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:
  
  • Kenyah
  • Kayan
  • Lun Bawang
  • Kelabit
  • Penan
  • Bisaya

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.

Midin
The locals greatly indulge in jungle fern such as the midin (quite similar to pucuk paku that is popular in the Peninsular). Midin is much sought after for its crisp texture and great taste. Midin is usually served in two equally delicious ways - fried with either garlic or belacan. You can try midin when you eat nasi campur during lunch hours in Kuching. Most coffee shops, served midin daily for 'nasi campur'.

This is the famous wild fern of Sarawak…midin

 

Usually fried with belacan chilli or sambal belacan

KOLOK MEE

Kolok mee is a type of noodle dish commonly found in Sarawak.

It is made of egg noodle, blanched in water that looks like instant noodle and served in a light sauce with some condiments like sliced pork, chicken cutlets, minced meat or sometimes shredded beef though this is unusual.

Sarawak laksa

Sarawak laksa is the most noticeably Sarawakian food in Kuching.

It has a base of sambal belacan, sour tamarind, garlic, galangal, lemon grass and coconut milk, topped with omelette strips, chicken strips, prawns, fresh coriander and optionally lime.

Ingredients such as bean sprouts, sliced fried tofu or other seafood are not traditional but are sometimes added.