Day 1 at Sarawak With GROUP 3!

Our official group which is group 3 has decided to choose 4 main highlights of the day 1 at the Sarawak Cultural Village.

1. The Malay LonghouseOver at the Malay House, the first thing is to take off our shoes as form of respect toward the owner of the house, and it`s also for cleanliness. Then, we were informed about the rules and regulations in the house. During the old days, young ladies are not allowed to leave their house as they are not married yet. The pink curtains represents that there are young ladies in the house. If the house is big, it means that it is the chief’s of the village house.

2. The Delicious Food At The Sarawak Cultural Village
The food at the restaurant in the Malay Cultural Village was so delicious that each of us could not leave the restaurant without a second serving. There are many different types of traditional dishes served. Example, chicken which is cook by the BULOH method, it is cook in the bamboo and the chicken would so called produce the gravy itself. I think that dish is the favorite of all dishes. The taste is so delicious, to the extreme delicious. Not only that, I was so curious when I found out that our orange juice is warm, it’s hot, like boiling water. I have never taste it hot before. But I made it history today! I think today’s meal was satisfying.

3. Penan Hut
At the Penan Hut, we called it PONDOK SUMPIT, everyone was panic because there are smoke, thick smoke in the air. Everyone was keen to find out where it came from. But in the end, we noticed that it came from the Penan Hut where the people there was burning the bamboos to make the blowpipe. Our Tourguide then further explain what is happening and the uses of blowpipes and it’s functions. We later then discovered that the blowpipe can also be used as a spade! We learnt how to hold the blowpipe In a proper manner and how to blow it properly. Overall this activity was totally fun and exciting! Its wasn’t a regret afterall, it’s a once in a lifetime trying all these interesting stuff.


4. The Bidayuh Dance
On the night of day 1, we learnt a few steps of the Bidayuh dance. Most of the dance steps represent the bird of their own tribe for example the Iban Dance has a movement of dance similar to the movement of the Hornbill. Then the Bidayuh dance that we learnt symbolized the movement of the Eagles. There are different types of dances, but we only learnt the simple steps of the Bidayuh’s . Firstly, our body was very stiff. We were like robots. Then our instructors told us to relax and feel the feeling of the dancing of Bidayuh dancing. We tried to relaxed and after a while, we got used to it. Then our dancing became better and better after a few practices and we enjoyed it very much.

All in all, we had a lot of fun for the first day in Sarawak. We think this is a very rare experience to experienced. It is difficult to find such experience nowadays. We are looking forward to day two tomorrow. :D


DONE BY GROUP 3,
Nur Adriana, Md Zulkarnain, Nur Ammelia, Siti Anissya, Abdul Zaki, Nur Liyana.