highlight.

Why I call it the highlight of the trip is because it was by far the most interesting of all the places we visited. The cultural village is beautifully kept at Damai, very well maintained and it is extremely educational and user-friendly. The cultural show at the end of the trip was also very, very entertaining, where the performers were well rehearsed and very experienced.

It also helped that we had our tour leader/van driver who knew the place inside out, who explained to us things we were not very sure of.

The cultural village surely is one of the places I will keep on going back to if I ever get the chance to go back to Sarawak.

the whole family at the Bidayuh Longhouse.

i think she is very pretty. she very gracefully smiled at the camera while weaving...

this is a very traditional and ancient way of separating the kulit from the paddy to make beras. this was at the Bidayuh Longhouse.

we tried costumes at the Orang Iban Longhouse. mama and adik became Orang Iban and Hana (my tiny cousin on the leftmost) and i tried Orang Ulu costumes. i loved the costumes so much! such beautiful and vivid colours. you don't want to know how many other photos i took in them. teeheheheee

he tried the sumpit at the Penan Hut.. i did too. we hit the dartboard but missed the jackpot. this was a very, very good experience! the Penan guy is very hygenic too. after every person tried the sumpit, he would spray the mouthpiece with antiseptic. very good!

my brother and dad with Orang Penan. they don't live in houses because they are Nomads. so they build huts like these for shelter.

would you look at those stilts?! we were told that the reason why the Orang Ulu house was on stilts was because the women were afraid of wild animals and so, being on high grounds made the feel protected while their men were away hunting.

the intricate designs on the Orang Ulu House. they are so, so creative!

Melanau is the richest tribe in Sarawak. They are the only tribe to have sub-levels in their houses like you see in the above picture.

i really don't know how to play this game. takut terkepit!

Rumah Melayu looks like my Arwah Nenek's house in Kedah.

Chinese house, thus the mengade pose. teehee..


aha. i think it was justified for me to call it the highlight of my trip, yes?
yes, i think so.