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Hello World, It has been more than just quite sometime that I have not made any new entry in this blog. There are a couple of reasons why but of course, as they say, we are not quite interested in reading reasons. Since my last post was quite a few months back, may be it would be quite decently appropriate if we are to just read quite a bit about the moon. Yes, the moon, as it slides down and

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Welcome home, myself! It has been months that this blog have not been updated. The reasons are many, ranging from this to that, to all and sundry. Not that my ideas are gone or there isn't much stuff to blog about but simply, as they say, "take a break", though I personally feel that the break is far too long. Sabbatical leave? None of that because I am not at all in the business of post

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Well, New Year for most of us starts from 01 January. Mine is ten days later, 10 January. And please ignore the slightly erratic date format for 01 and 10 have the same numerals except that they have mirror image. This year though I consider myself to be quite fortunate because my (camera) resolutions are getting bigger from 8+ mega-pixels to 15+ mega-pixels and I think I am very satisfied with

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I beg your pardon, I am not in the business of promoting pipe smoking or any brand of pipe tobacco for that matter but I remember back in the days of old pipe tobacco smoking was as trendy as having the latest model cellular phones as it is now. Back then, those pipe tobacco smokers were considered to be in a different league of the society, or at least those smokers thought so. Now all those

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Waiting for thirty seven years within a person's life span is a very long period of time indeed. Judging from past experiences, nobody would have expected it to come "so soon". The signboard is there nevertheless, barely twenty four hours ago to be exact. May be the fact that it has been so long overdue could now be forgiven. Or may be it is too soon to be too euphoric about it until the

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Narakng is another peculiar ritual tradition of the Salako community. If this traditional culture is not properly preserved, it will soon see the verge of extinction due to the fierce onslaught of contemporary "modern" fast ever changing way of life. The verb Narakng is derived from the root word tarakng, which loosely means "bright or light or free from darkness". As in many cultures, darkness

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I repeat, many folks despise waiting. This time I know very well why; not that previously I did not understand, but just that I pretended to have a little sampling of patience. Not that I have no tolerance or love for all kinds of waiting though, but on this particular kind of waiting I must tell the world that I like it not a bit. You see, how long can I wait to have nights that have no

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Marriage they say, after a decade or so, can turn for the better or worse. Generally it is the former that prevails but the later, if taken for granted, can overshadow and mar everything positive that a marriage institution can offer. The reasons can be anything from A to Z (or a combination of some or all) but all that can be summed up using a single word, UNFAITHFULNESS. You see, I am not a "

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Many folks despise waiting. They demand that everything that they wanted to happen on the dot. The good thing about waiting is that while at it, we have the options to do something else. If you ask me what I do while waiting, I say I am doing nothing but something. The difference between "something and nothing" is very subjective, depending on "who is questioning and who is answering". Never

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Yes, those living in and around Lundu Town do almost regularly hear the siren sound of those fire engines especially during dry season such as now. What they seldom see however are how and where these brave firemen are in action. It is not unusual for these brave young men to see action almost every other afternoon, sometimes almost everyday. Luckily though the drought season is not a whole year

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Like any other cultures the world over, the minute Salako community of Sarawak, Malaysia, once upon a time has their own “medical specialists”. These “medical fraternity” were usually from the male gender but on rare instances, there do exist their female counterparts which are very far and between. They were supposed and believed to have the capabilities of curing all sorts of aliments ranging

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Amusement parks can be found anywhere, anytime, and they need not belong to Walt Disney. Many amusement parks provide entertainment continuously but one must pay to enjoy. Other "amused-man parked" are however far and between, in fact very rare. But they do happened anyway whether by chance or by design. Anyone who have encountered this experience must consider themself very lucky, and for that I

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Everyone dreams of celebrating an occasion quite differently than that of others. That's human nature and there's nothing wrong with that. Others may dream but we the citizens of Malaysia living along Lundu-Biawak Road always celebrate differently. We don't just celebrate, we feast. This "tradition" started since I was a primary school boy and continues till this day. In fact, we "celebrate and

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Wishing all Salako Bato readers, especially to all Dayaks who celebrate Gawai, a Happy & Blessed Gawai 2009. To some (just a minuscule, irrelevant some) Dayaks who have contemplated of disowning their Dayakness, Salako Bato wishes you all the same.SALAMAT ARI GAWE DAYAK 2009SRAMAT ANDU GAWAI DAYAK 2009SELAMAT ARI GAWAI DAYAK 2009~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Due to some little chores here and there

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Most of us go far and yonder to search for and enjoy something beautiful, especially that of nature. In effect, beauty can be found almost anytime and anywhere, more often than not during "ordinary" time and at "common" places. If we care to be observant enough, beauty as they say, "lies on the eyes of the beholder". But of course not all sets of eyes are "beholden to beauty" until someone or

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Evening of April 20th 2009 gave me a very memorable and exceptionally breathtaking sunset I have ever seen in my life. It was a really an extraordinary amazing manifestation of the beauty of nature.While my son and daughter were washing our cars, they instinctively demanded that I came out to see for myself almost immediately after they looked up the sky. My automatic reaction was to grab hold of

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After a very hectic first two days, the third started in a quite easy mode. Our 'hotel', Lampe Square of Stella Marris Church, only went quiet for the rest of the day after 9.00 AM after which we had left to tour the famed Monsopiad Cultural Village, Panampang. On our way, the tour bus again had a brief stop at Donggongon, the outskirt of Kota Kinabalu where we had our breakfast.After every

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17th March, 2009, we were ready for the go very early in the morning on the second day. Though the tour on the first day was quite taxing (at least on me), most of us were up even before the cock crows at dawn, very much eager for the day's destinations. By 6.30 am, all were geared and psyched up and we recited our prayer together beseeching Divine intervention that we may be protected all

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Westerners from Gunung Gading? Who are these people? Are they Caucasians? Do they have (natural) blond hairs and blue eyes?Well, Gunung Gading is in Lundu District, situated at almost the western tip of the State of Sarawak (Land Of The Hornbills), Malaysia. Relative to the State of Sabah (Land Below The Wind), we, the people of their neighboring state consider ourselves as their westerners,

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Like almost all ethnic cultural traditions, Ngoncong, the cultural heritage of the Salako ethnic community, is fast dying, immersed almost suddenly by the advent of modern forms of entertainment. Back in the 1980's and before, Ngoncong was among the most preferred cultural form of entertainments held during gawe (joyous festivals) of all sorts. Among those are the Ngarantika, festival marking

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Below are basic details both in English and Malay.Venue: All along Lundu-Biawak RoadTempat: Sepanjang Jalan Lundu-BiawakTime: During dry seasons from mid February till October without fail annually.Masa: Sepanjang musim kemarau dari pertengahan Februari hingga Oktober.Eligibility: All those living along Lundu-Biawak Road and those who sympathize with them.Kelayakan: Semua yang tinggal di

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H2O is the physical properties of water. In Malay water is air and please do not confuse this with the English word, air. In Salako (my language/dialect) water is ai'. I do not intend to lecture readers what water is because kita semua tahu apa itu air. Kita' am pane kata Salako pun nahui' amia ratie ai' koa. Are you English speakers confused? Need not be because all the sentences in Malay and

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If you have an internet access and Google Earth on your computer, just type Biawak in it's search column and you will be brought there no matter where you are from. There must be something special about Kampung Biawak that Google Earth took notice to have it a close up view from above. Funny however, Lundu town, which is it's administrative center, hasn't got that special focus by Google Earth.

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When the earth blocks the moon, they call it lunar eclipse. When the moon blocks the sun, they name it solar eclipse. But what do they call it when the clouds block the moon that blocks the sun? Well, I call it frustration, I mean FRUSTRATION spelt using uppercase. Never mind about the correct terminology because the pictures below will correctly explain why.Like many enthusiasts, I was

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Sometimes, we do not even bother to look up to the sky or see the 'nothingness' surrounding us especially if we are outside of our homes or working places. And those 'sometimes' are the most likely times that the beauty of mother nature is manifested without us ever realizing it. Take occurrences of sun halos for example, it happened relatively frequent but not many would really appreciate the

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It has been nurtured, nursed and trained for more than a decade already. My aim was that one day it would become a pleasant bonsai, at least to myself, a self turned amateur bonsai hobbyist. But alas, this potted tamarindus indica or locally know as asam jawa is alive no more. I have tried all that I can to rescue this plant but to no avail. I tried into practice of what I have read about the

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I was really hoping that there would be no need for me to update my previous post about the flood. But alas, the water level is raising again and true to prediction, this time around, the flood water swelled up even more and made worse by the king tide. A consolation though, the weather was relatively fine today, interrupted only by intermittent light rain. Had the rain were like the previous

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What do we get when king tide and continuous heavy rain for days occur concurrently? A recipe for flood of course. Around this time of the year, low lying areas are very prone to flooding due to the heavy monsoon rain. While (heavy) flood can be bad for the economy and dangerous to lives, the irony is that, to some extent, it can be fun to watch and experience. That just happened in my hometown,

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Many a time we are advised against playing with fire. It can be dangerous they say. But playing with fire can be fun and exciting especially if it is a campfire. Nowadays, with the easily available fire crackers and fireworks, campfires are getting less and less popular for marking momentous occasions such as new year celebrations.Campfires, traditional as they may be, can be no less spectacular

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I have a soft spot for durians, not just the fruits but the trees as well. To me, durian trees are handsome (or beautiful) and the fruits are awkwardly mystifying. Another of my favourite fruit trees is langsat. So, quite some years ago, during one durian and langsat fruit season, I started collecting some "choice" seeds available in my village including those belonging to my late grandfather.

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Hello world. This is my first post for the year 2009. When it comes to new year, everyone is talking about resolutions. New year, new resolutions, (but usually) accompanied by not so new deeds and actions.Indeed, this new year I really found new resolutions. At first, the resolutions were quite high but was downgraded for obvious reasons; easier and faster uploading. I am talking about the

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Happy and Blessed New Year 2009A verse of pantun for you all.Baju biru kasut pun biru,Pergi membeli ikan gelama,Tahun baru azam pun baru,Olah tabiat masih yang lama.__________Below this line is the original post__________What would you do if you have a hat (songkok) and a camera while attending a joyous wedding celebration? Probably you would just sit or stand enjoying the food and drinks, or

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Kabatn panyumarakng,Memanglah manyak kad-kad ucapan Kresmes/Natal an jauh labih bato an dapat ditamputn (linked) atau dilakatatn di sia. Tapi koakan asel kokot urakng lain. Dari sagi grafik, memanglah ia jauh ana' samparona, nahui' aku. Tapi Kresmes/Natal bukatnlah sakadar tantang kabatoatn kad, tapi labih ka tantang kabatoatn ati. Lalu, ngan sapanoh ati aku ...Pembaca budiman,Memanglah banyak

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Long ago, like most Dayak tribes, the Salako people lived in long houses or bantang. It is customary that visitors from far away who need to put up their nights in a long house would be hosted in a sami'. A sami' is the non partition section (from end to end) of the bantang, more like a common/living room shared together by the whole families living under one roof. Each family has their own

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We grumbled and complaint a lot. Yes, we the luckier ones are very charitable and generous when it comes to grumbling and complaining. We freely grumbled just because of some slight temporary discomfort or minor shortcomings. We complain when food served to us does not taste that good. We grumbled why our income is never enough even though we are adequately remunerated or compensated. We complain

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"Life is hard", so they say. And yes it is. To earn a living is harder still. Yet many of us take life for granted especially those young adult sons and daughters who have been living with silver spoons. Unfortunately not all of us are lucky enough to enjoy the riches of our motherland in the way we wish it to be. A great many toiled from sunrise to sunset , rain or shine, just to bring home a

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It was very well worth attending. Why? Because that was the night when almost a thousand Dayaks from both Malaysia and Indonesia congregated at the Majlis Makan Malam Dayak Borneo (Borneo Dayaks Dinner Gathering) held at the Dewan Suarah, Kuching (4th December 2008). The occasion was organized by Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) and it's affiliates to honor the visit of His Excellency The

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Pantun nyian kungarang tanggal duapuluh talu, buatn tujuh, tahutn dua ribu tujuh an lapas. Ada labih dua ratus rangkap samue'e. Kania' aku makunsiatn ia cara mupuk-mupuk. Bakemat jare urakng.Pantun ini saya karang pada tanggal duapuluh tiga, bulan tujuh, tahun dua ribu tujuh yang lepas. Ada lebih dua ratus rangkap kesemuanya. Sekarang saya kongsikan secara berdikit-dikit. Berjimat kata

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Au' oooooo... kabatn kita' am marati, nahui', nabanan, ngiringan, nintingan, nuturatn Bahasa Salako/Badamea, Kanayatn, Banana', Baahe, Bakati'; ato Dayak damea meah pun baik; ampat di mae meah asal-usul kita'. Nyian ku nyaru' kita' ang ampat di tanah ai' Biawak kita' baik, au' Poe kita' baik; Sidamak kita baik; au' uga' ampat di kampokng ngan bandar kita' baik; ampat di Bantanan kita' baik, au'

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Pemancha Anggok @ Anggu Anak Pengarah Otoh was born in the year‭ ‬1921‭ ‬though his birth certificate showed that he was born in the year‭ ‬1925.‭ ‬He was the eldest of eight siblings of five males and three females.‭ ‬His father was Pengarah Otoh Anak Bangat and mother was Weh Anak Gireng‭ @ ‬Gereng.His first marriage in‭ ‬1947‭ ‬was a misfortune because wife and child died during labour.‭ ‬His

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An nyian ana' bagambar coma dapat digambaratn.Yang ini tiada gambar cuma dapat digambarkan.This one has no picture but can be pictured.Alang batoe kalo samo'e kesah daapm Salako Bato kutulis daapm bahasa Salako.Alangkah eloknya kalau semua artikel dalam Salako Bato ditulis dalam bahasa Salako.How I wish that all articles Salako Bato are written in the Salako language.Tapi bila bapikir kanyakng,

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They say donating blood is good. It sure is. It is free and most importantly, blood saves lives, including the lives of the rich and powerful. The worldly order of things is that the materially haves folks are the expected ones who should donate to the materially have-nots. In the case of blood donation, the reverse is almost every time true. Majority of the blood donors are the ordinary Sipolans

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It is not often, in fact quite rare that we find more than one latah person at the same time at one particular location for the same particular purpose. That happened to me a few days ago at the Gading Hawker Centre, Lundu. All together, at that time, they were four of them and all have past their golden jubilee breathing the air of this earth. All four are still very active and healthy thus

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Never mind if you do not speak Salako/Kanayatn/Baahe/Badamea, or you do not understand what the hack it is. I just want to freely express myself. This time no pictures, just words.Au' ooo... kita' taino manusia, ang kaya am barata, bakoasa, baamas, bamaruha; an sikolah tingi sampe ka unibasiti, am baajar sampe ka luar nagari; an sehat tarigas; an sakit, rongkok, bauntut; nyian aku maba mamang

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Yes, there are many Bus Stops along Lundu-Sematan/Lundu-Biawak roads. The irony is, I have not seen any 'bus that stops' to pick up and drop passengers along these routes since many, many moons ago. I have lost count already but it has been years. I suspect this phenomenon is common all throughout the Kuching Division and Sarawak as a whole.Let us see below some of the different makes and models

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If you are a foreigner traveling on roads in Malaysia, you will be forgiven if you are unable to notice snakes all along your journey. In fact, not even many Malaysians will understand what I mean until you have read this and seen the accompanying pictures. And these snakes, all of them are pythons! There are so many of them by the road sides until you lost counts. May be if you are from Brunei

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Any observant road traveler going to Sematan, a beach town at the western end of Sarawak would have easily notice these "dead but alive" trees by the road side. To be exact, these trees can be found between kilometer fifteen and sixteen, (Kampung Sebiris-Serayan) on the right side of the road if one is traveling from Kuching or Lundu. Hopefully they will keep standing for a long time to come for

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I have fallen in love with orchids since I was in my teen for more than a quarter of a century already. My favourite species is the Phalaenopsis Bellina. Back then it was easily available around the foothills and surrounding virgin forest in my village. It is getting rarer now in the wild because it's natural habitat is steadily being destroyed by rampant logging and palm oil planting activities.

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I was driving home from work yesterday afternoon when I saw something quite unusual happening in front of me. As usual, I got hold of my camera which is usually with me when I am on the move. It was about three kilometers before reaching home, the traffic in front of me was moving cautiously slow. At the far end, I saw a logging truck fully laden with logs. In front of the truck was a blue

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Peristiwa ini berlaku pada bulan Jun, 2008, di salah sebuah kampung Bidayuh Salako di Jalan Lundu-Sematan. Sebuah syarikat entah dari mana, punya siapa dan untuk apa telah membina sebuah pondok jaga untuk melarang penduduk-penduduk kampung daripada melalui jalan (bekas jalan balak) yang selama ini adalah jalan ke kebun dan ladang mereka.Penduduk-penduduk kampung marah. Mereka memasang kain

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Yes, these are rivers as defined by the locals. River is sungai in Malay. These three rivers are Sungai Sesahan(Petai), Sungai Pasir and Sungai Jangkar. They might not be as big and mighty as Sungai Rejang let alone the Nile or the Amazon. Their purpose however, is equally the same; providing fresh water. Their loyalty in giving free, uninterrupted supply of fresh, clean water to the

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Lundu-Biawak Road has been in existence since the year 1972. It was built by the Engineering Corps of the Malaysian Armed Forces. The main purpose of the road (at that time) was to allow for easy movement of troops to fight the communist guerrillas and to make it easy for (Malaysian) folks living along that area to go to Lundu town to buy their daily neccessities. Up till now there is a military

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Note: All pictures related to this post has been removed by the owner.Waktu kami pergi ke Ponti,Dua kali tayar ditukar,Jika rasa berkenan di hati,Tekan di sini lihatlah gambar.Tiga hero sedang "ber-standing",Saling nak tunjuk siapa gagah,Jika tuan nak kenal bar_guardingHansem berdiri, pakaian cerah.Menjadi dosen di universiti,Mista Wonderboyz nickname sebutan,Malam itu ganteng sekali,Lalu kutabal

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Date: 3rd October 2008 (Final day)Yes, lunch again back at Betang. This time though, the big shots from SDNU were not with us. They must have had a more important event to attend to I supposed. The menu was not dissimilar to what we had here yesterday but hungry stomachs are usually not choosy. During lunch, we mixed around some more and most of our hosts are ordinary folks who out of curiosity

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Date: 03 October 2008 (Final day)Again the day started with a breakfast in the cafe. For those who are not worried about dieting, this was the time I saw them sampling anything available and as much as their appetite can handle.The bus was ready to take us to the Khatulistiwa. The wheel chair was unpacked and it was I who was the first to sit on it while "the two professional photographers" and

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Date: 2nd October 2008 (The 2nd day)Time: 7.15 pm (WIB) onwards.Venue: Hotel Kapuas Cafe.I went out of my room to the cafe being one of the most casually dressed, the way I like best. Some others were in their batik but most were traditionally attired (not "cawat", please) looking like princes and princesses. The Bidayuh females all looked sparkling and they were all winners.Amongst the male

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Date: 2nd October 2008 (The 2nd day)So it was after lunch. A little more intermingling with smiling faces interspersed with little titters and thunderous laughters.Time for the "bidapod" was almost there. Someone told us to gather near the ground side of the "kepala tangga", a whole wooden log made into steps. Both the guests and the hosts are ready to climb up the steep ascend. The President of

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Date: 2nd October, 2008.Before anything else, let us regress and digress a bit. When almost everyone was inside the bus, Redline introduced bar_guarding (formerly Bagading) to a few other Britongers such as kutieng, mbsy, kittie and wonderboyz. I suspect there a are few more Britongers whom Redline did not introduce for reasons best known to him. So soon after the introduction, we were all

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Date: 1st October, 2008.Time: As early as before 7.00 AM.Venue: Biaramas Bus TerminalPurpose: A trip to Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia.Organiser: SDNU and BGASo begins a trickle of odd hardcore Bidayuh BGA registrants. But don't be fooled!. Not all are graduates. Some are just so, so! Then come some members of SDNU? All said, there are about a bus load of us. Eight something (as of

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Nyianlah gambar-gambar sunge 'asel' atao akibat pambalakkan di dua buah kampokng Salako. Ana' paralu dicuritaatn panjang-lebar, dua kapikng conto gambar nyian dah ngawakeli' dua ribu pakataan.Bukatn banjer sunge di daya,Ai' barasih jaji ka kohat,Toke balak samakitn kaya,Diri' di kampokng idup malarat.

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Io, io jare ba unang, doh kau, dara si koncong...Kajantera bacabang nya doh tujuh...Ngoncong adalah antara tari/tarian asal kaum Salako an salalu diadaatn waktu ari-ari karamian antarae waktu basunat ngan/atao batenek, ngarantika, ngabayatn, panganten, mayar moot (niat), naiki' rumah barahu sarata an laine. Tari asal koncong malibatatn seko' panade'ngan dara koncong (panari) ; biasae antara dua

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Baca munyi urakng nyangahatn.Au' oooooo... kabatn kita' am marati, nahui', nabanan, ngiringan, nintingan, nuturatn Bahasa Salako/Badamea, Kanayatn, Banana', Baahe, Bakati'; ato Dayak damea meah pun baik; ampat di mae meah asal-usul kita'. Nyian ku nyaru' kita' ang ampat di tanah ai' Biawak kita' baik, au' Poe kita' baik; Sidamak kita baik; au' uga' ampat di kampokng ngan bandar kita' baik; ampat

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Hello all,This blog is especially dedicated to all Salako Bidayuh (Dayaks), all Kanayatn Dayaks, all Badamea Dayaks, all Banana' Dayaks, all Baahe Dayaks, and all speakers of these dialects/languages, both in Malaysia and Indonesia or anywhere in the world.The daunting aim of this blog is to promote the use of the Salako dialect/language, culture and traditions. The Salako community sits under

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