Sabah - LEMANG, a dish of glutinous rice and coconut milk cooked inside a hollow bamboo tube, is a must for the Malay community when there`s a festival or celebration. Families look forward to it as do visitors when they come to visit open house functions. Making lemang is a lot of hot work and requires a keen, watchful eye on the rice-stuff... detail... »
Bandar Seri Begawan- Bajoo Fashion House impressed Mr. Akihiro Miwa with its trendy designs when it hosted the Japanese delegate from Jetro (Japan External Trade Organization) at its shop yesterday. Jetro Business Development Director Mr. Miwa visited Bajoo as part of a two-day trip on Development & Export Promotion of Brunei Handic... detail... »
Bandar Seri Begawan- Hari Raya open houses continue to be in full swing as people everywhere took advantage of the long weekend to visit family and catch up with old and new friends. Visiting friends and relatives has become the norm, especially during Hari Raya, and it still continues to this day. The actual practice of visiting friends ... detail... »
Pendang - Hamid Abdullah says it feels like there is something missing if he doesn‘t get to caress his beloved gendang every day. The 48-year-old, who is better known as Pak Tih Mid to the villagers here, said it was like being in love and missing his beloved who was far away. He said he doesn‘t care if his love affair with the trad... detail... »
Malacca - AS A BOOST to its status as a Unicef World Heritage Site, Malacca will add another tourist attraction when work to restore Middleburg Bastion and parts of the ancient fort`s walls are completed within a month. Two years ago, parts of the bastion and the walls were discovered during construction of the RM24.5mil Taming Sari viewing... detail... »
Singapore - The expatriate community in Singapore was given a chance to soak in the merrymaking of the Muslim Hari Raya celebration on Sunday. For the first time, the Singapore International Foundation (SIF) organised a party to introduce them to the meaning of the occasion, while giving them a deeper understanding of the Malay Muslim cultu... detail... »
Natuna - At his home in Natuna Islands, Zaharuddin has collected as many as 600 items of treasure, mostly oriental ceramic pieces. It all began in October 1985, when Zaharuddin, who was then starting his first year of junior high school, came across some antique ceramics on his walk home from school. "I remember, it was a Friday afternoo... detail... »
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will host the ASEAN Golden Vocalists Festival for the first time in Ho Chi Minh City from October 15-19. The contest will see the participation of 18 professional singers from eight ASEAN countries: Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei and host Vietnam, as well as some guest... detail... »
Kota Tinggi, Malaysia- They derive their income from a government land scheme, yet the Kanaq tribe is living in abject poverty, some supporting a family of nine with just RM350 a month. The smallest among the Orang Asli tribes in Malaysia with 80 people, the tribe is struggling to survive and avoid becoming just a footnote in the history b... detail... »
Kuching, Malaysia - Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has suggested that senior officers of the National Registration Department (NRD) from Peninsular Malaysia who serve here be given `thorough lessons` on local cultures and traditions. He said senior officers from the peninsula had either “failed to understand or a... detail... »
Manpower and Transmigration Minister Erman Suparno was quoted by the Indonesiaarab. wordpress.com as saying last Tuesday that over the past few weeks alone, Indonesian workers overseas, notably maids in Singapore, Hong Kong and the Middle East, have sent Rp 4 trillion (US$428 million) in remittances to parents or relatives in their home villag... detail... »
Kuching - A father and his daughter were thrilled to win the Best Dayak Composer and Best Female Singer awards at the first Dayak Music Awards on Saturday night. Jimmy Geres Sinju‘s Menu Menu Rindu, written for his daughter Claudia Fay, was not nominated for best dayak song, but the catchy, danceable Bidayuh love song recorded three years... detail... »
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