Longhouse,Sarawak

LONGHOUSE,SARAWAK

　

Sarawak are very rich with their culture.One of them is Longhouse.Sarawak people are consists of Iban or known as 'Sea Dayaks', Bidayuh or 'Land Dayaks', Penan,Orang Ulu,and Melanau.Longhouse are called such that because it was long ,and it was a house.A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building,lived by many families who leads by leader called 'Tok Batin'.

  

Spend a holiday at long house sarawak,promised you a variety of experience from way to arrive at a rural place,their traditonal dance,variety of food and also the Sarawak community here.An unforgetable experience on the way to Sarawak longhouse is being stuck on the red earth for a few hour. The only way to enter here is by driving landrover or by helicopter.




　               


Once arrives there,you will passionate with a very greeny and beautiful scenery that are always been preseves.Longhouse are surronded with jungle,a children playing in front of the house,and an old man hang out in veranda smoking,chat and eating.


   
　

A traditional longhouse is built of axe-hewn timber, tied with creeper fibre, roofed with leaf thatch. It is nearly always built by the bank of a navigable river, and the visitor approaches it from the boat jetty.

If you travel there during festivals occasion time ,you will be welcomed by a fantastic dance.One of the example of dance played by them are hornbill dance.
Accompanied by the wonderful music,colourful costumes,always smiling,and great movement.The Ibans perform a unique dance called the ngajat. It serves many purposes depending on the occasion. During Gawais, it is used to entertain the people who in the olden days enjoy graceful ngajats as a form of entertainment. Iban men and women have different styles of ngajat. The ngajat involves a lot of precise body-turning movements. The ngajat for men is more aggressive and depicts a man going to war, or a bird flying. The women's form of ngajat consists of soft, graceful movements with very precise body turns. Each ngajat is accompanied by the taboh or the body.

  

 　
Longhouse people daily activity are such as made costumes for their festivals.Their handmade are very smooth.They also made an wood art craft.They also do a weaving product such as baskets and mat.The man are enter the jungle to find rattan and strong fronds of sago palm which is suitable for crafting.Sago are dyed into different shades and then,woven into artistic jewerly,baskets hats and floor mats.Longhouse people are unite as a one family.They do an daily activities such as cooking together,after that they will eat together at the centre of the house.This shows that they have a very good bond connection between them.At evening,they always held an interesting activities joined with old man like cockfight.It is a traditional games in Sarawak.


      



As state that the longhouse are surrounds with a jungle,so there is a lot of activities can joined by tourist such as jungle trekking
motorized longboat for a thrilling ride upstream.Accommodation at the Iban guesthouse is necessarily sparse due to its location away from civilization, although you can be assured of fresh sheets, towels, toilets and shower facilities and electricityBefore traveling into longhouse,don't forget to bring along sturdy walking shoes, rain gear, hat, sun block, change of clothing, insect repellant, torchlight, swim wear, bottled drinking water and personal toiletries.Spend the night in the specially built guesthouse in the heart of the rainforest.travel here is unforgotable experience that I as a tourist had even feel it.The community here are very kind and also respect us as a muslim.They separate foods from the muslim tourist.It's a very best trips that I had.

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