laksa curry prawn in sarawak

This is my favourited laksa..it called curry prawn laksa..its tasted very spicy..,and delicious.This laksa is very popular food in malaysia.There are many type of laksa in malaysia.We can maked our own laksa in home.We can get this recipe through internet,.magazine..and from our friend.It very easy to make this laksa.I hope that, laksa food can attract more people to try the delicious laksa..

sape music instrument popular in sarawak

hai,..everyone..i would like to introduced sarawak traditional music instruments called(sape).This music instruments is very popular in sarawak.
The sape is a traditional lute of many of the Orang Ulu or "upriver people", who live in the longhouses that line the rivers of Central Borneo. Sapes are carved from a single bole of wood, with many modern instruments reaching over a metre in length.
Initially the sape was a fairly limited instrument with two strings and only three frets. Its use was restricted to a form of ritualistic music to induce trance. In the last century, the sape gradually became a social instrument to accompany dances or as a form of entertainment. Today, three, four or five-string instruments are used, with a range of more than three octaves...

IBAN TRADISIONAL COSTUME

This is the complete set of it. Usually the girl wearing ngepan is ready to ngajat, for her wedding or the gawai celebration itself

"marik empang" made up of beads and threads.

We called the set of bracelets and silver belts "tumpa"

The tumpa is originally made from silver, nowadays it is really hard to find the original one. So if your grandma gives you hers, keep it properly.

"sugu tinggi"

> also made up of silver, nowadays the sugu tinggi that were sold on the streets most of it made up of steel or other fake materials.

bracelets a.k.a "Tumpa"

tumpa is pronounces as tumpo

selampai

*handmade, I remember the last time I saw my grandma weaving the selampai is around May 2001.

silver belts with coins on their waist it is called tating kain

during gawai we're having beauty contest also. The girl that won the contest crowned as kumang gawai.

the skirt that they are wearing is called kain kebat

IBAN TRADITIONAL KUIH JALA@KUIH SARAN SEMUT

hello..everyone,..i will like to introduced about iban traditional(kuih jala@kuih sarang semut)in sarawak.During gawai festival,this traditional kuih very popular among iban races..it very easy to maked this type of kuih.This kuih is very differenced among other kuih in malaysia.It tasted very delicious,sweet,crispy and produce good aroma..To maked this kuih,we need apong sugar(gula melaka),tepung beras and other ingredient..

IBAN TRADISIONAL PUA KUMBU

                                                                  The Pua KumbuTo the Iban of Sarawak, the pua kumbu is not just a blanket. It is a sacred ceremonial and ritual textile. The word pua in Iban means 'blanket', kumbu means 'to wrap'. Together, the two words mean a 'grand blanket'. However, the pua kumbu is very seldom used as a sleeping blanket. It is reserved for the times when men and women seek an encounter with the spiritual.
 Weaving of an Iban textile, especially the pua kumbu, represents a deeply spiritual and socio-religious undertaking. It is a sacred activity that is incumbent upon every Iban woman, so as to establish her womanhood and worth in a socitey where gender roles are specific, and where spirituality is intrinsically linked to every aspect of daily life. As a weaver, she takes her place in the spiritual regeneration of the traditional values and religious norms of her people.

DABAI FRUITS IN SARAWAK

lets me introducting the fruit that is popular in sarawak.  Sarawakians called it buah dabai (dabai fruit). It can be found mainly in sarawak espeacilly at song,kapit. Dabai fruit has made it ways to every markets in Sarawak. It is a seasonal fruit.

 

The way to eat it is first rinse it then soak in lukewarm water until it softens. Season with salt or black soy sauce. The yellowish fresh taste creamy. Actually you can preserve it just by soaking it in a jug with black soy sauce or with coarse salt (without the seed). I believe there are hawkers who sell dabai fried rice also.
The second best thing that comes out from one single fruit is the seed. Wash clean and sun dried the triangular seed. Crack it open by using mortar and pestle coz I found that a nut cracker device doesn’t work on this seed… and then you find this lovely, crunchy, greenish nut. If you have problem taking it out from the shell, use a toothpick.

HORNBILL POPULAR IN SARAWAK

Hornbills  are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia. They are characterized by a long, down-curved bill which is frequently brightly colored and sometimes has a casque on the upper mandible. Both the common English and the scientific name of the family refer to the shape of the bill, "buceros" being "cow horn" in Greek. In addition, they possess a two-lobed kidney. Hornbills are the only birds in which the first two neck vertebrae are fused together; this probably provides a more stable platform for carrying the bill. The family is omnivorous, feeding on fruit and small animals. They are monogamous breeders nesting in natural cavities in trees and sometimes cliffs. A number of species of hornbill are threatened with extinction, mostly insular species with small ranges.
i really like hornbill bird because it so unique and very attractive..there are many type of hornbill in sarawak..it also present for identity sarawak....