Akar Nusa
WHERE THE STORIES ON THIS SHELF HAPPENED. SHAPES ARE SCHEMATIC.
Stories on this shelf
10 written, 12 coming soon
Sabah: land below the wind, and its first peoples
Over 30 ethnic groups and 50 languages live in Sabah.
Sabah · 4 min readKadazan-Dusun: the largest family of Sabah
Rice farmers with a deep belief in the rice spirit.
Sabah · 4 min readKaamatan: harvest festival and the rice spirit
A thanksgiving for the harvest, celebrated every May.
Sabah · 4 min readMurut: highland people of the Interior
Known for blowpipes and the lansaran dance floor.
Sabah · 4 min readBajau of Kota Belud: the cowboys of the East
Horse-riding Bajau who made the Kota Belud tamu famous.
Sabah · 4 min readBajau Laut of Semporna
Boat dwellers whose lives are tied to the coral.
Sabah · 4 min readRungus: longhouses of Kudat
Known for beadwork, gongs and their communal longhouses.
Sabah · 4 min readLundayeh: the highland people of the Sabah-Sarawak border
Also called Lun Bawang in Sarawak.
Sabah · 4 min readMount Kinabalu: the sacred mountain of the Dusun
A sacred mountain with spirits and stories.
Sabah · 4 min readThe Hakka of Sabah and the Basel Mission
Hakka farmers were brought to Sabah in the 1880s.
Suluk: the sea traders of the Sulu zone
Sailors, traders and fishermen from the southern Philippines.
Orang Sungai: people of the river
A Sabah river people of the Kinabatangan.
Bisaya of Sabah and Sarawak
A people living across two states and Brunei.
Tatana and Kimaragang
Small Dusunic peoples of the north.
Lotud, Tindal and the Tuaran Dusun
A people known for rice festivals and shell gongs.
Idahan and Bonggi: the coast and the island
Smaller peoples of the east coast and the islands.
Brunei Malay and Kedayan in Sabah
Peoples with strong Brunei links.
The sacred Monsopiad: the headhunter's story
A legendary Kadazan warrior, family and legend.
North Borneo Chartered Company and who came
The company that governed Sabah brought new peoples.
Sandakan: Little Hong Kong of Sabah
A port of Chinese, Japanese and Suluk.
Gong, sompoton and the music of Sabah
Bamboo and brass instruments carry old family names.
Sabah languages: the Dusunic family
A family of languages across Borneo's north.
1 family lines linked to this shelf
A line being common in a place does not mean everyone there carries it, and it never settles who anyone is.
