Asau Bau Aruh Ngau Bau Sapau (Dog On the Road Cat On the Roof)

Ako mengenah manok

2011-08-09T04:07:00.000-07:00

Salam gak kelo semuah. Badak dao biyeh telo.

Ngak paut angai ko bedei cerita gak kelo. Wak atang ako debei ta'o bak cerita tapi kalau cerita tudip ako debei, senang aluk ko bak cerita.

Lau ih ako bak cerita pasal tudip ako jegem manok.

Lian ako umit sabei ako suka angei memanah manok tapi debei cun lalu, japah pu'un manok debei kenah ko. Biasa nyin kalau buyak panah, manok lep'ang kelepa'ie atau pu'un matai. Sasek ji manok.

Manok mula angai kenah ko gak Sungai Kut, lian ako susud apak ayang menak kebun. Lian yin umur ko bei lah lima taun. Manok tekukur yin selalu angai labeik gak kebun apak ayang. Lau ko mengenah manok yin, apang ayang debei jegem ko.

Ih sau ko gak manok yin, "ki ih kaau, kak kaau tawie."

Manok yin debei medut gak ko. Ako merapat nyin tapi nyin debei tawie. Lalu manok tekukur yin tenanga'ab ko bak nyagam.

"Buyak lah belatek ko?," sau apak ayang, pedan manok dagen pa'a ko.

"Debei!" saut ko. "Manok kenah tanga'ab ko bebak nyagam.

Manok yin nigek nua pulik mapun kapong kebuwau.

Sibok a kampong.

Bei sau gak luin, manok yin, manok siak a.

Bei sau gak, manok yin, manok tao.

Bei kawak sau gak yin, "anik umit debei tao memudei."

Tapi ngak ko manok yin taji manok suka gak ko.

Kasian manok yin matai, paten ngak menawi dapur kubo lao apang ayang.

Bei yin sabei ako peniti, Yayasan Sarawak sekol mapun Kelantan.

Lian ngak Kelantan, ako bei udei mengenah manok, manok teresi. Anik manok teresi tapi ngak tao teli.

Masa yin bulan puasa, ako pu'un puasa susud luin puasa.

Lian kamei bak buka puasa bah abei, manok teresi jegem anik nyin megap gak kayo gak dawak kanten kedau kamei keman.

Ih sau ko gak sakai ko liko Kelantan, "Kenah ko menaban manok yin inan!"

"Bedei kaau kena'an!", sau sakai ko.

Ako pun mapun gak pu'un kayo kedau manok yin. Selaselui ako tidad kayo kedau manok medut nyin tili.

Daden nasang ako mesussui ngak manok, "Kak kaau tawie."

Labei ko bau, manok kekel bedei tawie lalu tenangab ko nyin.

Keman lau yin lah, ako susui liko Kelantan bei ILMU.

Wak atang ako dibei ilmu uno uno.

Lakau terakhir ako mengenah manok lian ako sekol gak UiTM, Shah Alam.

Lian yin kamei cuti semesta. Ako jegem sakai ko liko Sabah, Rooney, Sodot, Alex Gaban makau mapun Seroja bak keman. Den ko manok KAK (gagak hitam) keman gak tong sampah.

Ih sau ko ngak sakai ko, "Kenah ko mengenah manok yin."

Ako tenatawa luin singen.

Napun ako manok yin serta dagen nasang ko pesusui gak manok, "Kak kaau tawie."

Manok yin pilak ko tapi debei tawie. Lalu tenaban ako manok yin.

"Ih manok! sau ko gak sakai ko, mijak manok wak ngak kenah ko. Bei yin, manok yin nelepah ko udei.

"Ari, kamu pelik lah" sau sakai ko.

Apabila senegad balek jalan tudip ko, idak angei barang pelik tapi benar belaku ngak tudip ko.

Wak atang ako bei jimat wak denipih ako keman ako sekol gak sungai Kut sabei. Jimat ih denipih ako dagen nasang. Ako pesayak ngak a bubak yin.

"BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, THEY WILL SEE GOD."

Yin singen sau cerita ko lekau ih. Lekau bau telo cerita mengenah binatang.

Peace be with you. God loves you.

Salam Abei Ito

2011-07-17T00:05:00.000-07:00

Ko pado pulik keman paser nei. Ko muka radio Sarawak FM alu peta'ah rancangan Salam Abei Ito. Saji paut atang ngak tan rasa ko debei peta'ah rancangan ih. Kepa'ut ko gak Sabah ih, ih la japan ko peta'ah udei. Alu pawah tan rasa gak kapong, pawah tan rasa bak pulik liko.

Tapi, bei kawak tan rasa kecewa jumit bila ko peta'ah DJ radio ien pebak ubak liko wak pecapor alu sau. Ako debei pun saji debei rapa betul angai sau ubak liko ko, tapi kala kenah dao lah wak nyadin DJ radio ien, ubak liko luin betul sau jumit. Kak idak angai sau senapor jegum ubak Melayu atau ubak Melayu Sarawak. Anik telo wak bao ih, mun peta'ah ubak kesau ien saji tirut luin kawak, makin agei idak angai ngak anik telo wak debei nejaler lo tina tama ubak Melanau wak betul. Ako peta'ah naken ko wak gak Sibau mun kerapak ubak liko idak angai sau senapor jegum ubak Melayu. Selalu kawak ko guga luin migik luin karapak ubak Melanau wak betul.

Bila ngak belajer gak liko a, ubak liko ih jarang angai agei nebak luin sunih, saji luk neliluk alu. Suwik kawak lo naken ko wak gak kapong mun pubak liko saji agei betul sau jumit. Mun wak ngak diam gak luar keman Dalat/ Igan, saji dei rapa betul alu sau ator ubak luin.

Ko arap gak a mengeluar rancangan Salam Abei Ito, pilik DJ kelo wak saji betul sau ubak liko. Sajo tukang pubak liko, dei kira ubak Mukah, Dalat, Bintulu, asal luin kenah kerapak ubak liko wak "standard". Mun ko peta'ah masa rancangan dagen ubak Balah, saji dao angai sau ubak luin. Debei telo peta'ah luin menyapor ubak Balah jegum ubak Melayu. Ko rasa rancangan ubak liko dagen radio Sarawak hanyalah Salam Abei Ito tiap lau migu jam 2 labik 3 abei. Sejam singen telo kenah peta'ah ubak liko nebak kerapak dagen radio. Harap kenah bak diperbaiki rancangan ih terutama sekali dagen penggunaan ubak liko wak 'standard'.

Ien singen lah ji gaya wak kenah bak cerita ko abei lau migu ih.

Beban

2011-05-05T02:48:00.000-07:00

Beban ih bukan kayo. Mun nigek telo kulit bah luar ien, lukuk singen dagen nyin senang singen lipeng pebak nyagem pun kenah. Ko dibei gaber bak tujun gak gi'ih. Mun liko gak bah gi'ih luin menibah ih BAMBAN. Lebih kurang kawak sau owh.

Mun gak kapong, beban ih idak tubuk gak lisi sungai. Sabei gak tebi sungai dawak kubo kamei idak angai tapi ngak jijak bak kedau petaduk padai ji jumit angai ji agei perak den ko. Uno guna beban ih? Beban ih alah bak tali talei. Mun ko pilak lo mak jegum janik ko pigek beban ih bak menak sapau. Sapau nyipak. Bak mubed nyipak ien lah. Saji ien singen ji den ko guna beban ih mun gak kapong. Keman ko umit sabei ko merati lo mak ko menak sapau mesti pigek beban ih.

Mun nikut sau susui sakai ko wak kerja gak Kraftangan Malaysia, Cawangan Sabah gi'ih, nyin susui kraftangan wak ninak keman beban saji berega angai. Lian ih, luin menak beg duit (dompet) pebak beban, handbag pun pebak beban. Makin agei mun wak pekilat alu ji beban ien saji mahal angai sui nyin. Mun la lo mak ko tao menak, saji benadak ko menaduk beban ih. He he.. Bei kawak liko Balah keman Sg. Ileh sabei migek beban bak nak jalik. Dao kawak tan jalik ninak keman beban ih, singo singen tan. Tapi ko dibei penah peden lo mak ko menak jalik pebak beban ih la.

Ok. Ien singenlah ji gaya cerita beban lau ih.... :-)

Wap Express Sibau

2011-05-01T09:19:00.000-07:00

Liluk ko bak cita pasel ko ma'ap pinyi wap seperih ko pulik ujong ta'un lau ien. Ko kajuk mapun Sibau pado jegum janik ko sawak aruh bau. Janik ko wak pado keta nyin, ko magui singen kajuk. Lian ko bak pulik kabak, ko mu'au pilak kedau wap seperih wak dana ien buyak blok ji. Makau kajuk mapun wap bao lah, ja'an bei petemu jegum a liko abak gak kedai kupi dei ja'uk keman ien. Nyin la susui gak ko speed boat ajuk ngak gak wap bao. Makau-makau ko kajuk, mu'au udei peden kelalu idak ji tenawan. Dei ko tao gan kedau bak melei tiket. Sudahlah debei nelayan a agei ko. Makau singen ba'ai pilak gan bei speed bot wak pado mapun Sg. Kut.

Ja'an kawak speed bot jam 1.30 abei dei ngak pado. Sepet kawak ko madak luin lulo ko buyak ko bei bak belei jumit sebelum ko pulik kabak. Ja'an kawak kenah rudeng lo jeragan dagen speed bot ien.

Ih la ji gaber wak sepet nigek ko gak wap bao ien lian ko pulik lau ien.

Seka'ot wak ja'uk ji inan ien wak pado jam 1.30. Wak bah segak aluk ji ih pado
jam 2.30 abei.

Ih seperih ko pun dei tao pado ka'an. Kalik wak mapun Kapit ka. Ko pun dei tao.

Ien singenlah bak cerita ko lakau ih. Tiap lakau ko pulik, mesti bei singen wak berubah. Ienlah mun pa'ut jelakau bak pulik kapong ma'ap singen lah ji gaya. Mu'au.. he he he...

Pepela Salui

2011-03-15T04:25:00.000-07:00

Ujong ta'un lau ien ko pulik kapong beilah ko pigik gaber lo naken ko jegum mana-mana ji wak dao ji den ko lah.. Biasa mun pepela mesti pebak salui pela. Mun pebak salui ijin, biasa pepela buyak tatah ati kedau dei kenah nado ijin. Ji dagen sungai atau anum badal angai.

Bila cerita pasel pepela ih, senged ko lian ko agei umit sabei. Saji selalu angai pepela salui. Ko mapun sekul lian agei sekolah rendah saji pepela salui. Lian ko darjah 1 labik 3, janik ko agei sekul sama jegum ko. Tapi lian ko darjah 4 labik 6, janik ko masok sekolah menengah ngak. Ko pepela adeplah mapun sekul tiap lau. Lau basak, pangai, tagul nyat, anum salih..ien semuah saji diharungi mun bak mapun sekul. Lian gak sengaja alu ko menak pedih bila pilak anum dug jed angai tan kajuk. Saji sengadei tan kelelah pepela kabak melawen aruih sungai bak mapun sekul... he he he.. Dao sau ulah ko kan? Menak-menak ko pedih migek ko dibuh tabui sekul. Ha ha ha ha...

Okaylah... ih ji gaber lo naken ko pepela salui ujong ta'un sabei. Sera'at alu menaban pela, samalah wak tukang angai pepela. Tapi bila menyenged tan anik a kik wak ngak diam gak bander, saji dibei peluang agei bak menaban pela mun dei pulik kapong. Ienlah mun ko pulik kapong ko suka mengan lo naken ko pulik. Migik luin tao an tan tudip a liko Melanau wak diam gak kapong. Kak subong dei tu pasel bila ngak pakat ayang, keja dao. Asal usul dei senenged agei.

Patang alu Adek menaban pela. Dahla pela ngak perak jebah singen ji agei.
Boboy gak buta ien pun patang alu ji jawai.

Ngak nado salui, ji wak dei ngak pu'eh pepela ji jawai Adek.

Pela ngak nelagak dagen salui. Alu pelik gak anum. Ko suka angai menaban
kayo beh ien nieb dagen anum lian salui nado... Ien lah gaya wak nak Boboy ih.

Ilak ji kanah jawai Adek mun genaber. Keman unei dikandid ko nyin dei sader alu.
Boboy biasalah, kontrol owh Boy!

Ien singenlah bak cerita telo lau ih kai! Cerita udei lau suneh.. Lukuh tan na'e ko. Bak pinyi bak kanen siew.

Seka'ot Super Jet Jegum Seperih Zin Zin

2011-03-14T05:57:00.000-07:00

Pa'ut atang ngak ji gaya dibei menulih dagen blog ih. Lo janik-janik ko pun dei luk alu ji menulih dagen ih. Dei hal lah. Bei jelaweh a mengomen dagen blog ko madak ko update selalu blog ih. Sakai blogger kawak ih, Mad Maureen. Nyin saji susud (follow) blog ih paduhal tapi ko dei rapa peduli gak blog ko atak ih. Hmmm... Trima kasih la gak ka'au Mad Maureen, ko nyubak update blog ih selalu. Tapi ubak liko ko ih ngak kelalu angai sau pecapor jegum ubak kik. Mun bei wak salak sau, nyabik ma'ap awal lah ih.

Wak bak cerita ko lakau ih ienlah pasel pengangkutan wak kenah bak bak mapun kapong ko. Kapong ko ngadan nyin Kapong Kebuaw. Mun bak mapun kapong ko dibei alun, pebak sungai singen. Dei tao paya kerajaan bak menak alun mapun kapong kamei ih. Lulo pilihan raya, ngak dakai lakau ngak lo mak ko mengundi tapi dei teruih kawak ji alun. Dibuh "kiruh" sui liko Balah... Asal bei seka'ot jegum seperih, labik la kubo ko gak kapong.

Mun keman Sibau bak mapun kapong ko (kubo ko), bei seka'ot jegum seperih singen. Seka'ot wak teruih labik gak kapong ko ien seka'ot wak mapun Igan. Mun seka'ot mapun Daled dei teruih mapun kapong ko sebab kapong ko antara Sg. Kut jegum Igan. Mun pebak seka'ot mapun Daled kenah kawak tapi pasad gak Sg. Kut Muara, beh ien magui salui a kapong ko wak bei gak Sg. Kut. Biasa nyin kamei pesusui awal gak lo gak kubo nyabik aid gak Sg. Kut Muara mun kamei pulik pebak seka'ot mapun Daled. Mun pebak seka'ot teruih mapun Igan, bei lah 1 jam 45 minit labik gak jawai kubo ko alu. Seka'ot keman Sibau bei pado pukul 10.30 awal jegum 1.30 abei. Mun dei salak ko lah. Mun salak nyabik bak dibetulkanlah. Mun pebak seka'ot mapun Daled, labik gak Sg. Kut Muara kira-kara 1 jam 30 minit. Bei 15 - 30 minit agei pado salui kabak mapun kapong ko.

Ih gaber igik ko lian ko pulik kapong ujong ta'un sabei.
Gaber seka'ot Super Jet gak aba Sg. Kut (Muara).

Bei jatak agei wak kenah bak mapun kapong ko. Ienlah seperih (Ekspress). Bei idak atak kawak seperih wak agei pado kabak mapun Igan. Mun dei salak ko ngandan lo seperih ienlah Zin Zin, Ing Choon, Hoover.. Ko pun dei rapa senged tan agei jegum ko dei tao awak an wak agei pado. Seperih Zin Zin saji agei pado buyak seperih ien bei kontrak jegum SMK Batang Igan mengan lo anik sekul pulik kapong jegum balik mapun sekul. Seperih ien singen agei wak pebak aircond ko rasa, wak kik ien pebak pangai singen agei.. he he he... Mun keman Sibau bei pado jam 10.30 awal, 12.30 tgh lau jegum jam 2.30 abei. Biasa nyin 3 jam baruk labik gak kapong ko. Saji pedih kabut munguk dagen seperih kepaut ien kan? Tapi mun ngak penuk seka'ot terpaksa kawak jakak dagen seperih ih.

Gaber seperih Zin Zin melipeh gak jawai kubo ko.
Sepet kawak ko pigik gaber ih ujong ta'aun lau ien.

Ienlah ji dua jenis pengangkutan wak kenah bak bak mapun kapong ko. Tabang seka'ot teruih kapong ko mun dei salak ko RM25.00, seperih ien RM15.00. Mun pebak seka'ot labik Sg. Kut Muara singen RM20.00. Kala salak sau ien, nyabik maap kai ieh.. Kenah nulong ko memetulkan info ih. Pulik kapong duah lakau seta'un singen ko ih, ienlah idak angai ngak wak ko dei update gak kapong inan.

Ien singenlah ji gaya bak cerita telo lau ih. Lau sunih mun rajin telo cerita udei. Ien singen!

Sungai Igan Penuk Ureh

2010-10-13T07:52:00.000-07:00

Ko agei kawak rasa dei pueh nasang bila ko tao pasel kes ih. Mun ngak 50km ien saji teruk atang lah ji gaya tanak runtuh gak ud ajuk. Mabuih alu anum mengan lo ureh paman kabak kala. Mun sui cerita mak ko gak kapong lau selih sabei, saji teruk angai la lein gak kapong. Anum saji tanak singen. Dibei anum bersi bak bak luin temuk. Terpaksa bak madak tanak medap siew baruk anum kenah bak temuk. Bak mupok bajo dibuh singen, saji kuneng alu kalik buyak tanak.

Didak angai kapong wak buyak ih sebab saji idak angai kapong jegum kubo lalo keman ud ajuk. Idak angai kapong saji gak dawak sungai. Majih alu kalik lo wap didug bati, saji rusak min kalik naman aruih. Uno dakah tindakan kerajaan bak menak keadaan ja'an balik?

Adeh..saji pedih singen tan nasang ko bila ko maca berita dagen online news. Seluruh dunia alu ngak tao pasel ih. Uno agei wak bak lim lo Taib? Ngak nyata bah...den a semuah. Ok, ngak singen agei..kerapak pun dei guna.

Cerita Kusong Singen

2010-10-06T06:23:00.000-07:00

Paut ji ngak gaya debei jungat blog ko atak ih. Pawah tan bak pubak Liko alu lah ki'ih bak cerita-cerita jegum lo sakai liko gak gi'ih. Ko japan pulik keman jatak kapong a liko Murut gak Tenom nei. Lelah angai tan bi'eh buyak jalan mapun kapong ien teruk angai jalan. Mun dibei "4WD" saji susah bak teruih gak kapong lien ih. Tapi dao aluk keman kapong ko kawak la.. Kapong Ko gak Igan inan dibei jalan raya, pebak salui singen. Pebak "speed boat" la teruih gak jawai kubo.

Udah ngak ien malem agei labik kubo. Debei sepet ko bak tutak sayor taduk ko gak buta kubo. Ja'an singen bei si'ab jumit ji bao aruh den ko senie'en. Mun ngak malem labik kubo mula la ko malih mengakel bak keman. Tutang kupi jegum rutik singen udei lah ji gaya malem ih. Dei hal tengah lau unei ngak pepalih keman nasik bukuih nak a kapong. Pawah tan rasa bak keman lo sak ku'ut ka, daun badong ka, sayor sabi ka, tapi lo ih dibei pisik wak keji'en koh. Palih alu misik lo siaw singen. He he.. Kelalu kawak sau ko kan, udah la a ngak tujuh keman pree... (",)

Bah, makel tan agei bak menaip idak aluk. Ien singen lah siew.. Ko bak menak keja. Lau 6 na'ah ko bei presentation bah. Pat jam gei ien, dei tao uno da kah wak bak budei ko gak lo anik sekul keman UMS ien.. Palih singen ih.. Ha ha ha...

Ubat Tradisi - Tumbuhan Ubatan

2010-08-20T18:23:00.000-07:00

Ajau ko tengah pinyi info pasel ubatan tradisi. Debei kirala tradisi a liko ka, a Melayu ka, Murut ka..mana2 lah ubat atau tumbuhan wak genuna a bak nyadin ubat. Beila wak ngak ninak a nyadin komersial ji lo misai kucing, tongkat ali, lingzi, pegaga. Ko cubak menyenged uno ji tumbuhan wak genuna telo a liko bak nyadin ubat, bei liluk2 tan ih.

Mun dei salak ko lah, mak bei la menujun jumit lian ako agei umit sabei. Kala bei palik nyinyak nak unyok sak ku'ut (wak agei bulat ji ien), tapel gak kedau palik bak menak paten da'ak sui. Uno gei owh...mun cekor ien mak susui bak kanen a beh panik. Tapi ko pilak mak labik lian ih alu ji keman cekor ien, kinah nyin jegum sepak. Ko bei kawak tutui nyin keman. Melasuk kawak nyam cekor ien. Uno guna wak atang, ko pun dei rapa taolah. Uno agei wak kik owh? Dei senged ko ih, na'ah la pulik kapong, melabau atang2 gak mak. Susah kawak mun dei tenulih pemandai a dana ih. Luk miau kejien singen. Dao la mun bak tenulih nyadin bup. Mun dei salak ko, gak Sarawak, tumbuhan ubatan wak genuna liko Kelabit jegum Balah ngak bei ninak nyadin bup. Mun bangsa kik, ko dei taolah mun bei a menak kajian.

Sa'ie kawak kan mun pemandai a dana ih pupus kejien singen. Telo generasi muda ih, mun najer keji'en singen pun luk liluk. Dao la mun sai2 wak bei tipo wak lakei2 ien, telabau nak. Gu'un pun makin majih ji ajau, semadi wak tenaduk singen ji agei gaya kenah bak inyi mudei lau.

Ien singen lah ji gaya bak cerita telo lau ih kai. Petemu udei lakau bao.

Ceramah Adat Istiadat Kaum Melanau

2010-08-12T04:10:00.000-07:00

Bei la ko terimak email keman Pustaka Negeri Sarawak. Sai-sai wak bei gak Kuching ien mun bak tao aluk pasel telo a liko, mapun la ceramah ih. Semadi ko dibei gak Kuching singen ih.

Kepada Ahli Pustaka Negeri Sarawak,

Anda dijemput menghadiri siri ceramah Sarawakiana seperti berikut:

Tajuk : Adat Istiadat Kaum Melanau
Penceramah : Encik Hat Hoklai (Majlis Adat Istiadat Sarawak)
Tarikh : 19 Ogos, 2010 [Khamis]
Time : 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm
Tempat : Bilik Seminar 1 & 2, Pustaka Negeri Sarawak

Ringkasan ceramah:
Masyarakat Melanau merupakan masyarakat etnik yang terdapat di Sarawak. Umumnya masyarakat Melanau mempunyai persamaan dengan masyarakat Melayu baik dari segi kepercayaan, kebudayaan dan adat resam. Justeru itu masyarakat ini merupakan satu cabang dalam masyarakat Melayu (atangkah ih? atau luin menak2 singen ih?...hmmm???). Namun begitu masyarakat Melanau tetap mempunyai budaya dan adat resam mereka yang tersendiri. Adat resam ini jelas terlihat dalam aspek kehidupan mereka seperti kelahiran, perkahwinan dan juga kematian. Adat resam atau amalan ini diwarisi sejak zaman berzaman dan masih diteruskan hingga ke hari ini.

Sebarang pertanyaan boleh menghubungi Encik Edison Ricket (082-449126) atau Puan Drang Jite/ Encik Awang Affizan di talian 082-442000 sambungan 302/303.

Penyertaan adalah percuma.

Caynie De - Yen Ji Ka'au

2010-08-11T06:14:00.000-07:00

Bak promote lagu lo sakai si'ew. Ih kalik japan ko ta'ah lagu dagen ubak liko rap. Power la lo sakai kenah menak lagu kesau ih. Sau ala-ala etnik muzik sau gak. Daolah ien kai au mempromosi ubak liko walaupun bukan ubak liko Daled tapi sama a Melanau kawak kan. Go for it Bro Kenny De (speaking London udei)..hahaha... Bah, ta'ah lah sau lagu idei..

Buak Dabai Udei

2010-08-11T05:49:00.000-07:00

Lau migu lau ien bei ko mapun tamu. Idakla ji lo macem-macem buak jaja lo nyat gak tamu ien. Bei lo buak dian, dian ro, lasat, remutan, manggis, mata kucing, padok.... beila wak kik kawak saji idak macem atang tapi wak idak angai ajau saji buak dian la. Bei la ko peden duah lawek a nyat mero jemaja buak DABAI. Uish..pawah angai tan rasa bak keman dabai ih. Tao singenla mun pulik kapong ngam lian buak dabai saji pateng alu keman. Maklumla buak taduk kamei debei kan. Ko puseng2 bak pinyi wak dao aluk ji, tapi bila ko melabau gak a nyat ien, nyin susui bak kajih agei buak dabai ajau. Ien singen agei wak perak. Alah, labat lah ji gaya ko ih. Medut dei upet sau a nyat, melei singen lah wak ien. Sekong nyin jaja RM4. Ok kawak la ien. Wak jaja nyin warna kuneng ji sei, saji dao nyam kalik. Ien singen ji dagen piker masa ien. Semadi nadai sui liko Balah, belei singen lah.

Ngak pulik kubo, saji dei rapa dao lah ji gaya buak ien. Tapi bila ngak jenujuh jegum anum lasuk, ninak siah jumit, fuiyoh.... sedap ooo... Hahaha.. ien la mun ngak gian bak keman, saji dao nyam kai. Tapi saji dao nyam kawak lah walaupun dei rapa 'fresh' ji gak lo buak ien. Menyik kawak nyam. Hehehe...

Lo gak Sibau, nau bei buak dabai kah ajau? Hmm... musim gak gi'ih bak kajih agei. A gak gi'ih nibah buak dabai ih, 'kembayau'. Sakai ko negam ko keman buak ih, nyin liko Keningau. Bila ko melabau, kau penah peden buak keji'ih ka? Hiran singen nyin pilak buak kanen ko. Adoi! Paduhal, bukan semuah liko Sabah tao gak buak kembayau @ dabai ih. Mun gak Sarawak, saji a liko Sibau glamer jegum buak dabai ih. Mun gak Sabah, saji bah Sipitang wak glamer jegum buak kembayau ih.

Bah, ien singen lah ji gaya bak cerita telo lau ih. Buak dabai wak menyik nyam... he he he... Bei tan senged ko, ko nulih pasel buak dabai dagen blog ko atak My Life Is My Choice tapi paut ngak kalik dagen taun 2008 kah ien. Bei gaber janik ko tuked agei.. ha ha ha.. Oh den ko ngak cuba ilak gak link ih: The DABAI. Janik ko kawak wak nyadin pelakon utama dagen gaber ko. He he he.. Atang kebudei ko owh..bei kawak bah ko menak post dagen ih jegum tajuk wak sama. Check it out here (speaking London gak..hehehe): Buak Dabai.

Ien singenlah..Bak nyabong keja udei siew. Lau suneh crita udei kai!

Keman Inut

2010-07-30T19:59:00.000-07:00

Beilah lo sakai ko bak pidah keman kedau keja kamei ajau. Nyin pasad keja ngak. Ko pun megam la sakai ko jelaweh makau mapun kedau luin. Ko megam keman inut. Pawah tan bah bak berabih keman inut jegum lo sakai-sakai. Luin ih bukan liko telo, luin liko Dusun Sabah. Tapi lien tao keman inut. Wak ien lah alu menak ko 'excited' bak mapun kedau lien. Sambil-sambil melawat lien sebelum lien pulik teruih.

Mula ko bei la medut tan bak menak inut ien buyak sei wak juh sakai ko sei tak. Sei wak agei basak jegum warna nyin bukan putik tapi debei ngak punah bun la. Agei dao kawak. Nyadin, ko pun nyubak singen la menak. Ja'an kawak nyadin. Ko pun keman ikut ji style lien singen la. Lien keman inut bukan pesabel belacen ji telo a liko ji. Lien keman jegum lo ikan wak nisik mesem nyam jegum lo sayor ulam lien wak caporan bawang, bunga kantan, lada jegum limau. Dao kawak nyam kinah kejien tapi tetap kawak pawah tan bak keman ji gaya telo a liko. Tapi bila piker balik dao ngak bei sakai bak jegum keman kan. Mun keman adep-adep gan bei dao nyam ien. Mesti kawak berabih kawak dao nyam.

Ienlah, gak liko a mesti telo bak ikut ji gaya lien kawak. Mun bak ikut angai nasang telo adep na'ah telo adep keman. Lien dei tao keman ji gaya telo keman ji. Susah kawak kan. Ien singen la ji gaya bak cerita lau ih. Pasel keman inut. gak liko a pun kenah kawak berabih keman inut. (^___^)

Cak Ku'ut, Nyeram, Pakis

2010-07-29T21:50:00.000-07:00

Bei idak macem cak ku'ut ih tapi mun telo a liko bei duah macem singen cak ku'ut wak kinah telo gak kapong. Mun liko Balah atau wak idak jenaja gak paser ien pakis. Okay, jom pilak ji keja'an ji wak tenibah telo cak ku'ut, nyeram jegum pakis ih.

Ih la cak ku'ut. Telo jarang keman mun wak ngak bebuka wak bulat ien. Wak agei keji'ih singen ji wak kinah telo. Mun wak ngak bebuka ien dei kenah kanen agei wak ngak tu'a. Lian gak nulem jegum sambal pun dao nyam. Makin agei lian keman inut. Fuh...pawah ta bak pulik liko buyak ih.

Ih nyeram. nyeram ih miding sau tibah a gak. Wak ih wak agei muda. Dei ngak bebuka ulo nyin ien. Wak agei keji'ih lah wak dao nyam.

Ih pun nyeram kawak. Wak ih wak ngak bebukak tapi agei kenah kanen. Dei sama lah jegum cak ku'ut. Nyeram wak ngak bebuka keji'ih agei dao nyam bak kanen. Mun genureng jegum belacen saji dao alu nyam ih. Malih sapor jegum lada, fuh...petamah nasik. Bei kawak lo sakai kina ko misik ih jegum wine sik. Dao nyam sui dengah tapi ko dei penah ngak nyubak la.

Ih wak tenibah a pakis. Gak kapong kamei dibei tubuk pakis ih tapi bei janik ko menaduk gak lisi sungai. Ih saji dao nyam. Idak angai jenaja gak paser. Mun gak Sabah, wak ih saji glamer angai la. Saji idak tubuk gak lisi sungai luin. Wak keji'ih agei muda.

Ih wak ngak nyat aluk. Ngak bebuka wak gulong-gulong nyin ien. Ih saji dao nyam nisik jegum belacen..genureng jegum ikan bilih singen pun dao kawak nyam. Lian gak nerebus beh ien nulem jegum sabel. dao angai nyam ien kai.

Ien singen lah ji gaya bak cerita telo pasel lo cak wak kinah telo a Melanau. Bei kawak cak kik kinah telo tapi ih singen ji wak bak cerita telo lakau ih. Senang angai pisik ih, mun bei subak singen keman. Saji dao nyam min bak ulem semuah jenis ih. Petemu udei lakau bao kai. Dak dao dengah kelo selalu.

Musim Buak Udei

2010-07-26T05:34:00.000-07:00

Gak gi'ih saji idak angai buak ajau. Ko pado lepeh tamu saji idak angai ji ngak a jaja buak dian, manggis, terap, remutan etc.. Idak macam atang ji ngak buak jaja lo a nyat ga tamu ien. Ako deilah ngak melei cuma melipih luin singen. Dibei ngak bei lian bak berabih keman. Mun keman buak ih dei dao nyam mun keman adep-adep. Dibei bak jegum pesengin... Ha ha ha...

Migu sabei sakai jekubo ko bei la migek buak keman kapong nyin. Buak dian duah atak igek nyin. Merasa la ko keman. Alu negam ko sakai ipah ko kubo ko berabih keman sama. Bei la bulu Medong bak ko keman. Lo sakai ko liko Sabah, iran singen pilak ko keman kejien. Luin dei tao keman dei hal la. Asel ko a liko ih agei senged gak budaya ko debei. Buak dian mun kinah jegum bulu dao aluk nyam. Legah aluk besuh kawak. Dei la idak kenah kanen buyak besuh buyak bulu. He he he...

Lau ih sakai ko pulik udei keman kapong nyin, bei la jatak buak tarap jegum buak manggis igik nyin. Memalih keman buak tarap lah nua senien. Dao kawak nyam cuma buak ien dei ngak sik nigek lien keman lawei. Dei rapa temih la nyam. menyem sinegn nyam. Okay la, keman dibei bak kanen. Free bah, kanen singen.

Bei ko telepon lo mak gak kapong, melabau kalik bei buak. Tapi janik ko susui dibei buak. So, dibei buak lah ji gaya taun ih gak kapong inan. Dei hal, memalih atang singen gak gi'ih. Mun gak Sabah ih, Sipitang saji glamer jegum buak. Ilak singen ji dua telo migu ih saji idak angai a keman kik ba'ai ki'ih semata-mata bak keman buak. Lo keman Brunei pun luk ki'ih kawak mun bak keman buak.

Ien singen la ji cerita buak telo lau ih. lau suneh bei lian cerita udei. Tapi ko masok kapong telo lau setat keman lau suneh labik lau pat. Temu lau limah singenlah telo kai. Ciao!

Japan Lesut Udei

2010-07-24T23:12:00.000-07:00

Apoo... (ien sau liko balah ien)... dana atang ngak ji gaya blog ih debei 'update'. Lo janik ko pun dei luk alu nulong ko nulih gak gi'ih. Sui dengah wak pikir sama-sama. Tapi saji tetap ko kawak ji wak menulih ih. Gan bak jalan mun keji'ih selalu. Dei hal kawak la... Menak ko dei lulik gak ubak liko la mun ko wak saji selalu menulih gak gi'ih.

Lau sabei ko terpeden (dei sengaja lah ien) jatak page gak Facebook. Alu lah ko Like page ien alu nyadin member gak page ien lah. Ngadan page ien COMMUNITY OF MELANAU [C.O.M]. Ih ji information pasel page or group ih:

Melanau bei idak jenis, setakat ih bei 6 jenis Melanau wak bei gak Sarawak. Melanau terbahagi dagen 6 jenis Melanau utama :- Melanau Mukah, Melanau Dalat, Melanau Oya, Melanau [Matu-Daro], Melanau [Belawai-Rejang-Gelijih], Melanau Ba’ie(Bintulu), Melanau Balingian dan Melanau Miri. Grup Melanau bei bahasa budaya jegem characteristic dialect tapi budaya tetap sama. Cuma Melanau ba’ie bei jauk jumit man dialect Melanau kik. Melanau Igan share sama bahasa jegem Melanau kik, cumak dialect lien agak lain tapi lebih senang faham banding jegem Melanau Ba’ie (Bintulu). 80-90% Melanau adalah muslim, sometimes a nibah Melanau ih Melanau/Melayu. Cumak gak kawasan Dalat jegem Mukah singen kenah temu Melanau non Muslim, mostly Christian and some other consider pagan. Tapi rarely we can find nowadays. Population Melanau around Sarawak nowadays only 7%. Hopefully our community will increase in the future. Minority that rules! Keep it up guys.

Gak lo sakai-sakai wak luk bak join group ih, sai wak bei Facebook, join singenlah. dao kawak telo bak pedun ramai-ramai walaupun ubak telo bei beza sau. Agei ko ih tao ubak liko Mukah, Oya, Igan, Dalat singen. Ubak Melanau wak keman Bintulu, Matu-Daro, Rajang, Miri, Belawai..ko saji dei tao alu. Bei la jumit-jumit singen wak ko paham. Bah, join singen mun bei akaun FB.

Ien singen lah ji gaya wak bak cerita lau ih. Mun rajin na'ah bei udei la ko cerita. Bak menak budei... ha ha ha...

Tubang Balau

2010-04-10T13:59:00.000-07:00

Ih gaber ta'un sabei igek ko. Lian musim buak dian gak kapong. Ko rasa masa ien ko pulik kapong lian cuti lau rayak. Bei la jumit gaber bak kongsi ko jegum lo sakai-sakai gak gi'ih. Ko bak cita jumit pasel tubang balau. A liko saji menaduk balau keja utama kamei. Kira sui a mata pencarian utama lah ien. Ako menak keja pu'un saji debei tao angai. Cuma tao madek balau, menak mata balau, gemelang balau jegum tunuih balau singen ko tao. Asel ko bak menaban siso (chainsaw) mak ko emsti sibok alu. Ujong-ujong ko dei tao menak keja pu'un, tubang balau jegum tutak balau ko dei tao.

Cara tradisi tubang balau ienlah pebak kapak. Ko bei gaber tubang tapi gaber mak ko, makel tan bak menilik gaber mak ka dagen blog ih. Biarlah gaber ih singen bak kenongsi ko gak gi'ih. Mun mak masok dagen blog ih mesti bak benayar rayalti ien. Heheh..Nyadin model, mahal ien.

Lian sabei memang saji a liko tubang jegum tutak balau pebak kapak singen. Maklumla, masa ien agei lian sakit, agei dibei duit bal melei siso. Mun tutak balau pebak kapak susah tan jumit sebab mesti bak pebak kaw jegum kayo lalo bak memalik balau ien. Ko agei senged angai lian ko agei umit sabei, ko jegum janik ko suka angai nyadin pemberat gak ujung kayo lalo bak memalik balau ien. Bei cara kawak mun tubang balau ieh. mesti bak ninak linga gak duah-duah dawak sebelum tutak bah bau lei pu'un wak ngak kikut bah ibak ien. Mesti bak nilak betul gak ga'an ji tuju balau ien suat. Mun debei luk bebalik balau tebang, ien payah jumit nasib debei dao telo wak tubang buyak jegan balau.

Ih la ji pu'un balau wak tibang bak kapak. Saji tukang kawak ji mak ko tubang. Balau ih suat betul-betul dagen tengah duah usah anik balau. Stimang alu ji kedau balau ih suat nak nyin. Ienlah ji mun a ngak saji veteren dagen keja tubang balau ih. Ako kereh kawak bak menulong mak lau ien tapi nyin dei arep ji gak ko. Ujong-ujong ko kukut pu'un ine singen.

Mun balau ngak tibang keji'ih, mesti bak nared bi'eh balau ih, mepit semuah ureh bieh balau ien. Beh ien barukla titak jegum ninak mata. Lian gak a menak mata beh nadek, balau ien ngak bau aruh. Ngak siap baruk la genelang mapun sungai. Gemelang pun bei duah cara. Jatak, gemelang bak nyagem singen, jatak gei pebak iler. Mun pebak iler dei pedih pekawi buyak debei ibuh pukab gemelang balau ien.

Ngak genelang mapun sungai, nibet dagen sungai bak tinuih bak talei. Udah ngak tinuih ien, tenudak la mapun kedau a melei balau. Terima duit lah agei mun ngak labik gak kedau a melei balau. Hehehehe... Ajau sui janik ko rega balau agei sama RM10 jetak. Kaya a petaduk balau ajau. Sabei ko senged paling mahal pun RM6.20 singen rega jetak balau. Jetak ien ukuran nyin lebih kurang 3 kaki setengah.

Ok la, ien singen la ji gaya bak cerita lau ih. Lian kik telo cerita wak kik udei. pa'ut ngak dei tubang balau, mun pulik kapong pawah kawak tan tapi maler dei cukup masa.

Pulem Timun Jegum Bulu

2010-03-27T02:22:00.000-07:00

Lukoh angai tan na'e ko nei. Alu pinyi bak kanen gak dapor. Senged bei buak timun dagen peti ais, alu muka peti ais. Wah, pawah tan kelijah bak pulem timun jegum belacen. Nau agei bei bulu belei ko gak Daled lian ko pulik taun bari kina lau ien.

Senged angai ko gak lo sakai ko gak gi'ih susui bulu ien ji bak kanen ikan ji. Lien iran buyak nau ko keman bak kanen ikan. Hahahah..lucu kawak lo ih. Ngak ko madak luin merasa tapi lien pesusui bulu ien dibei nyam alu nyam. Ienlah mun li a wak dei keman bulu saji dei tao kenikmatan bulu ih. Mun telo a liko, telo kenah membezakan bulu wak dao jegum debei. Mun gak liko saji bulu Medong lah wak paling glamer. Buyak bulu Medong cukup nyam menyik nyin serta dei saih. Mun bulu keman Mukah saji sa'ih nyam.

Ien singenlah ji bak cerita lau ih. Cerita ko keman bulu pingah keman kapong lau ien. Mun gak liko a ih saji dibei wak kejien bak kanen. Mesti bak peningah keman liko. Belacen gak gi'ih pun dei rapa nyam. Belacen Bajau sui sakai ko. Kalah kawak buyak belacen Bintulu atau Oya. Dao nyam.....

Mupor Padai

2010-03-26T07:16:00.000-07:00

Mun ngak menaduk padai, daolah telo mupor padai....hehe.. Paut angai ngak ji gaya debei tenulih alu dagen blog ih. Janik-janik ko pun dei luk alu ji menulong menulih ih. Saji ko kawak la ji gaya wak mesti bak menulih dagen ih. Bulan dakai ko pulik kapong lau ien owh? Ooo lian ta'un baru kina lau ien ko bei pulik kapong. Lalu sesak lian lo janik ko mupor padai. Ngam lah ien, bulan 4 taun sabei ko pulik janik ko petaduk padai.

Bei lah kawak ko pigek gaber jumit masa ko pulik kapong lau ien. Gaber naken ko mupor padai. Nyin singenla wak rajin angai beposing nyadin artis ko.

Padai idak angai tebak ta'un ih. Buyak jed anagi pangai kalik. Segaut kamei mupor medut padai ien mamak buayak tanak mun anum dug nyat.

Naken ko patang alu mupor padai. Pengalaman pertama nyin mupor padai. Japan Darjah Duah sekul gak bader. Ienla manah angai negam ko pulik kapong mupor padai.

Jegum a tipo ien mu'un padai basak wak nuwei.

Menaduk Padai

2010-02-05T04:00:00.000-08:00

Paut ngak ji gaya dibei menulih dagen blog ubak liko ko ih. Kelalu rajin menulih dagen blog ko wak kik. Ien la mun ngak gian gak blogging ih, saji menak blog singen keja ko. Bah, uno bak cerita ko lau ih? Dagen bulan ulan lau ien ko bei pulik kapong. Masa ko pulik ien bei la ko pigik gaber uno ji wak nak ko gak kapong. Ngam agei lian ien janik ko petaduk padai. Cerita pasel naduk padai lah telo lau ih.

Saji hampir semuah a liko kapong ko mendauk padai. Kamei dibei bukit saji menaduk padai "sawah" singen. Mun anum tapuk nyat lian gak lenyed labik unyok padai alu. Ih ji gaber wak igek ko masa ko nulong janik ko menaduk padai lau ien.

Padai senemi kamei gak dawak kubo singen.

Biasa nyin janik ko kukut padai bah abei lau siew bak menaduk. Tapi mun ngak majih nyin kukut baolah.

Ngak bak menaduk baruk la tutak lawei padai ien. Ih migik nyin tubuk unyok bao. Legah aluk nyadin.

Aduh, ko liluk uno ngadan wak bak menak lubi bak kedau menaduk ien. Tugal kawak ka? Ih la mun ngak paut angai gak kedau a, idak ubak liko wak neliluk ih. Ih la ji gaya kamei menak mata bak kedau menaduk anik padai unei.

Beh ien baruk la menaduk. Ko selalu pedih pekawi mun menaduk ji gaya janik ko ih. Lian gak ko munguk tekudu singen. Tapi mun mekat pedih kawak tan pekawi ien.

Ih la ji uma padai wak japan tedanuk. Mun labik anum macin la susah jumit. Anik padai wak ngak tenaduk ien luk matai.

Ien singenlah bak cerita telo lau ih. Puma padai cara a liko Kebuaw. Kapong kik ko rasa lebih kurang sama kawak cara menaduk padai.

Ta'un Bao

2010-01-03T21:07:00.001-08:00

Dei sedar alu tan ngak masok ta'un 2010. Sau a Melayu, "pejam celik, pejam celik" ngak petukar ta'un. Bila piker balek uno ji wak ngak ninak dagen ta'un 2009 sabei, saji idak ji gaya wak debei sepat majih nak. Mun piker wak ninak bak gim dirik telo debei saji idak ji wak dei terlaksana. Tapi mun telo bak piker keluar keman hal telo debei, piker pasal tenawan gak dawak telo, gak kedau telo kerja, gak kedau telo diem...masyarakat sekitar telo. Uno ji wak ngak bei ninak telo bak gim komuniti gak sekitar telo? Wak ien ko rasa idak telo dibei tujuh uno-uno sumbangan tapi mustahil kawak la. Mesti kawak telo bei menak sumbangan samada dagen bentuk tenaga ataupun harta benda ataupun kewangan gak komuniti telo. Mengasi kawak telo dibei menak uno-uno sumbangan kan. Telo tudip berkomuniti deilah terlalu bak memikir pasel hal telo debei singen.

Sempena ta'un bao ih mesti idak angai perancangan wak bak nak sepanjang ta'un bao ih. Jadi, adik kakak ako bak mendoakan supaya setiap apah telo bak ja'an bi'eh ta'un bao ih supaya telo kenah terus bak tujuh sumbangan gak komuniti telo serta negara telo. Dak semuah telo bak bei udip wak da'o ta'un bao ih. Amen.

Pawah Gak Kapong

2009-12-24T21:23:00.000-08:00

Lau Krismas ih menak pawah angai tan rasa bak pedun jegum lo tina tama jegum janik-janik. An lah tan gaya mun dei kenah pulik. Ta'un ih ko dei kena'an pulik kapong. Cuti ko alang-alang angai ji. Makin agei ako mesti bak gemetuk wak tulih ko. Keja wak ngak pa'ut angai dei ninak ko.

Pulik keman sebiang malem ien menak ko pawah tan gak kapong. Menyenged ta'un jelauseh kamei bejanik pedun. Kamei berabih keman inut, pansoh si'au, jegum tino si'au. Aduhai, pawah alu tan gak kapong. Pulik kedau a dei sama tan jegum kedau ko debei. Hmmmm.....sebak tan rasa.

Ta'un bao ko mesti pulik. Duin mak pun makin lakei. Maler pedih2...Dao kawak mun kamei bejanik kenah idak-idak pulik kapong. Ga'an tao ko grad ta'un bao. Kenah la menak keman slamet jumit.

Ien singenlah bak cerita lau ih. Nangih gei na'ah mun kerapak didak-didak....

Slamat Lau Ayang Krismas

2009-12-20T21:25:00.000-08:00

Ko bak wish selamat lau ayang Krismas gak semuah lo janik-janik jegum sakai-sakai wak selalu jungat Blog ko ih. Dak dao bieh kelo taun bao ih. Tuhan memerket telo semuah.Amen.

Pulik Sibau

2009-09-18T21:58:00.000-07:00

Ko pulik Sibau lau selihsuneh....Debei sabar alu tan agei rasa. Pawah angai tan bak petemu duin mak jegum apak ko. Bak petemu jegum naken-naken ko kawak. Nyat ngak lo anik ien. Boboi maler melabau gak ko buyak nau paut angai ngak ko dei mapun kedau lien. Sudahla nyin dei tao gak ga'an kedau Sabah. Bila ko pesusui pebak bilun usu pulik baruk la nyin tao Sabah ien jauk keman Sibau. Mala kawak ko madak duin melabau gak mak luin. Madak pilak ji dagen peta gak ga'an kedau Sabah.

Lucu kawak tan bila peta'ah lo anik ih melabau wak kesau ien. Ienlah mesti luin pawah bak petemu ko kawak.

Neh la cerita udei...Pinyi sumber keman mak jegum apak ko supaya idak aluk ji kenah bak kongsi ko jegum lo adik kakak dagen blog ko ih na'ah.

Cerita Rayak

2009-09-14T21:38:00.000-07:00

Uno bak cerita telo lau ih sakai? Debei idak lau agei bak rayak. Debei labik pun jemigu agei. Gak ga'an pun telo a Melanau belelang, mesti a melabau telo Selem ka Kristian. Ako saji pueh angai ngak tenelabau pasel agama ih. Nau lah agei ngadan bei ninak BINTI. Mun liko bah inan (Semenanjung) luin saji pikir ko Selem. Kak salak sakai, kamei a liko (Melanau) ih saji bebagi duah...oaky telo lah kira nyin. Pagan (Liko), Kristian jegum Selem. Pagan ien wak dibei agama, agei pecayak gak adat dana. Pecayak gak lo ipuk-ipuk (semangat). Mun sabei ngak kajih mupor padai mak mesti bei tujuh keman ipuk padai. KO pun dei rapa senged angai ji agei wak senisik nyin dagen kedau wak nanyam keman daun nyipak. Mun dei saruk ko lah, dagen ien ninak nyin bereh kunyit (kuning), rukuk kirai jegum sigup, sepak, pinang jegum binyou....bei kawak wak kik tapi ko dei senged agei. Pulik ih saji ko mesti melabau gak nyin pasel adat-adat dana ih. Idak angai ngak ko liluk.

Mun wak Kristain ien biasa nyin saji Kristian Katolik tapi bei kawak wak Methodist jegum SIB. Idak wak Kristian ih gak kawasan Daled jegum Mukah. Mun Selem saji idak bah Igan, Daro, Mato, Balingian, Belawai, Rajang, Oya.....tapi gak Mukah jegum Daled bpun bei kawak Selem tapi bukan majoriti.

Rayak ih saji bak makau mapun kedau lo segak-segak wak menyambut rayak lah ji gaya ih. Janik ko debei pun bei kawak wak rayak.

Bah, ien singenlah bak cerita telo lau ih.

Selamat Lau Rayak gak lo janik-janik, segak-segak jegum lo sakai wak menyambut rayak taun ih. Dak dao bi'eh kelo.

Pulik Kapong

2009-09-10T02:23:00.000-07:00

Dei saber alu tan agei rasa bak pulik kapong. Tiket ngak benelei lau ien. Ko pulik 21 lau bulan labik 28. Jarah raya gak kedau cikgu ko siew gak Sibau bah abei ko labik ien. Paut atang ngko ko debei petemu cikgu ko ien. Nyin cikgu ko sekolah rendah sabei. Ngak beilah duah puluk lbih taun. Lakei ngak ko ih.

Kalik lau 22 baruk ko kabak. Pulik kapong. Pawah tan bak temu mak jegum apak gak kapong. Bak keman wak bak kanen a liko. Keman inut saji tetep. Heheheh.... Bulu ien saji. Bei la sakai ko liko Papua. Ko melabau gak nyin uno luk nyin kira buah tangan la sau a Melayu. Ako melabau la nau nyin tao gak BULU. Ko pesusui la keja'an ji win...nyin pun tao kawak sau. Nyin madak ko pigek ienlah. Jelaweh agei madak ko pigek kupi. Nyin liko Sabah, bak nyubak kupi wak nak a liko sui nyin. Buyak ko bei cerita gak nyin kamei bei menaduk kupi. Na'ah la mijin kupi pulik ih...

Bah, na'ah ko cerita udei lah. Bei miting beh ih.......temu udei.

Kenyuma

2009-07-27T19:22:00.000-07:00

Lau sabei ko cerita pasel lameh. Lau ih ko bak cerita pasel KENYUMA.

Saji keman uled angai kawak telo a liko oh owh. Mun bak kenira atang bei telo macem ji gaya uled kinah telo.Wak paling popular saji si'et atau ulat mulong lah. Ien saji gak ga'an-ga'an a ngak tao pasel si'et. Lagipun idak kawak ji bangsa atau kaum kik wak keman si'et kawak. Mun gak Sabah, lien gi'ih menibah ien "butod". Ko bei kawak tan cerita pasel si'et siew sabei dagen blog ih, mun kelo bak maca cuba inyi pebak "search my blog" ien.

Beh ien telo keman lameh. Ien ko rasa debei ngak rapa popular gak kik. Ko debei ngak bei petemu bangsa kik wak keman lameh walaupun jauk kawak ngak ji gaya ko merantau gak Borneo ih. Tapi bagi telo gak liko lameh lah uled wak paling ma'al rega ajau jegum wak paling dao nyam.

Ok, ajau telo bak cerita pasel kenyuma. Paya kejian ateng ko keman kenyuma? Ako pun dei senged agei. Saji dana atang ji ngak gaya ko debei keman kenyuma. Ko rasa kejian ko keman lian ko agei sekul gak sekolah rendah sabei. Kalik bei dagen awal 90an.

Bukan kayo sebarang kawak ji kedau a mayam kenyuma ih. Sui telo gak liko nayam padahal kayo wak ngak titak dadit bei 2 kaki ji kelalo ien nu'em dagen anum singen.Tapi lian gak ko iran kawak bila ko pilak lo mak suped kayo wak lenyed dagen anum serta lien tao kenah igekkah debei kenyuma ien. Ien ako saji debei rapa tao, tan an tan luin tao kenyuma dagen kayo ien kenah kanen. Kalik luin saji tao jenis kayo ien kawak gak lah.

Mun bak nikut atang gaya lo mak ko menak kenyuma, kayo wak saji ngak penilik jenis nyin tibang luin beh ien titak dadit-dadit bei 2 kaki ji kelalo. Beh ien nu'ei jujuk baruklah ninak dagen anum. Nu'am dagen anum gak lisi sungai bei 3 bulan dakai kepaut. Beh 3 bulan baruklah bei kenyuma keman kayo ien. Senged ko lah, mun anum masin labik gak sungai kamei, laju aluk kayo ien nesok kenyuma. Ko pun iran kawak, uled nau da kah kenyuma ih? Mun nilak ji petiduh ji. Lalo kejien tapi nyipen kenyuma ih manyit angai. Ienlah mun bak tao idak kah debei kenyuma ien dagen kayo wak nu'am telo ien, sagam singen tan bi'eh kayo ien. Mun idak ji nyipen ien keluar gakbi'eh kayo idak lah gak kenyuma ien dagen kayo ien.

Ko suka kawak keman kenyuma ieh. Mun ngak nisik sup ji jumit, memang temih alu nyam. Tapi paut angai ngak ko dei keman, dei taolah mun ko agei luk keman mun ko peden kenyuma ih. Ji petiduh ji oi...:D Geli udei tan ko bila ko nyenged. Tapi uno-uno pun kenyuma ih adalah salah satu agei wak kinah telo a liko.

Bila ngak keluar keman kapong, bei kawak pepikir pasel wak keji'ih. Agei kenahkah telo mengekalkan kebiasaan telo wak dana supaya debei teras neliluk. Ien semuah hanya keman telo debei singen.

Dibei bak kiyak nyadin "orang asal". Dibuh bak diagungkan adat liko kik.

Ien singenlah ji gaya bak cerita lau ih jegum kelo. Lau suneh cerita udei.

Lelameh

2009-07-27T01:20:00.000-07:00

Paut angai ji ngak blog kamei ih dibei dengah alu. Terima kasihlah gak kelo lo sakai-sakai wak luk jungat blog kamei ih walaupun jarang angai ji kamei cerita gak gi'ih.

Uno wak bak dengah ko lau ih ienlah pasel LELAMEH.

Ko cerita tan pengalaman ko debei jegum lo mak apak ko pinyi lelameh dagen gu'un siewlah. Lian ko agei umit sabei kira dagen ujung-ujung 80an awel 90an saji agei bei lameh gak kapong ko. Lian ien agei idak gu'un ayang debei ngak jijak numa balau ataupun ajau bei wak ngak numa nyadin ladang kelapa sawit. Bah segak Matu-Daro ien saji ngak numa nyadin ladang sawit min ngak. Ako agei senged beilah jelakau ien idak alu a keman bah wab (Daled) pado kabak la'an mapun kapong kamei buyak lien inan bei peta'ah bei lameh gak kapong ko. Mun dei salak tan senged ko, lian ien lameh ien bei gak Sg. Kebuaw. Kamei pun dei luk bak debei upet alu kamei pun pa'ai mapun Sg. Kebuaw. Ako agei japan 9-10 taun umor masa ien, dei luk perak, jegum lo mak kawak. Kamei pa'ai saji awal atang mun ngak lau saji dibei sepet agei buyak idak angai a kik ngak pa'ai siew.

Wak senuka ko masa ienlah, bila mengenah lameh ien bau daun kayo jegum mun nu'uh lameh luk labuk bao tanak. Debei bao daun kayo sebarang lameh ih bei tenemu. Ako dei senged kayo nau wak kenedau lameh ih tapi sakai ko susui kayo Meranti. Tapi wak tao ko daun kayo ih kenah ulam unyok nyin ienlah sui a nyat telo kenah keman uled lameh ih. Ko bei melabau gak jelaweh saintis keman Singapore pasel lameh ih. Nyin debei kenah bak pesusui ien uled nau tapi kalik ulat atau larva kupu-kupu tapi debei tao jenis wak an.

Mak ko bei cerita pasel moyang kamei sabei. Mun nyin tabui pinyi lameh debei pernah luk penuk alu put milo wak igek nyin bak kedau medun lameh buyak nyin suka angai pumai lameh tak. Mun nyin pulik kusong singen put milo igek nyin pulik serta bilem alu nyipen. Mun nyin pinyi lameh mesti nyin pingah si'ah jegum bulu. Ien singenlah bak nyin keman lameh ien.

Ako dei rapa senged ji agei gaya lo mak misik lameh tapi ako suka angai keman lameh pu. Mun ngak nepu, ricak alu nyam agei lameh ien. Samalah keman kerupok singen. Mun idak atang kenah , mesti nepu mak ko migek kenah ipih pa'ut. Lameh pu ienlah wak kinah ko jegum janik ko nyadin kerupok gak jawai TV.

Kejian angai ko keman lameh ko rasa dagen taun 1996 kejien. Bebeleh taun kawak padu ko dibei petemu lameh alu agei. Lian ien sabei rega sekilo lameh tak RM60. Ajau sui sakai ko a gak Daled jaja labi RM100 ngak sekilo. Ajau susah angai agei bak pinyi ienlah kalik rega makin ma'al. Mun bei pun dagen gu'un dibei rapa idak jelakau bei. Kalik kayo wak kenedau lameh ien dibei agei.

Mun bei a luk menak kajian pasel lameh ih saji dao atang. Kenah kawak nyadin alasan telo a liko bak madak kerajaan mipih gu'un wak bei kedau lameh ih diam. Sepanjang ako merantau, masok keluar gu'un debei ngak pernah ko petemu lameh. Ienlah wak nyadin misteri ien, buyak nau gak kawasan a liko terutama gak Daled singen bak bei petemu lameh. Buyak nau dibei pernah ko petemu gak kik. Atau buyak debei ngam timing ko kah? Ako pun dei tao.

Lameh adalah salah satu makanan tradisi telo a liko. Dagen dei sedar telo semakin kehilangan makanan telo ien. Idak kawak liko kik wak tutui telo pinyi serta keman lameh ih, ji liko balah, bahkan kina gak Daled pun sagup melei mun bei a jaja.

Ien singenlha ji gaya bak cerita ko lau ih. Bei lian cerita udei.

Taib: Preserve ethnic traditional know-how

2009-07-07T21:00:00.000-07:00

The Star Online
Published on: Wednesday July 8, 2009

KUCHING: Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud wants the traditional knowledge of the state’s nearly 30 ethnic groups to be preserved through the use of information and communication technology (ICT).

These ethnic groups tend to pass down their knowledge orally from one generation to the next through stories and songs, he said.

“There is much to be learnt from these communities; the knowledge they have on health, history and way of life,” he said when opening an international conference on information technology at the Kuching Hilton yesterday.

The text of his speech was read out by his deputy Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam.
Taib urged Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), which organised the four-day conference, and other research institutions to identify ways in which ICT could be used to preserve the traditional knowledge.

“There is a need, for example, to enhance speech recognition technologies to speed up the process of converting speech to text so that the text could be stored and analysed.”
He said machine translation software, which Unimas was researching on, should be developed for local languages.

The move, he added, would enable indigenous languages to be translated to English.
Taib commended Unimas for its successful e-Bario project, which brought IT access to villagers in the Kelabit Highlands of northern Sarawak.

“Unimas will be at the heart of the state’s multimedia super corridor activities, particularly looking at the incubation facilities for technology start-ups and in addressing the state’s human resource development needs.” said Taib.

Perkongsian

2009-07-03T01:03:00.000-07:00

Paut ji ngak kamei dibei menulih dagen blog kamei bejanik ih. Idak wak bak cerita tapi dibei ngak bei lian alu ji bak menulih. Mun bak kenira janik ako wak apah nyat angai bei idak aluk sau cerita adat a dana wak bak cenerita mun bak dibanding jegum ko. Tapi ienlah ako menulih mengikut ji wak pernah dilalui ko debei. Mun bei ji wak salak terutama pasel adat a liko wak dikongsi ko, ienlah guna ruangan komen ien supaya kenah telo sama-sama bak memetul sau wak salak ien.

Jadi ako arap bei lo adik kakak wak luk mengongsikan adat atau kepercayaan a dana mengikut ji wak tao kelo. Ako menak blog ih pun cuma bak mengupul sau cerita pasel a Melanau. Ien singen ji gaya bak cerita ko lau ih.

Bei lian na'ah cerita pasel kisah dongeng wak diceritakan turun temurun lo tipo-tipo nyat telo. Ko debei pun idak ngak liluk, cerita pasel lo Tugau, Amo Kulum, Ipuk Padai serta idak ageilah. Dongeng atau lagenda ien wak dao kawak sau gaya bak tenulih telo udei supaya generasi telo wak umit @ muda debei liluk pasel wak ien. Na'ah lien tao cerita Snow White, Cinderella singen tapi dei tao cerita dongeng telo a Melanau. Bed time story sau liko putik...:D

Menului a matai jagai

2009-06-12T05:23:00.000-07:00

Badak dao beyeh telo semuah. Ako bak cerita pasal adat a dana 'menului a matai jagai mapun liko a matai'. Cerita ih kenah ko keman a tama ko Ragai Dit.

Melanau dana idak adat samada a mengatur tudip atau a matai. Adat menului a matai jagai mapun liko a matai dibei agei lian ih. Tapi kalau telo bepikir tan ji wak nak luwin sama lah tan cerita Roh Kudus dagan agama Kristian. Masuk liko luyin tapi apah kaau kekal gak dunia ih.

Kesau ih sau cerita lau apak. Apabila bei a matai, a tudip mesti bak menului nyin pulik. Apah a matai memang tenanam tapi roh nyin wak tenului luwin. Biasa nyin upacara menului ninak lian malam. Jatak salui umit taji ninak dagan kubo bak sawak luwin menului. Sai sai ji wak bak menului mesti jakak dagen salui jegem pela semuah. A menulo liyin, menibah matai memadak nyin jakak sama jegem ubak jampi a dana.

Apabila luyin ngak bepela, lian yin luyin debei tao gak telo tapi luyin merasa luyin gak liko ke'k. Sui apak, lian keyin kenah mupak buak bengeh gak liko amo jatok gak liko telo.
(Debei dao tan rasa ko cerita ih, sorry... the Holy Spirit within me is manifesting..."O Jesus, help me." Debei kenah tan ko cerita agei. Maaf. Cerita kek ja'an.)

RAGAI Bejanik

2009-06-11T20:49:00.000-07:00

Ajau ngak bei telo laweh kamei bejanik menulih dagen blog ih, jadi debei sesuailah ji agei gaya mun ngadan blog ih Melanau Girls On Blog buyak janik ko wak lai ngak bei join nyadin penulis dagen blog ih. Nyin janik ko apah ayang angai nyadin kalik nyin idak aluk ji gaya bak cerita pasel adat telo a liko dagen ih. Ako pun manah kawak buyak nyin luk tutui nua janik ko bak menulih dagen ih. Kamei semuah nyat dagen budaya a liko tapi buyak ko apah umit angai idak kawak ji adat wak debei rapa den atau nerasa ko. Kalik buyak mak jegum apak kamei pun debei rapa menegaskan pasel adat gak kamei anik-anik duin.

Sokongan kelo sakai-sakai wak luk memaca blog kamei bejanik ih saji kamei luk bak tujuh terima kasih wak idak-idak gak kelo. Mula niat ko menulih blog ih supaya ko debei liluk ubak liko, maklumla ako jarang-jarang petemu gak a Melanau bila ko gak liko a. Tapi ajau ih bila janik-janik ko luk tutui serta bak menulih sau wak pikir wak dilalui luin, ako rasa manah angai. Makin agei bila bei lo sakai-sakai luk melawat serta tujuh komen wak membina sau, makin menak ko suka bak menulih idak aluk. Pawah kawak tan rasa mun bei sakai-sakai a Melanau kik wak bei menulih blog dagen ubak liko bak nyadin jaringan blog kamei ih. Walaupun telo a Melanau pun idak angai dialek wak debei sama tapi telo tetap kawak bangsa Melanau. Ien wak saji penting. Ngadan bangsa telo tetap Melanau. Oya, Igan, Dalat, Mukah, Rejang, Matu, Daro, Belawai, Bintulu....bahasa telo saji debei sama sau tapi telo tetap a MELANAU.

Melanau Besayah

2009-06-08T16:49:00.000-07:00

Salam gak kelo. Badak dao biyek telo semuah.

Ako labek udei lau ih bak cerita pasal wak ninak a lai Melanau bak pinyi sawa, BESAYAH. Ako agei jemelai sabei bei kawak ko besayah tapi besayah a lakei. Bukan bak pinyi sawa tapi bak peta'ah cerita a dana. Bei jelakau ko pulik badek keman kedao tuak ko sebab idak angai cerita jegem anek anek mero nyin. Senusui lao mak ako pesayah. Ako bei jumit suka gak anek luwin tapi ako lebih suka cerita jegem tuak, peta'ah cerita a dana.

Ako agei umit sabei, ako bei pilak a pesayah tuak mero ko lian ako agei diam jegem apak ayang. Lian yin umur ko bei 4 tahun atau 5 tahun keyin lah. A lai yin biasa nyin labei bah abei. Lian gak bei kawak berabeh keman sama, beh yin cerita jegem tina tama a mero.

Kalau ngak selalu angai labek pesayah, baruk lah a nyad melabau sau lakau nyin labek tiap malam ngak kubo nyin. Kalau a lai yin bei rudeng bak besawa, tina tama a lai yin labek betemu gak kubo a mero senayah nyin.

Bei yin masuk cerita adat Melanau merisik, melabau, bertunang serta kawin.

Gotong royong - Melanau

2009-06-08T03:28:00.000-07:00

Salam gak kelo semuah. Padak dao biyeh kelo.

Ako janik apah ayang angai keluarga Ragai bak cerita jumit pasal semangat gotong royong Malanau. Biasa telo peta'ah gotong royong adat a Melayu tapi Melanau pun bei semangat gotong royong keman sabei angai. Semangat ih lah dao angai bak sesud teladan anik a lian ih.

Kalau telo bak merati tan masa Melanau gotong royong, luwin begaul tan a bejanik tan jegem japah japah. Ih kenah den telo lian gotong royong mematun kubo, jujak dawak alun atau pun jujak dawak sekul. Wak pedih nasang pun luk sengor pilak japah japah kereja. Ako menyengad angai tan masa ako agei umik sabei, lau adek kakak, jepo, tuak mematun kubo. Dao angei tan rasa ko lian yin. Tapi lian ih idak angai a gak kapong debei peduli angai pasal gotong royong tapi luwin lebih suka mengaji a. Lian ih mata telo luk angai tan bak pilak duit.

Ako harap semangat gotong royong telo debei berkubur singgan. Telo a agei bei tenaga sepatut nyin menyegad udei semangat dana.

Menaduk Balau

2009-05-25T23:04:00.000-07:00

Puma balau saji kereja a liko. Ka'an-ka'an ko mapun kedau a, mesti lien mengaitkan a Melanau jegum "sago". Ien saji ngak "trademark" telo a Melanau gak ga'an kedau.

Keluarga ko saji puma balau bak menyara udip kamei jatak tagan. Ien saji kereja wak ninak keman lo apak ayang ko sabei ngak.

Balau tenaduk keman anik wak tubuk gak pu'un balau wak nyat. Dah ien saji terpaksa jenaga atang buyak kuyad suka angai keman unyok balau wak agei umit. Ienla macam-macam alu ji gaya lo mak ko menak bak jemaga anik balau keman nebu kutad bau tanak. Kajih alu unyok kinah kuyad mun saji ngak luk atang.

Beh tenaduk mesti bak ninak tim wak ngak genuteng ninak manyit-manyit gak lawei balau ien. Lian gak bei kawak wak kenah kanen kuyad.

Beh tenaduk ien mesti bak slelalu kenuko migek balau ien debei alah buyak sak ku'ut atau mana-mana sak wak tubuk gak dawak balau ien. Ako bei kawak la nulong mak ko menaduk balau sabei tapi wak idak nak ko munguk gak lepau. Ien pun buyak lasuk angai tan dagen uma wak ngak dibei kayo alu agei. Mun sebelum menaduk balau, kayo wak tibang ien tenino migek tanak subur aluk bak kedau balau. Cut and burn kawak la gaya kamei puma balau sabei.

Lian ih dibei agei kamei muka uma balau bao buyak kamei bejanik idak wak dibei gak kapong agei. Tubang balau uma ien singen agei lah...Keman hasil wak numa keman sabei.

Cerita Lian Agei Umit

2009-05-18T22:34:00.000-07:00

Lian ko agei umit sabei selalu kawak ko jegum mak apak ko menaduk balau. Saji kerja kamei bejanik keman umit angai menulong duin mak jegum apak puma balau, puma padai, menaduk sayor. Semuah ien saji bak pinyi duit. Keman agei umit angai ngak najer lo mak pinyi duit kamei debei. Ako agei senged angai ako nyadin ulin salui mak mun mapun uma. Mun lian bejaja bereh atau sayor ako bau nyabu salui. Idak ji kenah bereh taun ien mesti jenaja bak pinyi duit. Dagen taun 90an sabei rega bereh jegatang cuma RM6 singen. Ajau ih ngak RM12. Duah kali ganda alu ngak.

Mun petaduk sayor, ako suka petaduk sayor kubis. Sui a kubis nyadin gak tanak debau singen tapi tubuk kawak gak kedau kamei. Ako suka angai pulem kubis tak sabei. Ajau kurang ngak jumit. Lian ko agei sekolah rendah ako saji petaduk sayor angai. Maklumla la gak sekul cikgu bei menak tabung sekolah bak gim semuah anik sekul. Tiap awal cikgu mesti medun duit tabungan kamei. Tiap lau bei la 20 sen 30 sen wak kenah bak dipih dagen tabung sekul. Ngak ujung taun baruk la cikgu tujuh balik duit tabung. Ako agei senged duit tabung ko lian ko Darjah 6 labik kawak RM70. Manah alu tan rasa bila pilak hasil tabungan idak alu ji. Tapi bei kawak lian menangih alu metup apui bak petaduk sayor. Ien la tan kesusah rasa bak pinyi duit.

Ien singen siew lah..lakau kik cerita udei…payah kawak mun selalu angai mengenang kisah dana. :D

Juru

2009-05-18T01:03:00.000-07:00

A liko wak puma padai, keman berih uma mesti bei mipih juru. Uno bak menak juru? Uno guna juru gak a liko?

Juru ninak keman kulit da'an balau wak agei japan bak bei usah. Kulit da'an ienlah wak nigek beh ien ninak tu'uh. Nanyam bak ninak nyadin juru segipat. Lian gak bei corak anyaman wak dao ji nanyam gak juru ien. Sebab warna bah dagen jegum luar da'an balau ien mun ngak tu'uh debei sama ji. Bah luar ien terang aluk ji coklat nyin, bah dagen kurang terang. Beh ien gak dawak ien ninak bak wai. Ako pun dei senged uno sau gaya menyebut ien dagen ubak liko.

Inek bah layan apak ko sabei saji menak juru angai. Nyin diam gak Daled tapi nyin dibei agei ajau. Paut ngak matai. Kamei gak Kebuaw kalik dibei a tao menak juru buyak kamei selalu melei keman Daled. Ako dei tao sai a liko Daled wak kedau lo mak ko melei. Bukan nau, a gak Daled agei bei belanga kedau menak bulu. Ienlah lien agei beguna juru kawak jadi lien kekal bei a tao menak juru.

Bei rasa menyesal kawak tan dei tao keja'an tan gaya menak juru ih buyak gak kedau ko kerja ajau liko gi'ih bei kawak juru tapi adep ji juru lien.

Uno guna juru ih? Sebenarnya, mun mengikut tan gaya keluarga ko. Kamei pebak juru ih mecat padai jegum berih. Bak mepit apak padai gak padai wak ngak siap nenyut jegum abok padai dagen berih. Ien singen lah guna ien. Ako bergelek alu pekawi pun debei kawak bersi alu berih cat ko pebak juru. Ako dei rapa bei skill (sui liko putik), ienlah berih selalu angai pusai jegum berih saji dei bersi alu.

Ien lah sinegn perkongsian ako pasel juru. Mun bei sau salak ien..juh la komen. Ako pun dei rapa pas anagai pasel juru ih. Tao kejien-kejien singen.

Kulum & Lau Nyerari

2009-05-15T20:26:00.000-07:00

Bei cerita a dana pasel kulum. Sui cerita lian basak siab-siab kulum selalu angai makau dagen sungai pinyi ikan. Makin agei mun basak jegum nyerari. A nyat suka angai menganger anik umit pelik dagen sungai mun lian nyerari. Sui dengah gak, kulum luk mengacau atau keman anik umit. Ien lah anik umit debei luk alu pelik dagen sungai mun lian basak siab-siab.

Ako debei rapa sah angai gak sau cerita wak kajih buyak wak senenged ko mak mala memulik kamei keman dagen sungai mun lian lau basak siab-siab jegum nyerari. Nyin pesusui na’ah nelim kulum dagen lubi. Alu lah kamei bejanik rariu pulik mapun lepau. Ngak ja’an ji lau baruk la kamei luk makau bau tanak udei. Pasel lau nyerari ih idak sau reti wak debei kenah nak.

Mun peden “pelangi” (ako liluk ngak uno ngadan pelangi dagen ubak liko), debei kenah tenujun bak tujuk na’ah tujuk tetak.

Bei kawak pesusui debei kenah makau bau tanak mun lian basak siab jegum nyerari na’ah nelim pengamo. Mun lian basak nyerari ien, mak selalu madak menak sak ku’ut bau linga.

Nyin pesusui, lau nyerari raja makau. Ko pun dei tao raja nau. Ienlah mesti nyin akan menyebut “ Tabik Raja”. Kira nyin mun menak sak bau linga ien telo tujuh hormat gak “raja” ien lah.

Ien sau jumit cerita pasal amo kulum jegum lau nyerari.

Sembang-sembang

2009-04-22T15:59:00.000-07:00

Lian ko pulik lau ien nua janik ko bei cerita pasel adet jegum wak kenesayak a liko serta macam-macam alu sau cerita dana. Beh ien lau sabei ko jegum geng2 gak opis cerita pasel wak kenesayak kawak. Alu idak alu tan bak senerita ko gak gi'ih tapi cerita wak saji betul atang pasel a liko ien wak dei rapa pasti ko ketan an tan ko bak mengesahkan cerita ko ih jegum wak saji adet dana wak namal a liko dana sabei. Maklum singen lah kadang2 bila ngak semakin moden alu idak angai ngak terkurang serta tenamah cerita ien.

Ako agei senged kawak masa janik ko wak nyat sekul gak SMK Dalat ujung taun 80an sabei luin bei majalah sekul ngadan ien Jerunai. Ako paling suka maca bahagian Ruangan Karya sebab idak angai cerita rakyat dagen ien. Ako dei pasti sama ada ien cerita rakyat saji a liko atau cerita ien nnigek keman cerita dongeng tapi senerita udei dagen ubak liko. Tapi sa'e angai ko dei tao agei gak ga'an kedau lo majalah janik ko ien. Mun bei dao kawak bak cerita udei gak lo adik kakak supaya dei majih kejien singen.

Ien singenlah lau ih. Lau suneh mun bei lian cerita udei.

kue sepit

2009-04-15T17:21:00.000-07:00

Lau ien ako bei susui bak cerita pasel mena sepit. Ajau ih idak angai a mena sepit. Bei wak nelipak cgen, gulong ayang jegem gulong umit. Ko suka sepit gulong umit wak ninak lenga. Sui apak ko senang keman dbei pusai.
Sepit ih asal nyin nina keman tepong balau, tepong gandum, gula pasir, teluh siaw, gula nyipak (gula apong sui a gak), jegem santen be'nyuh. Bei sepit nak a dbei nina lengak. Tapi sepit wak nelajer ko bei ninak lengak. Buyak ienlah sepit asel keman judan mahal keman sepit area kek. Kue sepit ih bei acuan nyin debei. Masa telo mena apui dbei kenah jed angai. na'ah megou.
Kalik bei anik umit ajau ih dbei brapa suka bak menyuba keman sepit. Sai-sai a dbei ngak menyuba, cubalah, ga'an tao kenah bak nyadin makanan kesukaan telo. Mun telo ngak petemu jegem sepit wak dao nyam, luk gi'ian telo buyak. Ako dbei ngak bei gaber bak nak. Na'ahlah ko menak. Telo anik-anik bao ajau ih cubalah keman bak kanen tradisional telo. Kak agei telo a liko, kina pun suka.

Ako Penulis Bao

2009-04-10T08:32:00.000-07:00

Janik ko terhegeh-hegeh madak ko nulong nyin mengarang dagen blog ih jadi dengan tidak relanya ko pun luk singenlah. Wak tengah menulih ih pun nyin kawak....menak cerita budei singen nyin ih.

Okay..ako akan cuba menulong nyin pinyi mana-mana ji cerita pasel a liko (Melanau). Ako ajau tengah menak kui sepit. Kenah kawak ko bak pekusi resepi kui sepit kamei. Na'ah lah ko cerita idak aluk.

Sarawakiana Talk

2009-04-07T16:25:00.000-07:00

Pustaka Negeri Sarawak will organize Sarawakiana talks. Details of talks as below:

Title : Dance.... What is Dance?????
Speaker : En. Sharkawi Haji Amit
Date : 23 April 2009 [Thursday]
Venue : Special Collection Room
Time : 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm
Source : Pustaka Negeri Sarawak

Brief Description of the talk:

The talk encompassing the definintion of dance, objectives and functions of dance as well as Sarawak ethnic dance. En Sharkawi Haji Amit will talk about the philosophy of ethnic dance and the dance movement by comparing between local ethnic dance and modern dance. Sarawak ethnic dances are dances performed and preserved by ethnic groups in Sarawak. Every culture has developed its own means of expression through movement. These dances were part of tribal rituals, designed to be performed at crucial moments in the life of both the individual and the ethnic group.

All Pustaka's member is invited.

Kekalkan Tarian Asli Melanau

2009-04-05T17:30:00.000-07:00

Lau pat lau ien bei program memartabatkan seni budaya wak ninak lo keman Kementerian Kesenian dan Kebudayaan Negara.Walaupun ninak gak Sabah tapi ien kononnya program jalinan mesra Sabah jegum Sarawak jadi lien bei megam lo keman Limbang.

Suka kawak lah ko pilak lien menak pameran kebudayaan jegum adat liko tempatan termasuklah adat kawin Lundayeh, tarian-tarian kawak. Masa malem kejian ien lien bei menak persembahan tarian. Wak menak ko miak angai ienlah bila ko pilak persembahan kumpulan tarian keman Limbang. Ko dei tao tarian tradisional kaum uno wak dipersembahkan luin. Bila lo keman Sabah melabau gak ko, tarian kaum nau lah ketan ien, ako dei tao uno bak jawab. Wak asak wak nebak lien pun ko dei tao,pakaian rojak keman an wak nebak lien. Ako rasa sangat miak bak mengakun liko Sarawak bila ko pilak lo keman Limbang ien menari. Mun bak dibandingkan jegum tarian kumpulan keman Sabah, samalah langit jegum tanak singen. Ga'an tarian liko Balah, Orang Ulu, Bidayuh, Melanau etc...buyak naulah bak menari tarian kontemporari wak samalah rojak wak dei dao nyam alu ien dipersembahkan. Ngadan program seni budaya, sekurang-kurang nyin lien menarilah tarian tradisional kaum wak bei gak Sarawak.
So, ako arap angai mun bei uno-uno acara, mun bei a madak menari tarian Melanau, kak la mencampor aduk jegum tarian kik wak menak miau alu keaslian tarian a Melanau. Ien singenlah wak bak dikongsi ko jegum sedara a liko ko. Arap telo kenah mempertahankan keaslian tarian telo a liko. Walaupun ko debei dei tao tarian a Melanau tapi ako akan belajer.

Maklumat Pasel Adat A Liko

2009-03-30T16:13:00.000-07:00

Ako bei terimak jatak email keman pelajar Curtin wak menak study pasel adat a liko. Nyin bei melabau gak ko pasel adat telo a liko pasel belum jegum bergendang.

Mula-mula angai ko terimak email nyin ako rasa was-was kawak buyak kelijah alu bak bei a berminat pasel adat telo tapi bila nyin pesusui nyin liko Dalat jadi ako rasa ako patut menolong nyin. Wak menjadi masalahnya, ako ih bukan bei idak pengetahuan pasel adat a liko. Wak tenao ko ien hanyalah asas sinegn, mengikut ji wak den ko serta pengalaman ko gak kapong. Mun wak saji atang ien, ako deilah tao angai.

Masalah kawak buyak ko dei penah melabau atang-atang gak a nyat. Agei jatak masalah ienlah, masa ko agei umit sabei, a nyat (mak jegum apak ko) debei rapa luk tan bak cerita gak anik umit. Lien dei luk anik umit bak tao pasel wak kejien. Nyadin pabila ngak nyat, ako idak angai mengajih masa ko gak liko a, pasel adat ien dei denuli ko angai agei. Ienlah tan wak bak menak ko menak blog ih supaya ko kenah bak mengupul ji semuah pengalaman ko ayang sebagai anik a Melanau.

Jadi, ako rasa manah angai buyak bei kawak adik kakak wak berminat bak menak kajian pasel adat a liko ih. Ako akan cuba menulong mana ji wak kenah ko.

Ubak Liko

2009-03-27T16:25:00.000-07:00

Ako ngak memutuskan ako bak menulih semuah posts ko dagen blog ko ih, ubak liko min buyak ko bei muka jatak agei blog dagen ubak Melayu, CRazE MinD. Tapi Melayu Malaya sau jumit kalik buyak pengaruh blogger keman bah Malaya lah gaya ih..:D. Kelalu idak maca blog luin.

Tapi dei hal. Ako akan terus cuba menulih semuah posts ko dagen blog ko wak ih ubak liko. Keman lau ih ako akan cuba menulih semuah pengalaman-pengalaman ko nyat sebagai anik a liko.

Ako suka angai menulih ajau, walaupun mana sau alu sau. Dei hal "Practice Makes Perfect" sui liko putik. Nak singen, pasti akan nyadin lebih dao mun selalu menulih. Haraplah ubak liko ko pun bei betul aluk sau agei beh ih. Ayat-ayat ubak liko ko agei idak angai wak debei rapa betul sau ih.

Orait...ien sinegn lah siew keman anik a liko..:D

Balau Information Centre - Is it Possible in Dalat?

2009-03-23T22:17:00.000-07:00

Ajau ih ako gak liko a jadi ako dibei gaber bak kenongsi ko jegum kelo gak gi'ih. Jadi ako migek peluang ih bak cerita singen lah.

Bei jatak kawasan gak Kuala Penyu, Sabah saji bei pusat maklumat pasel balau. Pusat Informasi Rumbia. Gak gien bei menak dewan pameran maklumat pasel balau jegum guna balau. Bei aruh atau trail wak ninak bak kedau a melawat makau pilak2 ji balau tubuk gak kawasan ien. Kawasan ien paya wak tenaduk lien balau saji bak dipamerkan gak a didak.

Bei kawak kubo tradisional wak ninak keman kulit jegum daun balau. Bei jatak kedau wak menak pameran ketan an memproses balau secara tradisional jegum moden. Kraftangan wak ninak keman balau bei jenaja gak kedai serta bei wak dipamer lien gak galeri.

Ako dei ngak penah mapun kien tapi mun ngak bei masa ako akan melawat kien. Na'ah mun ngak bei gaber beilah jumit bak tilik ko gak kelo gak gi'ih.

Ako dei rapa pasti sama ada telo gak Dalat, Oya, Igan, Matu, Daro, Mukah, Rejang bei menak Information Centre keji'ih. Serata dunia tao telo a liko (Melanau) saji glamer menaduk balau tapi telo bei menak information centre ji wak ninak gak Sabah ih kah debei? Ako dei tao. Mun telo kenah menak jatak, ien saji dao atang supaya a bak tao ketan an tan atau keja'an ji gaya a Melanau menggunakan balau ih dagen udip telo sehari-hari.

Supaya debei la miau traditional way of Melanau using sago palm in thier life. Just a suggestion singen.

Bebayuh

2009-03-23T22:01:00.000-07:00

Lian ko agei umit sabei, mun ko bei pedih wak mengenih angai ji mak ko mesti mengan ko petemu a bayuh.

Ko agei senged masa ko Darjah 2 atau 3 kejien ko bei pedih. Lian ko pulik sekul ko nyarih bak leput. Kelijah alu tan padem jawai ko. Lian nua janik ko pepela pulik kubo ako putak dagen salui. Majih alu tan wak dagen nae ko keluar min. Labik singen nua janik ko gak kubo ako terus masok kubo jegum pelikang. Ulo ako ayong angai tan, asel ako mekat ako mesti putak. Bila mak ko peden ko ketan ien, nyin bukan nya pengan ko mapun klinik, nyin terus menyeged ko buyak singen la buyak wak keman bao sui dengah.

Bah abei ien mak terus mengan ako petemu a bayuh gak Sg. Kut. Liko Sg. Kut mesti tao gak a lakei mero bayuh ih buyak nyin saji glamer angai mubat a. Lian ako dei ngak Baptize nyadin Katolik memang mak ko selalu angai mengan ako petemuk gak a lakei ih. Nyin dibei agei ajau, paut ngak nyin matai.

Ok, terus gak cerita pasel ko pedih unei. Bah abei ien mak terus mengan ako mapun a lakei bayuh ien. Ako dei rapa senged agei tan an tan nyin mubat ko tapi wak senged ko nyin mesti bak menyiluk ji uno wak menak ko pedih. Cara nyin ko dei senged agei kawak tapi beh nyin ngak peden uno ji wak menak ko pedih, nyin akan tujuh rawatan nyin lah, telo lau berturut-turut. Ako agei senged nyin menemuk ko jegum anum benyuh jegum remenit wak ngak dijampi-jampi nyin, jegum daun tebawan. Beh ien bei dedian kenaat nyin, apui dedian ien ninak nyin dagen bebak nyin, ninak nyin bao ulo ko. Beh ien, ulo benalut jegum tuala. Dei kenah pit labik gak kubo. Aiya..idak angai ngak wak dei senged ko. Tapi wak ko tao nyin pesusui gak mak, ako pedih buyak bedua ko nigek tao bao. Kira nelim lien lah. Nyin mubat ko migek bedua ko nelepih lo tao ien.

Ngak kajih pubat ien, macem-macem alu lah ji agei palei wak dei kenah kanen ko. Dei kenah keman bawang putik lah wak ko paling senged. Ko rasalah buyak amo medut gak bawang putik. Nyin mubat a pedih kan pebak roh-roh kegelapan. Kuasa-kuasa wak melawan kuasa Tuhan sebenar nya.

Lian ko agei umit sabei saji ko selalu angai nengan mak ko pubat gak a bayuh buyak nyin percaya angai gak kuasa-kuasa gelap ih. Tapi, masa ko jegum Youth Congress 1997 gak Sacred Heart Sibu, ako buyak Healing for sai-sai wak penah mapun bayuh keman umit. Masa Healing ien lah ko rasa pedih angai tan bila bak mepit semuah ien. Wak menak ko saji medut tan pilak bei jelaweh anik wak tutui kamei ien samalah wak kerasukan singen. Bukan nau, masa jegum Youth Congress ien pun nyin bei "tangkal" juh tina tama nyin. Saji teruk kawak tan nyin buyak Healing masa ien. Beh ienlah, tiap kali ko bei pedih mun mak ko bak mubat ko pebak lo nyuk-nyuk ko mesti melabau keman an nyin kenaan lo nyuk ien. Ko dei luk bak terlibat jegum black magic agei. I put everything in God's hands.

Tapi daolah bak senerita ji gaya adat a liko dana kawak bak tenao telo semuah. Adat bebayuh ih saji agei namel segelintir wak debei percaya gak Tuhan (pagan) ataupun bei segelintir kawak wak percaya gak Tuhan tapi setengah-setengah singen, debei sepenuh hati.

Ien singenlah ji wak kenah bak cerita ko gak gi'ih pasel bebayuh. Tiap a bayuh bei cara lien debei mubat a. Bei wak sampai payun. Ien ko bei peden masa tipo lai bah apak ko. Tapi lian ien ko agei umit angai jadi ko saji liluk gak ji semuah upacara ien. Kalik a kik kenah bak cerita pasel wak ienlah. Ien singen siew keman ko.

Belum

2009-03-18T21:28:00.000-07:00

Bei lah sakai tujuh idea gak ko uno bak tulih atau bak cerita ko dagen blog ih pasel adet telo a liko. Anjel keman Bintulu. Ako pun debei rapa pasti sama ada nyin Anjel wak kenelala ko atau pun a kik tapi ako bak tujuh terima kasih lah gak nyin buyak tujuh idea gak bak cerita dagen ih.

Pasel belum ih ko beilah jumit pengalaman tenabih a lakei belum lian ko agei umit sabei. Ih kira wak percaya a dana sabei buyak lian ien lien debei ngak bei agama. A sui ien "pagan" lah.

Gak kapong ko bei jelaweh a lakei ngadan nyin Merikai. Nyin a saji selalu angai benadak a kapong menak belum. Ako debei rapa senged ketan an tan jelawah tenawan ien kenah bak bei karunia bak menak belum ih. Kalik buyak nyin ngak tijuh dagen nupei kah ko pun dei rapa pasti kawak. Biasanya, mun bei pedih a kapong akan selalu mapun a bayuh, ien susui pesiluk gak a bayuh. Mun a bayuh ien ngak peden uno ji wak menak a ien pedih nyin akan menemuk a ien tapi mun nyin perlu bak menak belum tertentu, a ien mesti bak pinyi a tao menak belum. Jadi a lakei gak kapong ko ih hanya lah a menak belum, nyin debei kuasa kik lah kira nyin.

Biasanya belum ninak keman daun nyipak, sei balau (biasa lawei balaulah) atau da'an balau. Setiap penyakit atau wak menak a pedih ien macem2 alu sau ngadan tao jadi biasanya setiap belum ien bei ngadan. Ako dei senged alu agei ngadan belum-belum ih. Nyabik maap lah gak wak ien. Setiap belum ien mun debei ngak tenabih gak a pedih ien nyin debei akan menyigen a. Maksud nyin belum ien hanya ukiran semata-mata. Biasa nyin belum ien tenabih a bayuh atau a menak belum ien atau ahli keluarga a wak pedih ien. Beilah sau wak ubak nyin wak bak madak tao ien kuar keman badan a pedih ien. Biasa nyin a akan menabih bak sepak. Alu sik alu lah ji bieh a wak buyak tabih ien beh ien. Dah ngak ien, belum ien akan kenilut gak lawei kayo gak lisi sungai. Sama ada gak da'an nyipak, bapir, atau mana-mana ji kayo bei gak lisi sungai.

Lian ko agei umit sabei ako pepela mapun sekul. Jadi mun bei belum gak lisi sungai mesti medut bak pepela segak angai gak dawak belum ien. Bei kawak la lo jipo-jipo ko wak lai wak saji nakal angai suka memad atau mupak belum jegum pela. A nyat selalu angai menepad kak mengacau na'ah buyak singen. Dei taolah ko kala saji buyak singen mun mengacau ien.

Mun bak nilak atang-atang belum ih sebenarnya ukiran. Mun telo pilak gak kedai-kedai kraftangan bei ukiran-ukiran ji belum a liko ih ji jenaja. Ajau ih telo kenah pilak ien sebagai satu bentuk seni a Melanau.

Ien singen ji lah wak bak cerita ko pasel belum. Mun bei ji wak salak, ko nyabik ma'ap lah gak adik kakak. Ako pun generasi muda, ako hanya cerita mengikut ji wak penah dilalui ko. Wak penah den ko as a little Melanau girl wak nyat dagen kapong a Melanau.

Cerita Rakyat

2009-03-16T18:15:00.000-07:00

Actually i was looking for a word that explaining "ngasu" in English. Ngasu is an Iban word thats explains about hunting using hunter's dog. But then i found one article or i can say it is a folk tales of one natives from Sabah. It is a Murut folk tale. I want to share this story with you guys and here it is:

A TALE FROM THE PADAS RIVER
(Tenom) ( A Murut Folk Tale )
There was once o lonq house in Kampung Tatamuan beside the river Malalap. It was the tradition of the Murut people, that men had to hunt animals for food as a contribution to society.
There was a young hunter among them who went on a hunting trip with other villagers. He had to leave his family and his pregnant wife behind at the long house.

In those days, a hunting trip usually took many weeks, as they had to poach and wait, or very often penetrate far into the jungle.

During their absence, the village folk discovered a python on the bank of the river. They immediately killed it for food. The remains of the skin were used to make big and small drums.
It had been quite a while since the hunting group had left the village and there was still no sign of their return.

Out of boredom, the villagers decided to hold a feast. Feasting was very common amongst them and it was part of their tradition as well. They began to celebrate with meat from this huge python. They had plenty of food to eat and to share.

Usually light entertainment, such as dancing and singing were performed during such a celebration. This was accompanied by playing the drums which were made from the skin of the snake. However, the moment they hit the drums, the cats and dogs began to fight with each other. Even though they tried, but somehow, the villagers could not stop half way during the celebration. They decided to change to the other drums also made from the snake skin.

This time, the sound of the drums caused an evil sort of spell and the villagers started to fight amongst themselves. There was havoc and death and it was a very sad situation. Some of those who were fortunate enough to be alive, escaped the plundering by hiding in the jungle. It so happened that the young hunter's wife also escaped and a short time later gave birth to a child.

Eventually the hunting party returned and they were remorsely disappointed at such misfortune. They decided to go their separate ways and set up families elsewhere. The young hunter took his wife and child and left the village. After a short while, they arrived at a clearing near a river bank. All of a sudden the hunter's dog caught sight of a Tempadau (wild cow) and chased after it, closely followed by the hunter. By now the hunting dog had caught up with the Tempadau which was wading across the river. Suddenly there was a voice from the top of the hill admonishing them to stop their hunt.

The young man, already frustrated with what had happened back at the village, was in no mood for such a warning. He still followed his hunting dog. A bolt of lightning struck, followed by a thun 'en They have unknowingly trespassed onto holy ground and were immediately turned into stones.

Till today the young man is known as the Batu Balingoi. The Tempadau in the middle of the river is called the Batu Masokoh. The wife and child who followed behind are called the Batu Magibah.
This all happened along the Sungai Pagalan and the stones can still be found there in the river at Tenom.

Source : Legends of Sabah,NEXUS Golf Resort Karambunai

*This story reminds me of Melanau folk tales that my mum always tell me when i was a child. Not far from my village there is one mangrove swamp area and a small streams. There is a story of one family (mother and two sons) went into this stream looking for a shrimps. I can't remember it clearly but something bad has happen to this family where at the end they turn into a stone. I remember my mum told me the name of that stream is Sg. Balau. By the way, it has a similarity with this folk tales where the family in the Murut story above also turned into stone.

Hmm..interesting isn't it?

No Idea

2009-03-15T22:15:00.000-07:00

I have no idea on what should i write in this blog about my Melanau lifestyle anymore. I am away from home and i am surrounded by different races and cultures now. I only know one person from Dalat and lucky we still can use our mother tounge to communicate. By that way perhaps my Melanau language will not influence by other language.

When i am in other places i have to adapt to this new environment. I eat what people here eat and actually not much difference but i can't eat my favourite food--inut, bulu, umai. I can make umai but i am not really good in making one. The other things is that i don't have friends to enjoy these food with me.

I talk with my work mate about our culture. He is Bisaya from Beufort, Sabah. While we share about our background then i realize there are so many similarities. They plant paddy and sago. They live near rivers and they use nipah for house rooftop. He also paddle (using boat) to go to school. It is only our language is different. His language is more similar to Dusun. If i have time, i will plan a visit to their area and hopefully i can see their lifestyle and share here.

Now i can say that i am a Melanau Girl that exploring other cultures and traditions. Maybe out of the main topic that i want to share in this blog but maybe something interesting too. Why? Because at the same time i can compare the differences and similarities of other traditions and cultures with mine...The Melanau People.

Till then...

Bei lian na'ah ako akan menulih idak aluk pasel a liko cuma ajau ih ako jauk keman kapong jadi semuah wak nilak ko adalah adet liko a. Wak dao nyin ako kenah menak perbandingan antara adet a liko kik jegum adat telo a liko Melanau.

Adat A Liko Dana Wak Neliluk

2009-03-06T00:33:00.000-08:00

Ajau ih ako dbei gak Sarawak agei. Ngak gak liko a ih mala singen senged bak keman lo inut, pulem, macem-macem alu tan wak pawah bak nak.

Mun ngak gak liko a ih makin agei dibei rapa idak a liko, ubak liko pun debei tetu bak betul angai sau agei. Bukan senaja bak meliluk tapi mun ngak paut debei kerapak mesti bei kawak wak neliluk jumit. Ienlah ko selalu angai telepon pulik kapong migek ko selalu bak kerapak ubak liko jegum tina tama ko serta janik-janik ko.

Bila ko menyenged pasel adat a liko. Kebetulan ajau gak kedau ko kerja bei staff matai buyak strok. Nyin liko Kadazan. Malem ih malem kejian palei (ien sau sebut telo a liko). Lau kejian palei. Ako beilah tutui lien sebiang Rosari tiap abei stat keman lau nyin tenanem lau ien. Ako cuba menyenged balek an tan adat a liko lian a matai. Bei wak senged ko bei wak debei rapa senged tan. Ienlah mun debei tenulih, "documentation" sui liko putik kalik adat a liko dana akan lenyap.

Harapan ako ienlah supaya bei a luk menak kajian secara mendalam pasel adat a liko ih. Mun bei lo adik kakak a liko wak belajer sosiology atau anthropology, daolah bak menak kajian. Publish your work and share with our young generations. It will help our community to remain our own traditions.

Ako menulih gak gi'ih cuma suka-suka singen tapi dagen masa wak sama ako luk bak menulih mana-mana ji wak senenged ko. Bei masa ako akan menulih idak aluk.

Sago Worms -- Si'et

2009-01-30T06:33:00.000-08:00

Ako ngak bei cerita pasal si'et dagen post ko wak siew sabei tapi dibei gaber nak ko dagen ien. So, ako menak posts bao udei pasel si'et buyak ko ngak bei gaber si'et wak igek ko masa ko pulik Krismas taun sabei. Janik ko wak pinyi. Ako gagau angai debei kenah bak pa'ai mapun uma balau kamei. Janik ko pinyi bubo tekilik nyin jegum pinyi si'et alu.

Si'et ien bak igik janik ko wak labik keman Daled ien. A sawa nyin suka keman si'et kawak. Ienlah kira buah tangan gak a sawa nyinlah ien buyak nyin dei pulik kubo kamei masa Krismas ien. Gagau kalik.

Asau pun suka angai jegum menyi'et..heheehe. Ako pun suka angai menyi'et. Makin agei mun balau wak saji mubo atang ien. Seronok alu tan matuk si'et wak nyat-nyat singen ji apah ien. Pawah tan bak menyi'et walaupun ko dei rapa suka keman si'et...

Build A New House -- Batun Kubo

2009-01-29T18:35:00.001-08:00

Work as a team will happen if we still live in a village where people living together as a community. In a small village like where I live, the tradition “gotong-royong” is still in practice. People will help each other in any occasions such as build a new house. However, it seems to be a little bit different nowadays compare to the old times because money did play a major role. But, the people in this village are still work as a team and it inspires me.

End of last year, my parents build a small wood house at Sg. Kut Tengah and people from Sg. Kut Tengah help us to put it up. I am so thankful to the family that let us use their house as a place to prepare food and we stay overnight there. So much gratitude goes to everyone that show up on that day and use their energy to put up that small wooden house.

The spirit of working as a team is the most important things and strengthens the relations in our people community.

Bergendang...A Tradition in Melanau Wedding

2009-01-26T19:17:00.001-08:00

The crowd

The dancer and "Mak Gendang"

Preparing tea break

Speed Boat

2009-01-21T23:46:00.000-08:00

From Sibu to reach my "kampung", there are two different transport that can be use. Speed boat is one of it and it is faster than the "boat express". However, the fare is more expensive than the "boat express". If using speed boat, it will takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes to reach my village from Sibu and the fare is only RM25. Compare to the other one, it will takes about 3 hours with fare RM15. But the problem with speed boat is, there is only one speed boat available that reach my village. If you missed the speed boat then you have no choice, you have to use the "boat express".

The photo was taken at Sg. Kut Muara not at my kampung. This speed boat was going to Dalat Bazaar. I have the opportunity to take a photo of it so i just take a shot.

Catching Cat Fish (Mengenah Tekilik)

2009-01-10T07:52:00.000-08:00

One way of our people looking for food is setting some kind of fish traps that made from bamboo. Usually we set them up during the raining season (mostly end of the year) to catch cat fish.

The water is too shallow if there is no rain. All of the fish traps is hand made and made by my mum and my sis themselves.

The traps left overnight before check the traps on the next day. If there is rain that night, the traps will full of fishes. But sometimes we are not lucky because of other animals like snakes or civets or an owl that disturbed the traps.

Some of the harvests from the traps.

Eating "Linut" During Christmas

2009-01-03T19:56:00.000-08:00

This year i have a chance to photographed our family traditions where we will having our Christmas eve dinner and for sure we will have "linut" as our main menu.

The food was served with "ulam-ulaman" and it taste great.

Can see the little legs around and they can't wait to "attack" the food.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2009!

2008-12-21T17:06:00.001-08:00

I am leaving for Christmas and New Year holiday started from tomorrow until 1st January 2009. Can't wait to see my family for the family gathering.

So, i want to wish everyone Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2009! May all of you be bless richfully for this coming of Christ birth celebration.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Umai - Melanau Delicacies

2008-12-13T07:22:00.000-08:00

I like to write about foods because it makes me feel home and i can imagine how delicious it is. By the way, i want to talk about umai here. If you visit Melanau area such as Dalat, Mukah, Igan, Matu-Daro, Balingian or any other Melanau people places you will be served with this food. I am not sure if there is other ethnic groups in Sarawak that served umai as their food. It is a sliced of raw fish that marinated with "assam paya" or sometimes we use lime juice. For more information about how to prepare and how to eat this Melanau cuisine, go to this page.

Balingian - A Place Of Choice

Isn't it's sounds so yummy? I can make umai but maybe not really nice but i still like to eat it. Have to select the fresh fish and for sure it will taste soooo yummy.

When i study in Sabah, i have learned that Kadazan-Dusun people also have some sort of umai but they called it "Hinava". The way they prepared it a little bit different and it is so yummy too. What is the difference? I think because they put some extra ingredients in it. They mix the dried and grated "bambangan" seed into it. I am not sure what is the name of bambangan in Malay but we Melanau called it "pangin". Ok, visit this site to read more about how Kadazan people prepared their "sushi = hinava".

A Daily Obsession

It was so interesting to find out that there is other groups of people actually share the same food that we have but the way we prepared it a little bit different. I really love to explore more about others culture but i still far to know about my own culture and traditions. No way! I will get whatever information that i have when i get back to my village end of this year. I will ask my mum and dad (pity my grandparents was died years ago). Sounds funny but it's my call. :)

*Pawah tan bak keman umai nak mak. Mun mak menak mesti dao angai nyam. Mana-mana ji wak nisik mak semuah dao min nyam. Hehehehe..Pulik bulan 12 ih mesti kamei berabih keman inut, umai, sabel petah...nyum nyumm....Debei saber tan agei bak pulik kapong.

Melanau - The People

2008-12-12T11:30:00.000-08:00

When i went study outside Sarawak, my friends from other states (Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah) will says that mostly Melanau people looks like Chinese. I will say not all looks like Chinese. It maybe because they refer it to me. If they refer it to me, i am not purely Melanau. So, i am not a good example of how purely Melanau looks like. How to describe us? Hmm.. Again, i am not good in describing but maybe you guys can have a look at this blog posts that i found. The blogger is from Mukah and this posts is about Melanau traditional wedding at Mukah. Quite interesting to read and she got a beauitiful collections of photos.

Click to this link: Twinkle and Me

A lots of mix-marriage is happen now so i am not sure what will the next generations of Melanau will looks like. As for myself, part of my blood is Chinese and my sisters and brothers already married to other races as well. My nephew is more into Chinese blood because my brother married to Chinese lady. So...what left for Melanau blood in my family. I am not sure too..That's why i am gathering informations about Melanau here and i am sure i will find a lot more after this.

Mun sabei, ako debei rapa bak peduli angai gak adat a liko atau mana-mana pasal a liko. Tapi ajau ih ko pilak idak angai ji wak ngak neliluk. Apatah agei bila a lakei-lakei wak memigang adat gak kapong ngak matai min. Lian ih, gak kapong ko mun lian a kawin kurang angai ji agei wak menak surong berian. Adet debei rapa nebak ji agei. Luin suka aluk kawin cara aliko putik. Kawin gak restorenlah wak paling senang. Ienlah tan wak menak ko luk pinyi idak aluk pasal ji gaya udip a liko wak saji atang. Ako keman umit angai debei nelajer lo mak ko pasal adet a liko.

What Is The Meaning of "Janik"?

2008-12-10T23:58:00.000-08:00

There is not much vote on the questions that i ask about the meaning of "janik". In Melanau language, "janik" means siblings but if in Iban language "janik" (but a little bit different in the pronunciation) means bearded pig.

So, based on the vote, the question has been answer correctly. "Janik" means siblings.

So learn more Melanau language after this. :)

Sago Worms (Si'et)

2008-12-10T09:25:00.000-08:00

As i browse through the internet i found quite a few bloggers that write about sago worms. As in Sarawak, the sago worms is the famous delicacies for Melanau ethnic and we called it si'et.

My family have our own sago plantations and we used to eat sago worms. I ate it since i was a kid but i am not really like the taste now. I still can eat it but not like when i was a kid. When i was a kid i eat it like a snack especially the deep fried one. Love to eat it with sago (bulu).

I don't have photos to show here but when i get back to my village, my mother will surely asks me to look for the sago worms. She really like to eat it. Since we have our own sago plantations so it will not that difficult to get the sago worms as long as my sisters keep the left-over of the sago tree after she harvest it for sell. Not all the sago worms taste delicious. If the sago tree is harvested when it is still young, the taste of the worms is not good but if the matured sago tree, the worms is tasty. The appearance of the worms can differentiate whether it is from young tree or matured tree. If the worms looks darker and not yellowish and shining, it is for sure from the young trees. If it is looks very fat with the yellowish shining skin, then it is from the matured trees. It taste yummy...

Here is two links that shows more about sago worms:

5 Things Meme

2008-12-09T05:08:00.000-08:00

One of the bloggers I follow, Christie Lynn , tagged me, so now I suppose I have to do this survey... Sounds kinda fun!

5 Things I Was Doing 10 Years Ago:
*Have fun with my 12 Stars Friends
*Struggling for my high school examination certificate (SPM)
*First crush on a cute guy in my school
*Sneak out from my school hostel
*Stealing papaya from school garden

5 Things On My To-Do List Today:
*Bring my friends for breakfast
*Finish my Chapter Two editing
*Have enough sleep
*Check my email
*Update my blog

5 Snacks I Love:
*Choki choki
*Twisties
*Mamee
*Pringles
*Popcorn

5 Things I’d do if I was a Millionaire:
*Build a nice village house for my parents
*Open a non-profit organization to fight against the illegal logging activities
*Open a center for Children With Disabilities in my village
*Travel around the world
*Take a good care of my parents

5 Places I’ve Lived:
*Sibu, Sarawak
*Miri, Sarawak
*Labuan, WP Labuan
*Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
*Bintulu, Sarawak

5 Jobs I’ve Had:
*Insurance Agent
*Temporary MIS Clerk
*Temporary Secondary Teacher
*Temporary Research Assistant
*Conservation Project Officer

That is interesting and fun... Thanks, Christie Lynn! Now I guess i have to tag other people, so I'll tag the three people that follow this blog: Andrea, rainfield61 and Joe. Enjoy and have fun!

Religion & Expressive Culture

2008-12-09T04:32:00.000-08:00

Religious Beliefs

In 1980 53,689 Melanau were Sunni Muslim, 8,486 were Christian, 1,749 were tribal, 5,328 were listed as having no religion (but were probably all tribal), and 326 were listed as miscellaneous. For Muslims, Christians, and tribals alike, the world consists of this, the middle world, the upper world (the sky), and the world below. Traditionally the world was egg-shaped, seven layers or worlds above and seven below the middle world, the whole being balanced on the head of a buffalo standing on a snake, all surrounded by water. The breathing of the buffalo caused the ebb and flow of the tides. For some people the land of the dead was an underworld; others thought it elsewhere, but did not know where. Its topography was exact, but differed for Muslims, whose view was shared by Christians.

For Muslims, Christians, and tribals alike, the world, the sun, the moon, and the stars were created by Alla-taala, but how is not known. He is remote and little interested in human affairs. All "layers" of the world are inhabited by spirits (tou), who, together with humans, animals, and plants, share this middle world. Every being has its own proper place in the world, which is ordered by adat. Overstepping boundaries causes trouble, and most human illness is caused by trespassing on some spirit's living space. Spirits are of many kinds: earth, air, water, forest, etc. Sometimes they are referred to as ipu', who are less malevolent than tou, and may indeed be invited to reside in and protect dwellings. Supernaturals live on the moon and punish disorderly and disrespectful behavior by men, especially mockery of animals. A female guards the entrance to the land of the dead. People are reluctant to call such supernaturals "tou" or "ipu'," but no other term exists for such demigods. Muslims and some pagans call them melaikat.

Religious Practitioners

No pagan priests exist. Expert carvers of spirit images, or belum, diagnose what spirit (sometimes also called "belum" and not "tou") is likely to have caused an illness and, in a short ceremony, forces the spirit into its carved image so that it may be taken to its proper place and forbidden to harm the patient for at least three days. Spirit mediums, with the help of familiar spirits, also cure illness and practice divination. Every village, Muslim and tribal alike, holds an annual cleansing ceremony, kaul, to call uninvited spirits that have taken up residence in the village to a feast before they are sent home to their proper places.

Ceremonies

Apart from the annual kaul, private ceremonies of increasing complexity and expense are held for the curing of illness by spirit mediums. Ceremonies for the safety of a child two months before its delivery initiate a series of taboos, culminating in the birth. There are also ceremonies at the wake of a dead person; they may continue for several months, until a secondary burial.

Arts

Among most Melanau groups, tattooing was never widely practiced. Strongly built longhouses, fortresses thirty feet above ground, were traditionally decorated with elaborate wood carving. Belum carved in sago pith were widely used and are a sophisticated form of sculpture. Ceremonies were accompanied by gong orchestras with distinctive chants and music; bards recited and sang epics, legends, and myths of considerable poetic merit at ceremonies or simply for entertainment.

Medicine

Most illness was attributed to an attack by a spirit, but certain ailments, mostly minor, were attributed to a failure to keep a proper balance between hot and cold conditions in the body. Herbal medicines existed to restore the balance, most of which have been taken over by practitioners of Malay medicine.

Death and Afterlife

An individual's funeral is one of the most important events in the life cycle. At death the soul begins a boat journey, accompanied by attendant spirits—usually called "tou"—to the land of the dead. Chants, ceremonies, and games during the wake ensure the soul a safe journey. Once admitted, the soul is sent to one of seven pagan villages, appropriate to the manner of death, and lives a life similar to that of this middle world. Eventually a second death occurs, and many believe that the soul then becomes dew. Muslims and many Christians also believe that the soul sets out for the land of the dead by boat or, according to some, along a road that comes to a place where the path becomes a sword across a pot of blazing fire. An individual who has led a good life can walk along the flat edge of the sword; the sharp edge of the sword ensures that one who has led a bad life falls into the pot. Beyond the sword is the land of Mohammed, Jesus Christ, and the pagans.

*Source: http://www.everyculture.com/East-Southeast-Asia/Melanau.html

Sociopolitical Organization

2008-12-05T00:52:00.000-08:00

Sarawak is a state in the Federated States of Malaysia; it consists of divisions, each of which in turn is divided into districts under the supervision of district officers.

Social Organization

Formerly a village was an independent unit governed by a group of self-appointed aristocrats known as a-nyat, or elders. The rajah of Sarawak appointed one of them as headman, answerable to the district officer. Today the influence of the elders varies with local circumstances; their power is now primarily ceremonial, concerned with validating social mobility at weddings. The suppression of endemic tribal warfare by the rajah of Sarawak allowed people other than aristocrats to acquire wealth by planting sago gardens; the gradual introduction of a cash economy permitted commoners and even slaves to acquire wealth and make claim to higher rank and even enter the group of governing elders.

Political Organization

Village headmen today are minor magistrates and try certain civil suits in addition to collecting taxes. Criminal offenses are a matter for the district officer, native officers under him, and the police. Districts vary in size and, in coastal areas, are comprised of Iban and Malay people as well as Melanau. In addition to administrative services, the state government today provides schools, dispensaries, hospitals, land surveys, and various advisory services. It also maintains highways, canals, and bridges, and subsidizes mosques and churches.

Social Control

In villages social control is largely a matter of adat, or custom, supervised and administered by the headmen and elders. The Coastal Melanau Adat, an attempted codification of many village adats, is followed by headmen and elders in cases of family and personal dispute, short of homicide or criminal theft, but each village claims its own version of the adat and often does not adhere to the official codification. Social control, however, is maintained primarily by a value system that places a high premium on respect for seniority, rank, and the proper order of things as embodied in the adat, any violation of which entails civil penalties imposed by the elders and automatic supernatural penalties that can be averted only by correct reparation.

Conflict

Conflict is usually seen as a disregard of proper respect, and children are brought up to avoid conflict at almost any cost.

Marriage & Family (Pesawa Jegum Tagan)

2008-12-04T04:34:00.000-08:00

Marriage

Although polygamous marriage, with the consent of the first wife, is permitted, it is very rare and usually leads to divorce. The population of a village is divided into aristocrats (a-menteri), commoners (a-bumi), and slaves (a-dipen). Ideally marriage should be with a second cousin (patrior matrilateral) within the same rank; but in small, politically independent communities the need for talent has always favored cross-rank marriages. The father of a bride is covertly permitted to choose the bride-wealth and rank he desires for his daughter through any line of descent. A wedding is the most important public occasion on which upward or downward mobility is recognized and validated. Theoretically, all first marriages are arranged by parents, but the wishes of the proposed partners are usually taken into consideration. Parents do not arrange second marriages. For a period after the wedding, uxorilocal residence is ideal, but economic advantage often overrides the ideal. One child, usually the youngest, is expected to remain with the parents. Divorce is by mutual consent, and property acquired since the marriage is divided equally.

There is no more marriage follow the rank has been practice in my village. However, there is still some arrangement marriage by parents.

Domestic Unit
People who cook and cater together are considered to be a family (tagan) ; but a household may consist of several separate catering and cooking units. Six or seven people constitute an average household.

After married sometimes the couple stay at the wife's family house before they leaving for their own life. Sometimes, they just stay with the family until the next generations get married. It is depends on the economy of the family.

Inheritance
Property is divided equally among surviving children and the offspring of any dead children. The former longhouse apartment or the contemporary house, in addition to a share of other property, is usually allotted to the child who remains with the parents. Gardens and orchards are divided as whole units and are not subdivided.

The equally divide is suppose to happen but it is a bad things when the parents dead before they divide their properties. So, this will lead to the quarreling amongst the children and i really hate the situation.

Socialization
Infants and children are reared by both parents, by siblings, and by other household members. Physical punishment is very rare; it is regarded as a debased practice of the Chinese. Individual independence is highly valued, but not at the expense of custom and respect for elderly people.

When there is visitors visit the house, the children are not allowed to join the conversation. Only adults can join but now, we seems to ignore that and we just entertain any of visitors to our house. But still remain the politeness.

*Mun lian a nyat cerita saji debei kenah alu anik umit mengacau. Lian ko agei umit ko suka munguk dagen apah mak ko, petaah luni cerita jegum keman sepak. Tapi ko debei suka nyunyak ko debei, ako mesti nyabik wak ngak nyinyak mak. Lian a kawin pun mun lian a nyat surong berian suka kawak ko mipak. Bak peta'ah sau rudeng lien. Saie kawak ji adat bak miau singen dibei newarih gak lo anik wak agei muda.

Kinship (Pejanik)

2008-12-03T09:34:00.000-08:00

Kin Groups and Descent

Theoretically, descent is patrilineal in the allocation of rank, but is not used in the formation of groups. Three types of groups in which kinship is an important factor are found: (1) households made up of separately catering individual families, with occasional stem families (tegen); (2) sections of the modern ribbonlike villages largely consisting of relatives, and known as a-sega—a term also used for close relatives up to second cousin; and (3) ad hoc groups of kin assembled from both paternal and maternal lines of descent for specific tasks (e.g., weddings, funerals, trading expeditions).

Nowadays, the kinship is still strong in the village. However when the younger generations migarate to the town area because of works then it is difficullt to track back their family roots, unless thier parents or granparents still alive. Especially when it comes to the fifth generations.

Kinship Terminology

Kin terms are bilateral, with one term, male and female alike, for each of five generations; but the individual family is lineally set apart from other kin. In some districts seniority and gender in the parental generation and in Ego's siblings are terminologically distinguished. Kin terms are given to all relatives up to the second cousins; relatives up to fifth cousin are recognized, but connections beyond are strangers. No term is used for the kindred.

There are several villages along Btg Igan and Btg Oya, most of the people in this area are connected with each family maybe because we have the same ancestors.

The Making Of Sago (Menak Bulu)

2008-12-02T09:54:00.000-08:00

I am not sure how to explain this in English but this is where the combination of sago starch, coconut milk, paddy dust that has been mixed up to be roasted. Oh my! I am not sure what is the ingredients that we use to make the sago (this is the other traditional food that we use to eat to replace rice).

As you can see, after the mix ingredients turn into small and round they move it on the oven (not sure what is this called in English, we called it "belanga"). It will roasted because of the hot temperature from the underneath.

This is the equipment that they use to make the mix ingredients into small and round size of sago.

Usually the family members (female) will help to makes sago. I was so unlucky because by the time i was born, my mom already stop making sago. She only bought it from Dalat and never makes any of it again. Maybe this is because there were no place to make it anymore. The small house that they use to make sago is not properly maintained and it was ruin by the bad weather. However, my elder brothers and sisters has an experienced with my mom and aunties making this sago. I only know how to eat and i really love to eat it with durians. Nyum..nyum..it's delicious. :)

*Ako saji dibei penah alu pilak a menak bulu. Lian ako agei umit aluk kira debei ngak mereti angai beilah mak mengan ko mapun kedau a tuak kamei gak Kg. Tanam menak bulu. Saie atang kawak ko debei penah bak tao an tan gaya a menak bulu. Ko saji suka angai keman bulu buyak keman umit angai ngak natih lo mak keman bulu. Mula-mula ko tabui sekul jauk keman kubo sabei, mak selalu memiti bulu bak pingah ko. Tapi bila dibei sakai bak keman jegum ko, alulah ko pasad debei luk pepingah agei. Mun keman ramai-ramai, alu dao angai nyam...:)

Economy

2008-12-02T08:21:00.000-08:00

Subsistence and Commercial Activities

Hunting and gathering, combined with the cultivation of sago gardens (normally about 4 acres in area) and the export of sago biscuit and forest products (gums, resins, rattan, timber) in exchange for metal goods, weapons, ceramics, and cloth traditionally formed the basis of the Melanau economy. The cultivation of sago gardens was supplemented by growing swamp rice (padai paya) and orchards on the levees of the rivers. Floods at the end of the northeast monsoon frequently ruined the rice crop, which could not be relied on for subsistence. Villages on the coast, where the water of the estuaries was too saline for extraction of flour from the sago palm, depended primarily on fishing and on the import and export trade.

This three main activities is still the main source of Melanau people in my village to survive in this new era, sago plantations, paddy field and orchards.

Trade

During the northeast monsoon, when access to the rivers was limited and fishing was dangerous, expeditions upriver from the coastal villages with dried fish, salt, nipa palm sugar, and craft products—palm-leaf thatch, mats, baskets, and hats—were undertaken to exchange these items for sago biscuit, fruit, canoes, and timber. A similar intrariverine trade for forest products and rice was also maintained with Iban settlements in the hills beyond the swamps. Traditionally sago biscuit was exported under the auspices of aristocratic leaders from both inland and coastal villages and of Malay traders from Brunei and elsewhere. With the foundation of Singapore in 1819 and the demand from the European and American cotton industry for cheap industrial starch, the nature of the sago-export trade altered. After the conquest of the coastal district by the rajah of Sarawak in 1861, Melanau and Malay carriers and traders were replaced by Chinese immigrants, who also entered into the production of flour to the extent that they were allowed. The government, however, did not permit the sale of land to immigrants; the primary production of flour remained in the hands of Melanau villagers until after World War II, when all production was mechanized and only the gardens remained in Melanau ownership. Even though the primary production of flour remained in the hands of the Melanau until then, by 1900 the economy had become dependent on the single cash crop, and extensive changes had occurred in the social system.

Sort of barter system was practice during the old days. I still remember where people from Igan will going upper river up to my village selling sago biscuits, fishes and sometimes we exchange it with our rice. We called it "tukar makan" means exchanging foods. Money is so difficult to get so we exchange foods item.

Division of Labor

Male tasks include clearing the forest and planting and maintaining sago gardens, felling the ripe palm and bringing the trunk to the villages, and stripping the bark off the segments into which the stem has been cut, before rasping the pith inside into a rough sawdust. The sawdust is given to the women to wash on a platform over the river. This rasped pith is placed on a fine-woven mat on the platform, mixed with water, and trampled by the women; the water with the flour in suspension is forced through the mat and a thin straining cloth onto draining boards leading to a trough below the platform, where the crude flour settles and surplus water is drawn away. The sale of this crude flour to a Chinese dealer is also the work of women. The proceeds of the sale are divided in various ways between the owner of the palm, the male feller, and the female trampler of the pith. This cottage industry, in which men and women controlled their own labor and profits, came to an end in the 1950s when Chinese dealers mechanized all aspects of the industry, except the growing and felling of palms. The Chinese dealer did not usually pay cash, but entered the transaction in his books and allowed goods to be bought on credit from his retail shop, thus ensuring that his clients could be kept at regular work and that he could supply his creditors with a regular and predictable supply of flour for export.

Until today we still sell our sago trees to the Chinese dealer which have their own mill. Only one family in Dalat have their own mill which is the only Melanau mill (i think so).

Because only Melanau are allowed to own sago land, only those with sago gardens now have any part in the production of sago. Many of the crops are mortgaged before they become mature. A large part of the male population is forced to leave the villages as migrant laborers in the lumber industry; others migrate permanently. Women are no longer economically independent.

Industrial Arts

In the cottage industry most of the necessary equipment was made locally or acquired through the intrariverine trade. Ironwork and weaving ceased with the advent of a cash economy at the end of the nineteenth century.

River is the main transportation in our area and until today we still use boats as our transport.

Land Tenure

Every village collectively owns a delimited territory that it was formerly ready to defend against all outsiders. Within that territory sago gardens and orchards, carefully delimited, are individually owned. Joint tenancy is possible, especially if a single garden is inherited by two women, for gardens are almost never subdivided. Such an arrangement is not thought satisfactory; other solutions are preferred.

Most of the land that people in my village have now is planted with sago and orchards. We doesn't practice shifting cultivation because we permanently plant sago and paddy in the same land area.

*Pabila ko pepikir balik, masa ako agei umit sabei saji ngadei tan kesusah bak mipih duit. Ako selalu jegum lo mak tubang balau, puma padai, puma balau, pekari, bejaja buak, sayor, pekebun...Saji macam-macem alu ji gaya bak pinyi duit, walaupun cuma kenaan duah telo rigit singen. Tapi rasa syukor angai kawak tan bila kenah mipih duit jumit. Sadik dao kawak gaya hidup lian ih ngak berubah aluk. Bei senang aluk tan agei walaupun aruh debei ngak labik kapong kamei.

Writing In English

2008-12-02T08:10:00.000-08:00

My previous plan was to write in my mother tongue but then the knowledge can not be spread out and shared. So, i have decided to keep writing in Melanau language but only a few but will write more in English especially when it comes to information about my ethnic group, the MELANAU. I am happy if i can share more information about this small group of people. Even in Sarawak, the traditional Melanau is become smaller in numbers because of mix-marriage and the traditions is not pass down to the younger generations. I admit that me myself not knowing so much about my own culture and traditions.

So, i hope by doing some research online (articles and journals about Melanau) and looking back at my own people at my village then i can share more infromations about Melanau. Thanks for those who interested to know more about my ethnic group.

Kedau Diam (Settlements)

2008-11-25T00:51:00.000-08:00

Modern villages vary in size from 300 to 1,000 inhabitants. Houses, averaging 7 by 10 meters, are built on durable wooden frames in a ribbon pattern along both banks of a river and stand some 3 meters above ground. Walls are of plank or sago bark, and roofing is of palm thatch or wooden shingles.

When i was a a kids we used to have this kind of house but not 3 m above the ground. We use sago bark as walls and nipah leaves or wooden as roofing. It was so unique when i think back how they use to made a house using all the source that we can get from the surroundings. Plants and wildlife is the main source for living.

In some areas, notably on the River Tillian at Mukah, villages were closely adjacent, and today the banks of the river are a continuous line of housing with several thousand inhabitants. Administratively the villages are still separate. Traditionally a village was made up of two, sometimes three longhouses, each with a population of about 300 people. A longhouse, consisting of separate apartments with a common veranda in front, facing the river, was essentially a fortress on ironwood piles, some 10 meters above the ground. They were often sited on the bank of the main river opposite the mouth of a tributary stream, which allowed them to see enemies approaching on the water.

I wonder when Melanau people started to change from longhouses to a single house like what we have now. Since i was born, i only see single houses and never see any longhouses in my village.

At the mouths of the main rivers, where representatives of the sultan of Brunei nominally held suzerainty over the river to its source, villagers had by 1830 already begun to build small separate houses, but still retained longhouses for defense. By the beginning of the twentieth century the rajah of Sarawak had successfully put an end to intertribal warfare and most longhouses were abandoned. Sago gardens were cultivated as near the village as possible, and a communal rice field was organized annually by village elders, with a strip allocated to each household.

It is still the main activities of Melanau people in our area to plant sago and paddy for their living.

*Idak anagai ngak a liko gak kapong ko keluar keman kapong pesawa jegum a luar lalu debei menak kubo gak kapong agei. Dagen kawasan kamei dagen setaun ien payah angai agei bak pilak a nyerakin kubo. Ienlah kapong ko dibei petamah rakyat alu ji agei. Hmmm..ako pun kalik debei balik kapongkawak agei na'ah.

Sejarah Jegum Adat A Liko (History And Cultural Relations of Melanau)

2008-11-24T02:57:00.000-08:00

Few reliable historical records of the Melanau exist before the nineteenth century, although European travelers and map-makers placed names not unlike "Melanau" on the northwest coast of Borneo. There are also probable references to the Melanau even earlier in Chinese records. The Coastal Melanau and the Kajang groups in the interior relate that their ancestors migrated from central Borneo and founded a Kajang kingdom from which the Coastal Melanau broke away. The Coastal Melanau believe that much of their culture and many of their institutions are derived from the legendary empire of the folk hero Tugau, who was overthrown in a struggle with Brunei.

Some historians suggest that these events occurred in the fourteenth century, others, as early as the seventh. In 1861 the Melanau coastal district was ceded to James Brooke, the rajah of Sarawak, by the sultan of Brunei. The Rajang Delta was already under the control of Sarawak. The cession was made to gain control of the export of sago flour to Singapore. The trade was essential for the survival of the regime of the rajah of Sarawak. So as not to disturb the flow of trade, the rajahs interfered as little as possible with the local social and political organization. During World War II the third rajah sold the country to the British government, which, until Sarawak became a part of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963, instituted a number of modernizing economic and educational changes, accompanied by further developments in representative government and administrative institutions.

Source: http://www.everyculture.com/East-Southeast-Asia/Melanau.html

P.S. I can't translate those infromation into Melanau beacuse the language is very difficult. Now i realize that i only know simple Melanau language and when it is more advance i really can not translate it. By the way, i hope the information that i post and gathered here will give others some ideas about my ethnic group.

Ajau ih rasa ko wak belajer sejarah a liko. Idak angai paduhal sejarah pasal a liko wak debei tenao ko. Ngadan singen a liko. Mun tenelabau a idak aluk pasal a liko saji menak jawai palui singen kalik ko. Haiya..susah paduhal menulih dagen ubak liko ih..

A Liko (The Melanau)

2008-11-21T07:44:00.000-08:00

Ako rasa ako bak menak pengenalan jumit pasal a liko tapi buyak teks ih susah angai bak dialih bahasa ko mapun ubak liko putik nyadin ako pigek terus keman website wak tenemu ko alu ninak ko gak gi'ih. Ako luk a tao pasal a liko.

Identification. The Melanau have no name to cover all Melanau-speaking people: they refer to themselves as "A-Liko X," meaning "the people of a river, a district, or a village," according to context. "Melanau," they assert, was given to them by the Malays of Brunei. The name possibly signifies "coast-dweller" in contrast to "inland-dweller."

Location. The areas of Sarawak inhabited by Melanau speakers stretch from Bintulu on the northwest coast of Borneo to the Rajang Delta in the southwest, and up the Rajang River to Kanowit. Beyond Kanowit are closely related Kajang peoples, who also are found on the River Baluy. The inhabitants of the coastal area live along rivers (Balingian, Mukah, Oya, and Igan) that run parallel to one another through dense tropical-rain-forest swamp, and frequently are referred to as the Coastal Melanau to distinguish them from Melanau speakers on the Rajang. The swampy environment, in which the only reliable food crop is the sago palm, is frequently flooded during the northeast monsoon from November to March, which virtually stops fishing from the coastal villages in January and February.

Demography. In 1980 the population of Sarawak was 1,233,103. The Melanau numbered 69,578, of whom 53,689 were Muslim; 8,486 were Christian; 1,749 were tribal; and 5,328 were registered as having no religion, which in practice means they adhered to tribal religion.

Linguistic Affiliation. Melanau is an Austronesian language of the Western Malayo-Polynesian Branch. It has no standard orthography; today individuals use their own spelling and the roman script. The Melanau language is divided into dialects, not all of which are mutually intelligible. The Coastal and Rajang dialects are linguistically related to those of the Kajang groups and groups on the coast between Bintulu and Brunei and the interior, groups sometimes referred to as Kelemantan. All Melanau people, even Muslims, speak a Melanau dialect, although today most are bilingual in Malay and Melanau.

Source: http://www.everyculture.com/East-Southeast-Asia/Melanau-Orientation.html

Debei Tao Uno Bak Tulih (Don't Know What To Write)

2008-11-21T07:23:00.000-08:00

Idak lau angai ngak ko debei menulih dagen blog ako atak ih. Ko dibei makau ka'an-ka'an alu ienlah ko sapai dibei idea agei bak menulih gak gi'ih. Bak cerita idak aluk pasal a liko pun ako debei tao. Hmmm.. Ienlah tan mun bei lian otak ngak kusong alu sapai debei tao agei uno bak nak. Dao ako pinyi dagen internet ga'an tao bei wak bak cerita ko bein ah.

It's been a few days i didn't write anything in this blog. I didn't go anywhere these past few days so that i have no idea on what to write. I want to write more about my ethnic but i am lack of knowledge. Hmmm..That's what happen when our brain is blank so that don't know waht to do. I will try to search something from the internet perhaps i can share a stories here later.

Kubo A Liko @ Kampung Budaya (Melanau's House @ Cultural Village)

2008-11-13T01:18:00.000-08:00

Saji atang keji'ih ji kah kubo a liko dana sabei? Ako pun debei tao. Mun kejien ji wak nak a gak gi'ih, kalik kejieh lah ji. Ako anik a liko bao debei rapa tao keja'an ji gaya a liko dana sabei. Sudahlah idak angai ngak adat a liko wak debei tao ko.

Is this is how the real Melanau's House looks like before? I am not sure too. If it is like this that shown at Cultural Village, Kuching so i assumed it is look like this. I am a new generations that not aware of our own tradition. Ashamed of myself.

Mun lian kaul, ih la ji gaya serarang wak tenului kudai mapun da'at. Wak bak juh gak lo ipuk sui dengah. Idak macam ji gaya wak ninak gak bieh serarang ih.

During Kaul Festival (in April every year at Mukah), this is the presentation that sent to the sea. This is called "SERARANG" that going to be presented to the spirit of the sea. There were a few things that put on this presentation.

Replika salui wak nebak menului serarang kudai mapun dagen da'at.

This is the replica of the boat that they use to send the "SERARANG" into the sea.

Kapong Ko (My Village)

2008-11-12T22:19:00.000-08:00

Mun mekat awal-awal bah su mesti kenah pilak matalau bawai. Ih gaber nigek ko lian kamei pado kajuk mapun Sg. Kut.

If wake up early in the morning, the sunrise is so beautiful. This photo was taken when we were heading up to Sg. Kut.

Ih la ji gaya kubo a liko gak kapong kamei. Kubo jatak-jatak, debei ji kubo liko balah wak tenibah a kubo lalo. Lian ko pigek gaber ih anum tapuk nyat. Saji wak ujung taun selalu angai tapuk nyat gak kapong ko.

This is how Melanau's house looks like in my village. We use to have a single house not like Iban which have longhouses. This photo is taken during the high tide end of the year. It was almost every end of the year, the water level is very high.

Ako suka angai pilak gaber ih. Ih gaber gak utu bati kamei, bah abei lian mata lau ba'ai.

I really love this photo. I took this photo at our house jetty when the sunset. It was so beautiful.

Salui (Boat)

2008-11-03T23:44:00.000-08:00

Ako rasa ko patut menulih dagen ubak liko putik. Sasik kawak mun bei a kik bak maca uno wak tulih ko gak gi'ih. Ako akan cuba bak menulih dagen duah bahasa jelakau. Ih lah ji gaya kapong ko. Kubo saji ninak gak dawak sungai. Nyadin kamei saji wak pebak salui mun bak mapun pasar atau bak mapun kubo a kik. Lian ako agei umit sabei pun ako pebak salui pela tabui sekul.

I think i have to write my post in English as a translation to my post in Melanau. I have to consider others who want to know what is going on here. Therefore, i will write in both language. This is how my village look like. We build our house near by the river. So, we use boats to go to the town or visit our neighbours house. When i was a kid, i use paddle boat to go to my primary school.

Ih la ji gaya salui pela ngadan. Salui ih ninak keman kayao. Mun sabei agei idak angai a bejaja. Balah keman ud ajuk bejaja kabak mapun kamei. Tapi lian ih susah angai agei bak pinyi buyak dibei kayao dao agei bak nak lien nyadin salui. Kamei pinyi salui ih keman Dalad. Lian ih salui pela didak ninak keman kayao sumil. Ienlah debei rapa ta'an, legah angai metik drip.

This is the paddle boat. This boat is made from wood. There were a lot of local people sell this kind of boat before. They are Iban people from upper river. But now, it is very difficult to find a good one because there were no more good woods to make this boats. Now, we can look for this kind of boats from Dalat but it is made from other types of woods. It will not last long and easily broken.

A liko menibah ih pela. Pela nebak kamei pepela dagen sungai. A kapong wak bei petemu kayao dao menak pela keji'ih. Samalah salui kawak, ajau ih sakit angai agei bak pinyi a menak pela. Didak a menak pun pebak kayao wak debei rapa ta'an agei.

Melanau people call this "pela". We use this to paddle in the river. The villagers in my village who can find a good wood will make this type of paddle but same like boats, there are very difficult to find a good paddle now.

Mun bak senang aluk, pebak salui igin singen. Salui igin wak ninak keman kayou agei susah bak pinyi lian ih. Ienlah didak angai ngak a kapong pebak salui paber. Tapi salui paber ba'at angai. Sinak igin ayang pun ba'at anagai kawak tan.

To make life more easy, we use boats with engine. It is more difficult to find boats like this that made from wood. That's why most of us using fiber boats now. But this type of boats is very heavy and it will takes time to reach our destination.

*i hope my translation makes sense..:)

Daun Tebawan

2008-10-29T04:08:00.000-07:00

Kayao ih tubuk gak dawak liko, selalu anagai bei den gak lisi sungai. A liko menibah ien "tebawan" tapi ako debei tao uno ngadan saintifik ataupun ngadan Melayu atau English nyin. Daun kayao ih nebak a liko petemuk. Mun kenusut daun ih bei jatak unah wak wangi bun. Tapi ako debei rapa suka madak buyak bun unah ubat bun.

A liko selalu migek daun muda bak petemuk. A liko (pagan) wak dibei agama pebak daun ih petemuk gak bayuh. Nu'ug gak biyeh masa petemuk. Mun lian bei a matai, pun a liko mesti pigek daun ih bak bak lien temuk bila lien ngak pulik kubo beh tekayan. Sui dengah bak mepit wak debei dao wak nigek keman kedau a matai. Ako pun sebenar nyin debei rapa sah, uno hal mesti bak temuk pebak daun ih mun pulik tekayan keman kedau a matai.

Jadi, mun dikaji secara saintifik, nau saji bei guna samalah aromatherapykah daun tebawan ih? Ako pun debei tao. Ien semuah agei misteri. Ako rasa kalik bei a botanist wak menak kajian pasal etnobotani belajer pasal wak ih. Kalik singenlah......

Sik Lalao

2008-10-19T07:06:00.001-07:00

Masa ko agei skulah rendah sabei ako selalu angai kemenah sik lalao ih gak uma padai jegum gak dawak nyipak bah alud kubo kamei. Cikgu gak sekul selalu angai madak kamei murid luin pinyi. Biasa nyin luin akan melei keman kamei. Beilah duit jumit mun kenah bejaja sik ih gak lo cikgu gak sekul.

Sebenar nyin bei telo macem ji sik wak kinah kamei. Ih sik lalao buyak nyin lalao ji. Bei duah macem agei ien kamei nibah nyin, sik baben (bulat ji) jegum sik..........(ako liluk ngak ngadan sik ih). Sik ien dagen tanak ji. Aduh, ko liluk ngak agei ngadan dagen ubak liko. Memang saji bak meliluk ubak liko lah agei ko ih.

Sik lalao ih senang angai bak pinyi mun anum tapuk. Mun anum tapuk memang idak angai gak lawei sak. Gak daun sak atau gak lawei padai. Mun pinyi dagen nyipak masa anum salih pun senang kawak buyak nyin memang begagau bau tanak singen debeilah sik baben. Ako debei rapa suka keman sik lalao ih buyak mesti bak senirut. Ko lebih suka keman sik baben. Tapi lian ih sakit angai agei bak pinyi gak kapong. Semuah ngak bak pupus min agei kalik. Sik baben pun umit angai ji agei apah. Mun sabei bulat ayang-ayang singen ji. Ienlah mun ngak "over exploit" ataupun kelalu angai pencemaran memang luk bak dibei agei. Mudei lau kalik dibei agei bak kenah gak utu bati kamei gak kapong.

Kerja Wak Ninak Gak Kapong

2008-10-19T05:51:00.000-07:00

Antara keja wak ninak a liko gak kapong ko ienlah puma padai. Hampir semuah alu a gak kapong ko puma padai. Bei wak puma cuma bak kanen lien debei singen, bei kawak wak bemaja. Biasa nyin a gak kapong ko agei jemaja pebak gateng. Mun debei silap ko segateng ien beilah 3kg lebih. Rega segateng sabei beilah RM12. Ajau ih kalik ngak nait ngak. Ko pun debei rapa pasti buyak lo janik ko gak kapong kadang-kadang singen agei bejaja berih kamei. Mun bei a labik kubo atau a menepad bak melei barukla bejaja. Taun ih, uma padai duin mak debeilah nyat angai. Uma gak dawak kubo singen. Ako debei sepet bak menulong duin mak petaduk padai taun ih. Ngak kajih kawak ngak taduk duin.

Puma balau adalah antara kereja wak saji ninak a kapong kawak. Balau ien adalah sumber pendapatan sau a Melayu. Saji pinyi duit keman tubang balau. Ako keman umit sabei memang selalu jegum lo mak tubang balau labiklah ko ngak kereja ih. Mun ko bei cuti didak lau ji, masa ien janik ko tubang balau, beilah ko menulong nyin gemelang balau. Kejian ko nulong nyin tubang balau kalik awal taun ih sabei. Lelah saji lelah kerja balau ih tapi mun ngak paut debei menak bei kawak tan rasa pawah bak jegum tubang. Ih tebang janik ko masa nyin lulo buak dian kamei. Sadik idak kawak tebang nyin. Dah la tubang adap..Salute ko gak janik ko ih. Menaban Chainsaw lah a lai alu...

Kebun buak debei semuah a kapong bei. Sakit angai agei pekebun buak lian ih buyak sakit angai bak jemaga keman kuyad. Idakk angai wak debei peduli angai gak kebun luin agei. Ienlah buak dian kamei laku angai taun ih buyak a kik dibei buak. Kejien kawak ji buak dabai.

Buak Dabai

2008-10-16T04:49:00.001-07:00

Bah abei ien, janik ko sepet tukad buak dabai wak segak gak dawak liko. Buak ien gak kedau kubo dana kamei sabei. Saji berani kawak janik ko. Ko pilak nyin gak lawei dabai ien pun gemilih ulo singen. Usok majih alu lelik mun nyin tukad dabai ih. Usah dabai ih kalik beilah 15m gai kedebau. Ko pun debei pasti angai. Lebih kurang kejien ji lah.

Ih la ji kawit wak nebak nyin tutak buak dabai ien. Manyit kawak buyak nyin sama lah ji usid kawak ji. Mun ko naban ih, mesti suker angai tan lengen ko. Boleh tahan kawak tan ba'at kawit ih.

Buak dabai ih dagen pak keji'ih la ji. Titak nyin gak pu'un pak ien. Tapi buak ien akan mepor keman iti nyin mun ngak labuk ibak. Agei bei kawak wak agei peleket gak iti nyin. Bei pulut angai kawak buak ih. Bilem alu nyagam ko medun wak ngak labuk bao tanak.

Haaa..ih la ji buak wak ngak nedun nua. Beilah limah kilo. Nusuk janik ko lian nua ngak labik kubo. Ninak nyin dagen taku. Ko beilah pigek duah kilo pulik Sibau lau ien. Wak lebih ien kalik jenaja janik ko. Luin jaja dagen RM12 sekilo. Kala ko debei salak lah. Mahal kawak buak dabai lian ih buyak dibei idak ngak buak. Lau ko pulik kapong ien bei kina Sg. Kut melei setengah kilo singen buyak sekilo rega nyin RM25. Fuh..memang mahal.

Buak Dian

2008-10-16T04:34:00.000-07:00

Masa ko pulik kapong lau ien ko sepet mapun kebun buak kamei. Dbeilah jauk angai keman kubo tapi mun bak kein mesti bak pebak salui. Ih la ji usah dain wak bei buak wak jenaga lo janik ko. Mun debei jenaga luin kalik dibei alu buak buyak ciri kuyad. Ajau ih, idak angai agei kuyad kemacau buak a kapong. Ien semuah pun buyak gu'un buta kedau kebun kamei dibei agei. Semuah ngak nyadin ladang sawit.

Masa ko mapun janik ko gak kebun kamei ien, beilah duah atak buak dian guguh. Ien pun saji wak buak mula angai guguh. Kira sepet kawaklah ko keman buak dian taun ih. Ko ngak gak Kuching ajau memang debei sepet agei bak pulik kapong. Buak pun ngak majih labuk. Dah la sui cerita janik ko, jelau bei angai puen atak buak guguh. Ji wak debei luk lulo paut angai ji buak ih gak lawei.

Ih la asau kamei wak jemaga buak kepaut ih. Nyin neratai buyak nyin luk tawi mapun kedau a tuak ko. Mun nyin tawi dibei agei asau bak memetuh kuyad. Saji sakit angai kawak jemaga kebun buak ih. Asau mesti bak bei segak gak gien mun debei mesti kuyad labik menikau buak dian.

Agei Mudip Kawak

2008-10-11T01:58:00.000-07:00

Ako pulik kapong lau ien ko sepat juluh gak kebun dian kamei. Idak angai buak dian tapi japan singen guguh. Ako sepetlah merasa keman buak dian jegum dabai walaupun ko pulik jemalem singen. Pawah angai tan rasa bak menulong janik ko tubang balau, juluh jegum nyin. Masik tan ko pilak nyin agei kawak keja susah angai gak kapong. Bila ko pilak nyin kejien senged tan ko masa ako agei sekul sabei nyin selalu angai negam ko tubang balau. Mun ko pulik cuti sekul, mak saji debei luk alu melepeh ko keja keman gaji gak Sibau. Ako mesti bak pulik kapong menulong lien gak kapong. Ienlah ko pinyi duit bak pingah ko pulik sekul keman tubang balau ataupun jaja buak mun masa ien musim buak. Mun debei pun bejaja sayor. Ako petaduk sayor kawak agei umit sabei. Ako rasa syukor angai ako nanik dagen keluarga wak agak susah buyak ienlah wak menak ko sentiasa bak merendah diri jegum sentiasa bak syukor gak mana2 ji wak bei gak ko ajau.

Ako ngak gak UNIMAS ajau. Ngak nyarih bak jemigu ngak ko gak gi'ih. Adap kawak tan rasa pabila nyadin pelajar udei. Ienlah ngak sadik idak taun ngak merasa dunia bekerja. Bila pilak tan gaya lo pelajar kik, senged tan gaya ko masa ko agei umur ji lien ji sabei gak UMS. Nyarih tiap malem alu ko tudui labat ajau ih. Kira bak mengajih keja ako laju aluk. Harap-harap ko kenah gemetuk tesis ko sebelum bulan duah beleh na'ah.

Saie angai ko debei kenah online pebak lap top ko debei. Mun debei, kenah lah ko upload keja'an ji gaya dagen bilit ko ajau ih. Saji dibei bak kedau petekap alu ji agei. Bup-nup jegum lo jurnal min bau sulih...Ienlah mun ko ngak mula beroperasi, majih alu bau sulih lo katil kenedau ko menak kertih. Debei kenah kemih selagi keja debei ngak kajih, na'ah ko liliuk kedau ko melagak..hahaha..

Ien singen bak cerita ajau. Na'ah, mun bei line internet dagen UNIMAS ko online udei. Susah angai tan ajau terpaksa pebak komputer gak cyber cafe.

Pulik Kapong

2008-10-03T18:07:00.000-07:00

Lau ih ko pulik kapong. Mun bak pulik kapong ko mesti bak pebak sekaout ataupun ekspress. Mun pebak sekaout beilah sejam pat puluh limah minit labik gak kubo ko. Kala bak pebak ekspress beilah dagen telo jam lebih. Tapi ajau kamei bei masalah bak pulik buyak sekaout jatak singen agei pado lipih kapong ko. Bot ekspress pun idak angai ngak biak, mun lau basak mesti anum pesok dagen. Sudahlah awal angai ngak basak lau ih.

Ako pulik kapong jemalem singen. Lau suneh ko pulik kajuk udei buyak lau satu na'ah ko bak mapun Kuching. Hmm...su na'ah ko cerita udei..Ajau ko bak pulik agei...

Petemu Sakai Dana

2008-10-03T06:24:00.000-07:00

Ako petemu jegum sakai ko awal unei. Nua petemu gak Wisma San Nyan keman jam 10.15 awal labik la jam 5 bah abei. Bila ngak petemu saji debei senged bak pulik. Idak angai wak senerita sapai kajih liko alu senerita nua. Rasa ngak paut angai tan ngak debei petemu nyin. Suik tan rasa bila kenah petemu udei. Ienlah tan rasa bila telo bei sakai wak dao angai tan jegum telo. Nyin ngak idak angai ngak tujuh sokongan jegum dorongan gak ko kepaut ako keja jegum belajer ih.

Dao kawak tan bila bei sakai wak sama pendapat pasel keja dagen gu'un ih. Ish..sengadei kawak tan kesusah bak menulih cerita dagen ubak liko ih. Idak angai ubak Melayu jegum liko putik pesok dagen pateh. Ko ingatkan senang lah bak menulih dagen ubak liko. Paduhal susah aluk tan keman bak menulih dagen ubak liko putik. Sedangkan nyarih bak tiap lau kawak ko ubak liko jegum lo janik2 ko. Debei hal, ko rasa mun ko selalu menulih dagen blog ko ih, kalik ko kenah menulih ja'an aluk sau..hahahah...

Ngak nyadin "rojak" angai ngak ubak liko ko ih. Mun a nyat peta'ah mesti luin keciwa gak anik Melanau pun debei kenah kerapak ubak Melanau wak asli agei. Mun mak ko peta'ah ko kerapak ubak liko wak nyebukih sau mesti nyin pesusui, wak kesenang ien sau pun debei senged uno dagen ubak liko. Ngak selalu kawak ko liluk ngadan duah telo macam benda dagen ubak liko. Bak susui ko debei tao ubak liko, agei sadik kawak ko keman bei a liko wak saji anik a liko tapi debei tao jatak pun ubak liko. Debei hal, tulih singen mana wak senged keman liluk alu.

Ako pulik kapong lau sunih. Suik tan rasa bak temu mak, apak jegum janik ko. Ngak bei dua bulan ko rasa ko debei pulik. Lakau kejian ko pulik pun lian Merdeka lau ien. Agei petaduk padai luin gak kapong sui janik ko. Mak agei petaduk padai, tapi janik ko tubang balau gak kebun balau kamei. Kalik nyin bak jaga buak dian jegum dabai kamei wak selalu angai ciri kuyad. Debei alah bak jaga alu mun kuyad ngak menyerang buak kamei. Eee...ko japan melei kamera bao unei. Kenah la ko pigik gaber idak2 gak kapong nah. Bak ijak ko gak lo janik ko wak debei kenah pulik kapong. Hehehe..bei duah atak buak dian guguh sui janik ko. Debei tan, tan agei rasa bak keman buak dian. Paut ngak debei keman buak dian kamei debei. Wak belei debei sama nyam jegum wak taduk.....

Lau selih sunih ko balik kajuk Sibau udei. Na'ah ko post gak gi'ih gaber2 ko pulik kapong. Ko pigek idak2 gaber. Kenangan bha ien semuah ji. Ko bak tudui agei. Ciao!

Pulik Sibau

2008-10-02T06:35:00.000-07:00

Ako pado adap pulik keman Bintulu lau ih unei. Bei kawak tan rasa medut ko bak pado adap tapi buyak dibei a bak sakai ko, nyadin ko pun pulik adeplah. Ko akat keman Bintulu dagen jam 12 tengah lau. Ko mapun kedau sakai ko siew buyak lau sabei ko zarah jujuk angai gak kedau nyin. Lau ih lau keduah raya. Ako labik kedau janik ko gak Sibau dagen jam 3.30 abei. Labik singen ko gak kubo nyin, nyin alu megam ko zarah kedau a tuak kamei gak Teku. Paut angai ngak ko debei mapun kedau lo a nyat ien. Lian nua labik gak kubo lo tuak kamei ien, kubo luin petum alu ji. Nua janik ko ngak pikir kalik dibei apah gak kubo. Debei paut tan beh ien, a tuak nua mukak menawi. Ko bei rasa kelejat tan pilak a nyat ien mayeh angai ji agei. Paduhal nyin pun bei pedih kawak. A tuak mero taji ngak paut angai ngak pedih. Ngak bei limah taun ngak nyin pedih buyak strok. Jebah badan nyin debei kenah gurak alu agei. Mata nyin pun debei berapa peden agei. A tuak nua ien ngadan nyin Uncle Husin. Sasik tan ko pilak a nyat ien tapi suka kawak tan ko pilak uncle jaga auntie dao angai. Bier nyin debei japan bibah tapi nyin tetap kawak jaga a sawa nyin.

Paut kawak nua gak kedau lien. Dagen jam 6 nua janik ko pulik kubo. Nua pisik jegum keman gak kubo. Janik ko keja malem lau ih. Nyin turun keja dagen jam ayan kejien ji. Ko perak adap gak kubo jadi, ko tiba-tiba pepikir bak menulih blog dagen ubak liko. Ako selalu angai belelang gak kedau a nyadin ubak liko ko debei berapa betul sau agei. Jatak cara ko bak menyenged balek ubak liko ienlah jegum cara ih. Ako cuba bak menulih journal dagen ubak liko. Bei kik kawak tan rasa menulih dagen ubak liko buyak debei penah menulih dagen ubak liko. Selalu angai ngak menulih dagen ubak liko putik jegum ubak melayu, ienlah rasa pekaleng tan jelak.

Ubak liko (Bahasa Melanau) ienlah ubak wak nelajer ako mula angai keman ako kenah suso agei tapi buyak ako sekul gak Miri (secondary) nyadin ako idak angai pecapor jegum bangsa kik. Ubak wak saji nebak ko kerapak ienlah ubak Melayu, liko putik jegum ubak Melayu Sarawak. Bei kawak sakai a liko tapi lebih idak aluk bangsa kik. Ako arap ako kenah menulih idak aluk dagen ubak liko beh ih. Debei dao kawak bak meliluk ubak wak ngak nebak kerapak keman umit sabei ngak.

Mun bei a liko memaca blog ko ih, mun bei salak sau ien, kira agei dagen proses bak mengimprove sama sau liko putik.. :)