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Rentap (born Libau anak Ningkan; c. 1800–1870), also known as Libau Rentap, was a warrior and a recognized Iban hero in Sarawak (now a state of Malaysia) during the reign of the first White Rajah, James Brooke. His praisename, [definition needed] Rentap Tanah, Runtuh Menua translates from the Iban language as 'Earth-tremor
Traditionally referred to as civilized Kubu, the Orang Batin Sembilan are a larger population of swidden-based peoples who live in the central and eastern lowland forests of South Sumatra (pop. ~35,000) [citation needed] and Jambi (pop. ~10,000) [citation needed]. Like other people in the region, these people traditionally use the swidden field ...
Tombstone of Dol Said in Taboh, Naning, Malacca.. Dol Said (Jawi: دول سعيد) or in full Dato' Abdul Said was a 19th-century Malay leader of the Naning region in Malaya. ...
Bahasa Indonesia: Silek Lanyah merupakan inovasi dan kreasi Silat Minangkabau, secara gerakan Silek Lanyah tidak berbeda dengan Silat Minangkabau. Jika sebelumnya tradisi Silat Minangkabau hanya dimainkan di lahan yang kering seperti padang rumput, ataupun matras maka Silek Lanyah dimainkan di atas medan yang berair, biasanya di sawah-sawah yang baru selesai panen.
In 2006, a new hospital was constructed at Rentap road, [29] costing RM250 million. It has 212 beds, an operating theatre, and specialist clinics, covering a total of 30 hectares. [28] [30] There is also Sarikei public health clinic [31] located inside the town and Jakar community clinic located 12 km away from the town. [32]
The Kedukan Bukit inscription is an inscription discovered by the Dutchman C.J. Batenburg [1] on 29 November 1920 at Kedukan Bukit, South Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), on the banks of Tatang River, a tributary of Musi River. It is the oldest surviving specimen of the Malay language, in a form known as Old Malay. [2]
Communist insurgency in Sarawak; Part of Formation of Malaysia, Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89) and Cold War in Asia: Armed soldiers guarding a group of Chinese villagers who were taking a communal bath in 1965 to prevent them from collaborating with the Communist guerrillas and to protect the area from Indonesian infiltrators.
Layar is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1969.. The state constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.