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THE Biperoh clan, which is one of the 20 clans of the Bidayuh community, resides in eight villages along Borneo Highlands Road in Penrissen, about 32km from Kuching.

According to unofficial estimates, there are more than 10,000 Biperoh in these villages.

Other clans include Salako, Lara, Jagoi, Singgai, Biperoh, Biatah, Pinyowah, Bengoh, Bianah, Bukar, Sadong, Krokong, Bilo’ih, Bunuk, Pinyo
LOCALS and foreigners had a rare glimpse of the colourful culture of the Bidayuh community from the Singai area in Bau district during the three-day Fifth Gawai Carnival Redeems that ended on the outskirts of Kuching yesterday.

Thousands of people from all walks of life thronged the carnival themed 1Malaysia, Bogo Adat or 1Malaysia, Multi-Cultures organised by the Association of Research and D
A PLANT which is traditionally used by the Bidayuh community as a toothbrush and mouthwash in the old days was among the unique items displayed at the recent state-level Sejiwa Senada programme at SK Perbandaran No. 3 in Sibu.

“Kayu Bebi” was traditionally used by the Bidayuh in Kpg Semadang in Penrissen for oral care, said Asha D Kaushal, communications officer of the Sarawak Biodiversity Cen
The 23-year-old who hails from Kampung Lanchan Serian beat 13 other Bidayuh beauties for the title and earned herself RM1,000 in cash, a RM500 voucher and a trophy.

The first runner-up position went to Princilla Leong, 19, from Kampung Atas Singai. while second runner-up was Cabrina Rosery Andrew, 18, from Kampung Apar Singai.

Bidayuh beauties: Cherry flanked by Princilla (right) and Cabrin
TWO Sarawak groups are among the world class performers at this year’s Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF).

The two are Pingasan’k, a Bidayuh band from Kampung Benuk, and Bakieh, a group from Sarawak Cultural Village (SCV).

This year’s festival will see 20 groups representing various countries performing at the festival.

The line-up include Reelroad’b (Russia), Novalima (Peru), I Bedd
MANGIT SEMONG won the Datuk Seri Michael Manyin Challenge Trophy in the Gross category in the fifth World Bidayuh Golf Championship (WBGC) held at the Sarawak Club Golf Resort in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), recently.

Mangit playing to seven handicap signed off with a six-over 78 to beat six-handicaper Albert Tanon by three strokes. Tanon returned with a score of 81. Third place went
A giant Dayak mask greets shoppers as The Spring shopping mall as Kuching city gears up for the Gawai festival.

The 5.5m-high mask is the focal point of the mall’s Gawai decorations and slides open to reveal a stage for performances.

The decorations were conceptualised by The Spring’s visual merchandising senior executive Winnie Liew.

“We wanted to do something different for Gawai this y
Villagers living along the gravel road linking Kampung Annah Rais at upper Jalan Puncak Borneo to the Serian-Tebedu Road can look forward to a smoother ride soon.

Deputy Tourism Minister Datuk Dr James Dawos Mamit said the federal government had allocated RM36mil for the project and tender would be called in a month’s time.

He said the project was supposed to take off in 2008 but its funds
s far as anyone knows, the lands around Lundu was empty of people until relatively recently. Although the main river is called Batang Kayan, "the Kayan river," there is no evidence at all that any Kayan people ever lived there.. In the middle of the eighteenth century a group of Bidayuh people from near Bau migrated and settled on the west bank of the Batang Kayan, where Kampong Stunggang Melayu
Some 50 years ago, Gawai Dayak would double as a festival of love. Bidayuh bachelors would search for a maiden to take as their life partners in between the merry-making.

Bei Aled -- one of the last few Bidayuh men who could chant old Gawai Dayak rhymes called birayun to serenade the girls -- said back then, it was not uncommon for a young man to a marry a girl at the end of the three-night Ga

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In Sarawak, most of Bidayuh population are found within 40 km of the geographical area known as Greater Kuching, within the Kuching and Samarahan division.

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