Orang Ulu
- Orang Ulu is an ethnic group in Sarawak.
- The various Orang Ulu
ethnics together make up roughly 6% of Sarawak's population.
- The phrase Orang Ulu
means upriver people and is a term used to collectively describe the
numerous tribes that live upriver in Sarawak's vast interior.
- Such
groups include the major Kenyah
and Kayan people, and the smaller neighbouring groups of the Kajang,
Kejaman, Punan, Ukit, and Penan.
- Nowadays, the definition also includes
the down-river tribes of the Lun Bawang, Lun Dayeh, "mean upriver" or "far upstream", Berawan, Saban as well as the plateau-dwelling Kelabits.
- Orang Ulu
is a term coined officially by the government to identify several
ethnics and sub-ethnics who live mostly at the upriver and uphill areas
of Sarawak. Most of them live in the district of Baram, Miri, Belaga, Limbang, and Lawas.
- A vast majority of the Orang Ulu tribe are Christians but traditional religions are still practised in some areas.Some of the major tribes making up the Orang Ulu group include:
Kuching Festival
- for Kuching citizen, it is a celebration that they will not miss.
- Usually
Kuching Festival will be held around the middle of July until middle of
August, around 20 days of celebration.
- Kuching Festival mostly
emphasize on the enjoyment of food, no matter is local food or non-local
food .
- The food available are such as fried ice cream, hainan fried
rice, lamb chop, tempeyaki and etc.
- Besides that, there are also
exhibitions and performance during Kuching Festival, such as dancing by
local dancers or cars exhibitions.
International Borneo Kite Festival
- Held annually between July to August, the festival is a one-week event
which showcased the public display of kites from around the world,
ranging from traditional kites of Wau to more modern flying sculpture
such as Pokemon.
Similar National Park
- Similajau National Park is a park of golden beach (it's really gold in
colour!) and also a very harsh mangrove woods.
- You can take a hike deep
into the jungle so you will be able to find the true "Golden Beach"
Kuching Waterfront.
It was once a line of old warehouses. During the daytime, the Waterfront is the best place to view the Astana, Fort Margherita, adjacent Malay kampungs of Kampung Sinjan and Kampung Lintang or even the newly constructed DUN complex. At night, it is the best place to see nightlife of lovers, youngsters and love-makers. Some food kiosks are also present here but mind the high charges on food.
Sarawak Museum
- The Sarawak State Museum is the oldest museum in Borneo.
- It was
established in 1888 and opened in 1891 in a purpose-built building in
Kuching.
- Sponsored by Charles Brooke, the second White Rajah of Sarawak,
the establishment of the museum was strongly encouraged by Alfred
Russel Wallace.
- It was now called Ethnology Museum and houses various ethnic displays and historical items from Sarawak.
The Cat Museum
- This is a large collection of cat memorabilia, since "Kuching" means
"Cat" in Malay.
- The museum is located at Kuching North City Hall at
Petra Jaya, on top of Bukit Siol (Siol Hill).
- Cat lovers will
find all range of exhibits, photos, feline art and cat souvenirs.
- Some
interesting cat characters like Felix the Cat, and Garfield the Cat are also housed here.