Bung Bratak 1st May 2009

Bung Bratak is the ancestral home of the bidayuhs of the Jagoi-Bratak and other Bidayuh groups in Bau, Kuching and Lundu Districts. It is confirmed by historians and researchers that Bung Bratak was founded more than 750 years ago. Some believe that the Bung Bratak’s original settlers came from Sungkung, now a part of the [...]

Bau-Goldmine Heaven: Part 2

A Brief History of Bau Introduction Maybe it is not a well known fact, that, if it wasn’t because of Bau, James Brooke, the first White Rajah, would never have come to rule Sarawak. The name ‘Bau’, only came into being in the early 1857, after the abortive Bau Chinese Rebellion of 1857. In the [...]

Bau-Goldmine Heaven: Part 1

i am a Bidayuh from Bau and i am proud of it because Bau was a gold heaven until all the gold were dug out til the last of it..but yet..if you are lucky..you might find gold anywhere in Bau most probably in rivers,streams or while digging for worms…here i start by giving infos about [...]

My Sarawak :Part 1

Taken from wikipedia.org.. Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang (‘Land of the Hornbills’), it is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia; the second largest, Sabah, lies to the northeast. The administrative capital is Kuching which has a [...]