MUZIUM SARWAK

MUZIUM SARAWAK

Muzium Sarawak 

 

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Muzium Sarawak mula didirikan dalam tahun 1891.

Bangunan lama

Bangunan asal Muzim Sarawak dan diperbesarkan seperti bentuk yang sedia ada dalam tahun 1911.

Dewan Tun Abdul Razak

Namanya diambil sempena nama Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang kedua. Ia merupakan bangunan dua tingkat dan dahulunya digunakan sebagai Dewan Perhimpunan Perundangan daripada tahun 1973 sehingga 1975. Pada 1982, ia dijadikan galeri pameran dan dibuka secara rasmi dalam tahun 1983.

Pautan luar

• Muzium Sarawak (bangunan lama)
• Muzium Sarawak (Dewan T.A.R)

TENTANG KAMPUNG BUDAYA DI SARAWAK

 Kampung Budaya Sarawak.

Kampung Budaya Sarawak terletak di Pantai Damai, Santubong hanya 32 km dari bandar Kuching merupakan tempat yang terbaik untuk mengenali budaya dan cara hidup masyarakat setempat. Kampung Budaya ini juga digelari ‘Museum Kehidupan’ dibangunkan untuk memelihara dan mempamerkan warisan kebudayaan dan kesenian Negeri Sarawak. 

Rumah Melanau

Perkampungan seluas 17 ekar ini mempunyai 150 orang penduduk yang mempamerkan aktiviti harian suku kaum negeri Sarawak seperti aktiviti memproses sagu dan menghasilkan kraftangan. Mereka berpakaian tradisional dan mengadakan persembahan tarian tradisional untuk para pengunjung. 

Rumah Penan

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Tarian Iban

Pengunjung juga boleh melihat replika bangunan yang mewakili setiap suku kaum pribumi utama yang ada di Sarawak; rumah panjang bagi orang Iban, Bidayuh dan Orang Ulu, rumah-tinggi Melanau dan rumah ladang orang Cina. Kampung Budaya Sarawak yang dibuka secara rasmi pada tahun 1990 dan dibangunkan di atas tanah seluas 17 ekar diharap
mampu memberikan pengalaman terindah kepada

Rumah Penan

pengunjung yang mahu merasai sendiri gayahidup serta kediaman sebenar masyarakat unik tersebut.

Rumah Melayu

Perkampungan ini juga mempunyai sebuah pentas dimana pengunjung boleh menyaksikan persembahan tarian tradisional berbagai kaum, sebuah restoran dan kedai kraftangan. Anda juga boleh melangsungkan perkahwinan anda di Kampung Kebudayaan Sarawak mengikuti gaya tradisi kaum Iban, Melayu, Bidayuh atau Orang Ulu.Rumah panjang yang terdapat disini mempunyai deretan bilik-bilik


yang bersebelahan yang disambungkan dengan sebuah ruang serambi yang panjang yang digunakan untuk aktiviti-aktiviti seperti mengukir kayu dan menganyam bakul.

Pembuatan Kuih Bahulu @ Rumah Melayu

Pengunjung sering dijemput menghadiri kegiatan majlis pada waktu malam dan dihidangkan minuman tuak yang dibuat sendiri oleh penduduk kaum Iban dengan menggunakan beras.

Rumah tumpangan yang lengkap juga ada disediakan untuk pengunjung. 

Terdapat 7 rumah etnik utama penduduk Sarawak iaitu Bidayuh, Iban, Orang Ulu, Melanau, Melayu, Penan dan Cina.Disetiap rumah ada disediakan pakaian 

tradisional utk disewa dengan harga RM10.. 

Ada juga rumah suku kaum yang menjual hasil kraftangan & makanan tradisional masing masing.

Tenunan Pua Kumbu @ Rumah Iban

Tarian Melanau

Kuih Sepit @ Rumah Melayu

Keranda Pahlawan Melanau

Walaupun dikenakan bayaran sebanyak RM60 untuk golongan dewasa dan RM30 untuk kanak- kanak, namun saya rasa ianya cukup berbaloi kerana pengalaman sebegini sukar untuk didapati di tempat lain. Apatah lagi kaum-kaum minoriti di Sarawak seperti kaum Bidayuh, Iban, Penan, Orang Ulu dan Melanau juga kini sedang dilanda era kemodenan. Jadi mereka sudah tidak tinggal di dalam rumah yang bercirikan tradisional seperti ini. 

Tenunan Keringkam @ Rumah Melayu

Di sini anda boleh mengenali semua suku kaum yang terdapat di Sarawak. Banyak rumah rumah suku kaum yang boleh dilawati dan anda juga digalakkan terlibat dengan aktiviti kebudayaan. Anda boleh merasai kemeriahan tradisional suku kaum, cara tenunan pua kumbu dan manik serta aktiviti harian suku kaum seperti menyumpit dan memburu. Ramai artis kebudayaan bersedia menghibur dan memberi penerangan kepada anda.

Di Kampung Budaya Sarawak ini, dipaparkan dengan gaya hidup sebenar masyarakat tersebut termasuklah kuih muih, pakaian tradisional serta tarian yang dipersembahkan di dalam persembahan kebudayaan selama 45 minit yang diadakan khusus untuk pengunjung.Pendek kata Kampung Budaya Sarawak ibarat sebuah 'muzium hidup' yang penuh warna warni kehidupan masyarakat desa, Berlatar belakangkan hutan hujan tropika yang masih elok terpelihara serta Gunung Santubong yang tinggi melangit, saya yakin Kampung Budaya Sarawak akan terus dikenali sehingga ke peringkat antarabangsa.

Dibuka setiap hari bermula jam 9.00 pagi hingga 5.15 petang, manakala persembahan Tarian Kebudayaan berlangsung 2 kali sehari iaitu pada pukul 11.30 hingga 12.15 tengahari dan 4.30petang hingga 5.15 petang. 

Kampung Budaya Sarawak yang telah menerima pelbagai anugerah dari dalam luar negara itu 

diharapkan akan terus terpelihara serta menjadi daya tarikan utama buat para pelancong yang mahu berkunjung ke Sarawak.

Terdapat beberapa buah resort bertaraf bintang 3 dan 4 berdekatan Kampung Budaya Sarawak iaitu Damai Beach Resort dan Santubong Resort. 

P. 0. Box 2632, 93752 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Tel: 082-846411 Fax: 082-846988

URL: www.scv.com.my

E-mail: info@scv.com.my

Bayaran masuk;

RM60.00 Dewasa

RM30.00 kanak-kanak

ABOUT AUP HILL JUBILEE PARK

Taman Jubilee Bukit Aup

Taman Jubilee Bukit Aup or if translated to English would be Aup Hill Jubilee Park. That doesn't sounds right. Lets just stick with Taman Jubilee Bukit Aup shall we?

The Taman Jubilee Bukit Aup is located at Sibu which is around 15 minutes drive from Sibu town depending on your speed.

Originally a mining pool area which later converted into a recreational area. There are some recreational facilities, hanging bridge, and even burial ground for the natives.

Bukit Aup is actually considered a sacred place by the natives and is associated with good spirits. There used to be rituals performed for well being and prosperity. Basically, it is believed that those who set foot at Bukit Aup are blessed.

However, I still remembered that there are quite a big gossip about ghosts appearing in the pictures taken at the Taman Jubilee Bukit Aup a while back. Way way back. Some sort of cheap publicity stunt perhaps.

Heck, even the local newspaper publish some of the so called pictures with ghost in it reportedly taken at Taman Jubilee Bukit Aup. Back then I don't have a camera yet let alone a digital one, so did not manage to go and test it out.

However, this time around I did manage to take some pictures of the area aside from some pictures of the food eaten at the canteen. See for yourself if there are any "irregularities".

Pond area

Fish in the pond

Canteen

Coconut

Kompia kiap meat

Rojak

way up

still on the way up

Hanging bridge

place for rituals to be performed?

going to the top

view from the top

stairs- a lot of em

garden path

That is all the pictures taken at Taman Jubilee Bukit Aup.

Oh, there is one final picture that I am quite reluctant to show.

As I passed the swings, suddenly the swings moved. Thinking there might be something "out of the ordinary", a picture is taken of the swings.

=p

ABOUT MOUNT SANTUBONG IN SARAWAK

Mount Santubong

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Mount Santubong
Mt. Santubong from Santubong Bridge
Elevation	810.2 m (2,658 ft)
Prominence	810 m (2,657 ft)
Location
Location	Sarawak, Borneo
Coordinates	01°44′N 110°20′E
Climbing
First ascent	Unknown
Easiest route	Hike

Mount Santubong (Malay: Gunung Santubong) is a mountain in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is located about 35 km north of the state capital Kuching.
On a clear day, it can be seen from Kuching. The mountain and its surrounding area is a popular tourist attraction.

View from the mountain top

Mt. Santubong with Sarawak River in the foreground

Contents

• 1 Etymology
• 2 History
• 3 Legend
• 4 Biological importance
• 5 Ascent
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Etymology

According to the Encyclopaedia of Iban Studies the original inhabitants of Santubong were the Iban. Si-antu-ubong means 'spirit boat' in the Iban language. Antu is hantu in Malay which means spirit or ghost. Santubong are boat like coffins made from a single hollow log designed to represent the vesell in which a dead person will travel from this world to afterlife. Following another theory, the name Santubong is derived from "san choo bong" in the Hakka Chinese dialect, meaning "wild pig king" or "king of wild pig".^{[citation needed]}

History

Excavations of the surrounding area uncovered Hindu and Buddhist relics from the 9th Century CE. Song and Tang dynasty ceramics are also found, indicating that the area around the mountain was a trading port from the 11th to 13th century.

Legend

A legend often associated with the mountain is of two beautiful princesses of heaven, Santubong and Sejinjang. Santubong was an expert weaver while Sejinjang was an excellent rice tresher. When war broke out between two villages, Kampung Pasir Puteh and Kampung Pasir Kuning, the King of Heaven sent the princesses to keep peace in both villages. The villagers saw both beautiful princesses and stopped the war. After the war, both princesses taught the villagers their expertise and both villages began to trade and became prosperous. Many princes heard of them and came from the whole island to marry them, but all was denied by them. One day, a handsome prince came, and the princesses had a quarrel and exchanged blows because both of them fell in love with the prince. Sejinjang swung her tresher which hit Santubong's cheek. Santubong threw her weaver at Sejinjang, hitting her in the head. Putting an end to the quarrel, the King of Heaven cursed both of them into mountains. Santubong turned into Mount Santubong while Sejinjang was turned into Mount Sejinjang. It is said that both mountains resembles women lying on their back and a crack on Mount Santubong was the scar on Princess Santubong's cheek.

Biological importance

In 1855 a British naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace[1] who was collecting animals in Santubong, wrote a paper called "Sarawak Law" [2] which can be considered as a precursor to the biological theory of evolution. A year later, Wallace left Sarawak and wrote another article on evolution based on his years of observation in the Far East, that was sent to Charles Darwin and was simultaneously published by the Royal Society. Similar to Galapagos, Mount Santubong should be considered as a scientific world heritage in biological science and should be preserved for the future generations. Unfortunately, the proposal to established the area as a national park never materialise and human settlements as well as touristic development (hotels, golf course and condominium) are claiming most of the low lying areas. It is suggested the world community to set up a fund to buy back the land and save Mount Santubong that is very important in the development of concepts and theories in biological sciences.

Ascent

The entrance to the trail is controlled by a private company claiming to be the caretaker appointed by the authorities to maintain and collect rubbish left by visitors on the mountain. They charge an administrative fee of RM8 per person and also issue certificates for an additional fee. All parks are managed by Sarawak Nature Reserve as provided for under National Parks and Nature Reserves Ordinance, 1998 Sarawak.^{[citation needed]}
A report has been lodged under the states' Talikhidmat which is under the purview of the Chief Minister's office of the collection of fee by the private company.^{[citation needed]}
It takes between 3 and 4 hours to reach the summit and slightly less to descend again. Climbers need to take plenty to drink and some food to keep them going. A BBQ has been built at the top but begin your descent by 3pm to get back in the day light and avoid stepping on snakes that cross the path sometimes. A lucky climber may be rewarded with the chance of a rare Hornbill with a cream/yellow beak. These Hornbills are black and white.
Villagers say the well at the top never dries up, however this pond is often sadly full of rubbish today and should not be relied upon as a source for thirsty climbers. In fact Lord Medway reported it to be dry on his overnight expedition to the top in the 60's before the ropes and ladders were installed. Cub scouts and guides once camped at the top too on their expeditions.

Part of the arduous ascent

References

• National Parks of Sarawak, by Hans P. Hazebroek, Abang Kashim bin Abang Morshidi. ISBN 983-812-032-4.
• The Encyclopedia of Malaysia, ISBN 981-3018-47-X.
• On the Law Which Has Regulated the Introduction of New Species.
• AR Wallace travelog to Borneo and the Malay World.

External links

• Satellite image from Google Earth
• Sarawak Tourism page on the mountain
• A song about the two princesses, with translations

Categories:

• Mountains of Sarawak
• Anthropomorphic geographic features

ABOUT MATANG WILDLIFE

Matang Wildlife Centre

Matang Wildlife Centre is situated at the western corner of the Kubah National Park in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, and is covers around 180 hectares of lowland forest.
The aim of the centre is:

• Education. Students from primary to tertiary institutions can do nature studies as a supplement to their classroom activities. Special groups and the general public are also welcome.
• Research. The Centre will cater for researchers from local and overseas universities.
• Conservation. Endangered animal species confiscated from the public will be rehabilitated here as an effort to promote awareness on the conservation of these species.
• Recreation. Visitors can relax by the rock pools and waterfalls, or trek along the nature trails.

Matang is near the beautiful town of Kuching which has a charm about it, not a large tourist place and has kept its traditional charm. I have stayed at a wonderful guest house called Singassanna Lodge, the people bend over backwards to help you and have turned out to be really good friends over the months.
From here its only a 40 minute drive to Matang Wildlife Centre, a great place very peaceful except for the noises of the forest which is tranquil in itself, and volunteers and visitors can stay in chalet accommodation which was nowhere near as basic as I had expected.
The rain forest is wonderful hard to describe the feeling when you are there.
Click the links below to find out more information about the animals at Matang which I will keep adding too:
- Orangutans
- Sunbears
- Macaquettes

MATANG WILDLFE CENTRE IN APRIL 2008

 

There are now so many more animals, Samba Deer are in abundance and plans are being made for the local community to start looking after them this has been welcomed by all the locals and if successful will take a big strain off the wildlife centre.

 

There are now 5 Bintarong(bear cat) 2 civet which have paired up really well together, 9 pig tailed macaque and 12 long tailed macaque with more monkeys due in any day. A large croccodile arrived after a 17hr drive from Miri.

The local staff are still working well with the volunteers and barbeques that now involve all the workers and their families are sometimes a weekly event, this communication has made a real difference to the daily work as everybody gets to know each other so well.

On the 29^th April George a large dominant male Orangutan was transported from Semmengohh rehabilitation centre to Matang after Richie the Alpha Male made it abundantly clear that George was no longer welcome there, they had had a massive fight and it was a rush against time for Hillary our Orangutan man to  stop any further fighting by coaxing George into a cage. The vet was then informed and asked to arrive early the next morning to sedate George ready for the move, it was a great responsibility for all concerned as sedating and transporting such a large potentially dangerous animal weighing in at well over 100kilos posed a great many risks, a team was put together and everybody knew their job, the whole operation ran like clockwork and George arrived sleepy but awake enough to be aware that there were two very interested females Chiam and Ganti in the cage next to him. He has settled in well and the plan is that he will eventually be released with the two females

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Doris is still happy to go into the forest but is reluctant to climb trees, she is spending time with Mamu and they have become very close the plan is that she will feel so attached to Mamu that she will follow her into the trees, as soon as Mamu see’s a tree she is off climbing so hopefully his plan will work. This course of action has meant that Tingsan and Mamu have stopped for the moment being in the forest 24 hours a day, the weather has been very wet especially at night and more can be gained at the moment in concentrating on Doris. Doris has shown her maternal side and is happy to carry Mamu around as if she was her own baby this is encouraging to see as it shows she has some maternal instinct.

My visit was far too short this time but I’m glad that I came back  my plan is still to go to South Africa and learn about smaller primates where this will lead me I am not sure but hopefully once I have gained some knowledge on the care of these animals I will be able to put this experience to use.

A DEAR LITTLE DEER

I arrived at work one morning to find a baby deer was to be collected from the deer enclosure, unfortunately we have a large dominant male out there that posed a threat to it and as the baby already had slight injuries to its legs it was felt for its own safety it was to be removed.. The deer whom I named Sanganne ( after the lady deer keeper at the centre) was a lot larger than I had first thought so after catching it and carrying it back to the centre in torrential rain we were both filthy

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She was taken back to the centre and put into quarantine to be checked over and her injuries looked at. We. weighed her and took measurement for our records.

She was obviously tired after her mornings activities so we offered her a bottle of milk which she was eager to drink but found drinking from a bottle a lot harder to get than her mothers milk so a small syringe will be used until she learns how to suck out of a rubber teat and then we left her to rest

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She has settled well and is quite happy for us to look after her and give her milk, once she has established a good feeding pattern we will move her into Doris the female Orangutan’s enclosure, Doris has played substitute mum for lots of orphaned deer so she will be fine.

and then when she is a bit bigger we will move her into a new enclosure that volunteers have been working on this month it is set in the forest and covers about an acre, it has been so carefully thought out and made with everything a deer could possibly want it is in dense forest with a stream running through it,there we will be able to safely look after her with four other young deer.

   

My First Experience Volunteering at Matang Wildlife Centre
Many things happened within that first couple of weeks, it took time to get used to the routine and every day bought something different, a young orphaned orangutan had been bought to the centre and named Ting San, a cheeky little girl who captured everybody’s heart, a large crocodile caught up in a fisherman’s net had to be careful untangled and the start of talks into building a new sunbear enclosure, anything can happen so no day is ever the same. The local people welcome you with open arms and the staff at Matang Wildlife Centre are very dedicated to their work and love to share their time with the volunteers.

Living and working with people you have never met was exciting and I would thoroughly recommend it, weekends were good as you left the centre and were able to visit other places of interest.(see article on Bako)
The Great Orangutang Project is working with Sarawak Forestry to build up this centre and on my return visit, after a period of 4 months so much had been noticeably achieved. The animals seem very content and enjoy the daily enrichment which is mainly done by volunteers. Nobody ever seems to want to leave after their experience.

You can volunteer at Matang with the Great Orangutan Project (who i went with!)
My first visit to Matang
I had the most wonderful experience at Matang Wildlife Centre. One of the main issues was Aman, a very large male who had developed cataracts, I very rarely saw him move, and although he seemed content to just remain in one place most of the day. He was very sociable when you went to visit him, it seemed a shame that he had no interest in his surroundings obviously because he could not see them. I can remember putting hard boiled eggs in the grass very near to where he sits and watching him trying to find them, he knew they were there but could only feel around with his hands to find them it was actually quite upsetting to watch.
Whilst there I was also fortunate to be one of the first group of volunteers to meet Ting San, a young female orphan she had arrived at Matang Wildlife Centre the day before we arrived. She was from the start an independent young lady, always knowing what she wanted and invariably nearly always getting it., she was quite small and after having been wormed and a good diet introduced came on leaps and bounds, I was fortunate to spend that month watching her getting used to her new home and getting some security back in her life
Baby Ting San (Gus)
The other big change whilst I was there was a change in all the animals diet, by the end of the month most of the animals had had other foods introduced and on the day I went home I can remember seeing the bears laying in the sun sleeping and looking very contented, I have to say that was the highlight of my experience.
The centre is small with a variety of animals it has a very friendly atmosphere and everyone is very passionate about what they are doing, there is a lot more to do but it will happen. The orangutans are great, playing with Doris and watching little Ting San grow up daily was amazing, its an experience very hard to put into words but as long as you are prepared for hard work in hot conditions and can cope emotionally with different standards of animal care you will have a great time. I have the pleasure of going back to Matang in July 2007 and am looking forward to seeing the improvement of Aman and the rest of the centre.
Mamu:

Contemplating: Doris takes a momement to think

A new year at Matang (2008)
January 2008

I returned to Matang Wildlife Centre not sure what to expect, it was a new year with new staff and a new beginning. It was great to be back and all the animals seemed happy and contented, the keepers now work a full day which makes all the difference to the place, quarantine was clean and the place had an air of efficiency about it, there is a new manager there who is determined with the help and expertise of Way out Experiences to make the place a centre of excellence. I had two priorities, the first to see the progress of the bear project and the second to see Ting San, the young orangutan with whom I had spent last summer with. Both were great.

Sunbears

The cages for the night dens had been erected and were just awaiting a roof but otherwise progress had been good and was almost finished, hopefully within the next two weeks the 4 sunbears would have a new home, the bears looked well and Leo and I fed them live grubs, the two females Corine and situ ate them readily where as Bernie and Jo the two males were more cautious. Feeding these bears a more natural diet is the way forward to the first steps towards their rehabilitation.

Nearly There: New Sunbear outdoor enclosure

Ting San

Ting San was calm and obviously very happy with her new mentor, a local man named Hillary. My work with her rehabilitation into the forest last year was rewarded with a great deal of affection. She clearly remembered me and kept herself firmly by my side arms and legs attached to me so that I could not escape, as much as I was touched by this visible sign of affection I am also aware that this contact is not what she needs as her future lays in the forest and not with human contact. So she was, after a very touching reunion, encouraged to leave me and returning to the trees, which she did without any stress. It was a very emotional afternoon all round as not only did I have the love of this amazing animal but I was also priviledge to be able to be at the start of taking Doris an 8 yr old female orangutan into he forest to start her long journey back to the forest where she belongs. She leaves her enclosure daily and is taken along the boardwalk to the platform (built by volunters) where once she has settled in is quite happy to allow me to video her confidently swinging through the ropes, having only ever seen Doris in her man made enclosure this is an amazing sight. Hopefully she will develop a love for the forest and be eager to continue returning there.

Ting San learning what she can eat in the jungle