebrate the mid-Autumn festival. And Sabah is no exception.
Lepa Pasil Boat
Posted in Art, Beaches, Dance, Divine, Entertainments, Festive Season, Fishing, Happenings, Living, Museum, Nostalgia, Pantai, Photography, Places, Seaside, Travel, tagged Bajau, Lepa, Lepa Pasil, Regatta Lepa, Sea Gypsies, Semporna on October 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sailing the Seven Seas With the Gypsies
Lepa is often associated with the Regatta Lepa that will burst into life in the water of Semporna with a glittering multicolour extravaganza every April month.
Sabah State Mosque
Posted in Art, Festive Season, Happenings, Landmark, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Eid al-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr, Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Mosque, Sabah State Mosque on September 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Eid al-Fitr- Hari Raya Aidifitri
The End of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.. Let the Festive Season of Charity commence. The next three days, 20-22 Sept., are officially public holidays in Sabah.
Lotud- Indigenous People of Borneo
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Borneo, Kadazandusun, Lotud, Places, Travel, Tuaran on September 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lotud In The Land of Sandy Beaches and Tamu
Lotuds are a native peolple residing in the district of Tuaran, Sabah. They are, for ease of classification, also a sub-ethnic group of the Kadazandusun people.
Ramadan
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Places, tagged Mahkamah Syariah, Ramadan, Ramadhan, Syariah Court on August 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Month of Patience, Modesty and Spirituality
Above Picture: Mahkamah Syariah (Syariah Court) in Kota Kinabalu
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Traditional Dances of Sabah- Magunatip
Posted in Art, Dance, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Photography, Places, Restaurants, Travel, tagged Dance, Headhunters, Indigenous Dance, Kwijau, Magunatip, Murut, Murut Dance, Sabah, Traditional Dances, Traditional Dances of Sabah on August 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Bamboo Curtain Call To Bring the House Down
Magunatip, that quintessential Bamboo Pole dance among the natives of Asia.
When the headhunters of North Borneo are on the prowl again, you know it’s time to party and bring the house down.
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 [...]
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 …………………
Maidens of Borneo- Murut
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Borneo, Maidens of Borneo, Murut, Sabah on June 11, 2009 | Comments Off
If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On
Sabah Harvest Festival- Break Dancers
Posted in Carnivals, Dance, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Places, Travel, tagged Atama, Bakakuk, Borneo, Borneo Boys, Breakdance Sabah, Harvest Festival, Hip Hop Borneo, Pesta Kaamatan, Tadau kaamatan on June 4, 2009 | Comments Off
B-Boying and the Borneo Boys
At the Tadau Kaamatan
Posted in Carnivals, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Places, Travel, tagged Harvest Festival, KDCA, Kota Kinabalu, Pesta Kaamatan, Sabah, Tadau kaamatan on June 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Samson & Delilah
Borneo Pesta Kaamatan- Tug of War
Posted in Carnivals, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Photography, Places, Sports, Travel, tagged Harvest Fetsivall, KDCA, Pesta Kaamatan, Tug of War on June 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Games Without Frontiers, War Without Tears
Its a knockout
If looks could kill, they probably will
In games without frontiers-war without tears
Games without frontiers-war without tears
-Peter Gabriel
The Vikings Vs The Normans
Maidens of Borneo- Kadazan Labuk
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Borneo, kadazan, Maiden of Labuk on May 31, 2009 | Comments Off
The Gong & the Maiden of Labuk
Pesta Kaamatan- Harvest Festival
Posted in Carnivals, Dance, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Places, Travel, tagged Borneo, Harvest Festival, Kaamatan, Pesta Kaamatan, Sabah on May 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Let the Ceremony & Fun Begin
First, a Thanksgiving Prayer for the bountiful harvest that the Bambarayon (Spiritual Guardian of the Paddy field) has bestowed upon this blessed land that we call “The Land Below the Wind”.
Maidens of Borneo- Kadazan
Posted in Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Borneo, Kadazan Maiden, Kadazandusun on May 29, 2009 | Comments Off
Ladies of Sumazau
Traditional Dances of Sabah- Daling Daling
Posted in Dance, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Travel, tagged Bajau Dance, Borneo, Daling Daling, Traditional Dance of Sabah on May 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Love Is In the Air
Lovey-dovey groovy kind of love. Daling Daling, a dance to woo your loved one.
Maidens of Borneo- Suluk
Posted in Fashion, Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Photography, Travel, tagged Demoiselle Suluk, Maiden of Borneo, Suluk, Suluk Maiden on May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Demoiselle Suluk
Note: Maiden, in this case, means young lady. I am in no way responsible for any misconceived ideas that you may have had.
Traditional Dances of Sabah- Sazau
Posted in Dance, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Places, Travel, tagged Borneo, Kadazandusun, Sabah, Sazau, Sazau Dance, Sazau Papar, Traditional Dances on May 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Let’s Do the Twist
Hello? What is this? Is that the younger version of Elvis? Wasn’t he supposed to be doing the Sazau dance. Or was it Salsa?
Headhunters of Borneo- Murut
Posted in Dance, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Borneo, Headhunter, Headhunters of Borneo, Murut, Sabah on May 25, 2009 | Comments Off
On the Cultural Warpath
Swords are now drawn and spears sharpened, primed for tthe final Battlestar Galactica of the year. ‘Tis the headhunting season. The Muruts of Borneo are on the march once again poised for the final assaults on their enemies.
Traditional Dances of Sabah- Sumazau
Posted in Dance, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Places, Travel, tagged Borneo, Kadazandusun, Sumazau, Traditional Dance of Sabah, Traditional Dances on May 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Doing the Sumazau
This traditional dance, Sumazau, is invariably associated with the tribe of Kadazandusun, a tribe that inhabits the state of Sabah. Those from the Penampang distric are especially well-versed in this sort of dance.
Kadazan Gentleman of Labuk
Posted in Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Places, Travel, tagged Cultural Dances, Harvest Festival, Kaamatan, Labuk, Labuk Kadazan, Sandakan on May 22, 2009 | Comments Off
The Coolest Swinger in Town
I could have sworn I was the centre of attention, until, this guy turned up and stole the whole show.
Lady Bajau
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Bajau, Borneo, Lady Bajau, Sabah on May 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Lady of the Sea
Puzzled? Confused? Lost in the Never-Never Land? The last six days (look back on the last 5 posts) have been lady this and lady that. More yet to come………….. The Suspension Is Killing Me.
KOPIVOSIAN!
That’s a Phrase of Novelty to me.
Lady Orang Brunei
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Kaamatan, Lady Brunei, North Borneo, Orang Brunei, Papar, Sabah on May 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Lady of Artistry
Celebrating Tadau Kaamatan
Lady Rungus
Posted in Art, Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Photography, Places, Travel, tagged Borneo, Lady Rungus, Rungus, Sabah on May 19, 2009 | Comments Off
Lady of Craft
In anticipation of Harvest Festival
Lady Kadazan
Posted in Carnivals, Festive Season, Happenings, Indigenous People, Places, Travel, tagged Borneo, Harvest Festival, Kaamaran, Kotobian Tadau Tagazo Do Kaamatan, Penampang on May 18, 2009 | Comments Off
Lady of the Gong
Kotobian Tadau Tagazo Do Kaamatan.
Make a date this coming harvest festival - 30-31 May, 09
Lady Lotud
Posted in Festive Season, Indigenous People, Places, Travel, tagged Harvest Festival, Kaamatan, Lady Lotud, Lotud, North Borneo, Sabah, Tuaran on May 17, 2009 | Comments Off
On Golden Lotus Pond
In Celebration of Forthcoming Harvest Festival.
Hit It!
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