Annual Murut Festival – Friday 2nd – 4th April, 2010

The annual Murut Festival will take place at the Murut Cultural Centre in Tenom from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th April. One of our members, Jane Green, who lives in a village near Tenom, very kindly invites members who wish to attend this festival to camp in her garden. For more information, please contact Veronica

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Review: The Kadayan – Dr Amde Sidik

After a troublesome start to the presentation because of technological problems, Amde Sidik, a prominent Kadayan, gave a talk about his people – not the one he had planned to give, but no less interesting for that.

The Kadayans, a gentle, rather shy people, are to be found in Borneo; in the areas of Sabah

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The Ethnic Kadayan of Borneo – Tues 18th Aug ,2009

The Sabah Society is pleased to welcome Mr Amde Sidik, who will give a talk to the society on “The Ethnic Kadayan of Borneo”. The talk will commence at 19:30 at the Secretariat (click for directions) on Tuesday 18th August, 2009.

Please click here to register for this event. We look forward to seeing you

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Traditional Houses of Sabah

Richard Sokial gave a talk on the “Traditional Houses of Sabah” on Wednesday, 18th March 2009. Richard’s most interesting talk was well attended, and for many of us it was very sobering to hear that many of these houses are fast disappearing from the countryside as the necessary skills to build them are not being

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