Highlanders nationwide show unity through sports

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Posted on June 28, 2013, Friday

LET’S ROCK: The Gangnam style presentation by the KL contingent during the dinner.

MIRI: Highlanders living in various parts of the country displayed a strong spirit of unity when they returned to Miri for the 20th Kelab Sukan Highlanders or Highlanders Sports Club Sports Carnival at the beginning of the month.

About 1,500 members of the Kelabit community, including some from overseas, got together to participate in this year’s event over the three days (June 1 to 3).

The competition programme at Kelab Rekreasi Petroleum (KRP) was declared open by Deputy State Secretary Datu Ose Murang while Assistant Minister of Sports Datuk Lee Kim Shin officiated at the closing ceremony.

Lee also contributed RM3,000 for the club’s activities.

Among those present were the club’s patron, councillor Robert Ayu, advisor Ricky Ribuh, president Joseph Radu Rurum, Kelabit president Dato Isaac Lugun, forum president Gerawat Gala, director of Immigration Department Datu Robert Lian (club member) and community leaders.

The opening ceremony saw the bamboo gong struck and cheers from the participating eight contingents — from Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Bintulu, Limbang, Miri, Bario, Kelapang and Long Banga-Peluan.

The competitions included football, futsal, badminton, volleyball, golf, pool, dart, blowpipe and a few social games. Most were held on June 1 and 2.

“The number of players and spectators this year outnumbered that of the last carnival in 2011 but what is most important is not the competitions but participation that unites the Kelabit community through sports” Joseph said.

“While the main objective is to develop new talent in sports, the carnival is also a good way to unite the Kelabits in a fun way. It is also one of the best times to meet as many highlanders or Kelabits as possible in one place over the three days,” he added.

Due to the large attendance of highlanders at the carnival, some club members took the opportunity to organise reunion gatherings with former classmates as well as celebrate engagement or wedding parties.

“This trend is becoming very popular — like killing two birds with one stone as the saying goes,” Joseph said.

Family members, supporters and friends turned up in full force to cheer their teams in the various competitions.

The dart and pool contest attracted a big crowd of spectators at the Rigs (KRP’s bar). They cheered and danced to the country music from the resident band.

Traditionally, football is the most popular game among the highlanders who have produced state and national players like Pengiran Bala, Herman Bulang, Bobby Pian, Stephen Kiben Tingang, Wesley Bala, Robert Paran, Keryer Maria and Frankie.

The Kelapang team emerged champion in football while Kuching were the runners-up with Bario third.

Long Banga-Peluan won the junior futsal competition for 15 and below youths comprising mainly primary school pupils. The runners-up were Bario with Kuching third.

The boys senior category for secondary students went to Bario with Long Banga-Peluan and Miri second and third respectively.

In the women’s open futsal, Miri contingent emerged champions with Long Banga-Peluan and Bario second and third respectively.

The Long Banga-Peluan team won the men’s volleyball with Kuala Lumpur and Kelapang second and third respectively.

In netball, played for the second time at the carnival, Miri successfully defended their title with Kuching and Long Banga-Peluan second and third respectively.

Other results: Kelapang — tug-of-war champion; Scott David, Pery Muris and Edward Ngitunn — men’s pool winners, and Betsy, Pauline Bennet and Roney Sagau – ladies’ pool winners.

Isaac presented the overall champions trophy to Tommy Agan, the Long Banga-Peluan contingent manager, and other sports awards to Deborah Henry, a Sukma medallist, and golfer Sigar Tidan who successfully defended the Sarawak Senior Golf Open for the third consecutive time.

The carnival is one of the activities organised by KSH. The upcoming event is the KSH Jogger-ton-cum-Family Day in September.

KSH, set up in 1983, has over 5,000 members.

Isaac dipilih nyadi presiden Kunsil Rurum Kelabit S’wak

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Posted on March 20, 2013, Wednesday

MIRI: Dato’ Isaac Lugun mujur dipilih nyadi presiden baru ungkup Kunsil Rurum Kelabit Sarawak (RKS) renggat 2013-2015.

Iya dibantu Dr. Cr. Philip Raja (sapit president) enggau Prof. Dr. Ramy Bulan ke nyadi mandal presiden kanan.

Empat iku udah kena pilih mangku pengawa sapit presiden, sida nya  Osart Jallong, Cr. Robert Ayu, Wendy Trang enggau Dr. Roland Dom Mattu.

Chairman bagi indu nya Jane Lian Labang enggau  KK Laju Balang ke nyadi chairman nembiak kunsil nya.

Nelson Kebing dipilih nyadi sekretari besai  ditangkan enggau Roland Tarawe (sapit sekretari besai), Ricky Wen (pemantu  sekretari besai), Ennis Gabar (tukang wang), Panay @ Panai Aran (sapit tukang wang), Gungkang Raja (pemesai pelajar), Datin Pearl Masna Ulun (pemesai main asal), Lucy Bulan (pemesai pengelantang pendiau), pemesai lumba enggau main  (Joseph Radu) enggau Lilla Raja (pemesai publisiti).

Enam iku kaban komiti nya Kijan Langit, Charles Edmund, Cr. John Tarawe, Agan Maran, Ricky Solaiman Agan enggau William Abeng.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/03/20/isaac-dipilih-nyadi-presiden-kunsil-rurum-kelabit-swak/#ixzz2PJ9SwEDu

Sarawak Highland Folk Music Festival expects a big crowd

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by Jenifer Laeng, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on October 9, 2012, Tuesday

COMMITTEE MEETING: Dennis (seated, centre), Penan chief Temenggong Datuk Hasan Sui (seated, third right) in a photo call with the organising committee after their meeting at the Resident Office yesterday.

MIRI: The second Sarawak Highland Folk Music Festival which will be held from Nov 9 to 11 this year in Long Bedian, Tutoh Apoh, is expected to draw thousands and also foreign media coverage.

The organiser’s president Dennis Ngau said the festival, held first in 2003, would be a grand event that would not only attract tourists to Long Bedian and other villages in Tutoh Apoh, but would also be used as a platform to introduce traditional music to the younger generation.

“Apart from that, this festival will also be used as a medium to promote unity among the people and also the use of traditional music instruments, especially among the young,” Dennis, who is also Telang Usan assemblyman, said after the organiser’s meeting at the Resident Office here yesterday.

This years’ festival will see various traditional music instruments such as Sape, Satung, Tung But, Sanang, Tawak, Jatung Lutang, Atui and Oreng being used in performances.

“So far, we have about 12 ethnic groups that have confirmed their participation,” Dennis said.

They comprise Petipun Penan Sarawak, Federation of Miri Chinese Association (Long Lama), Dayak Bidayuh National Association Miri (DBNA), Miri Kadayan Association, Sarawak Bisaya Association, Sarawak Kayan Association, Sarawak National Kenyah Association, Miri Rurum Kelabit, Sarawak Lakiput Association, Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (Marudi) and Miri Berawan Association.

“If there is anyone or any associations who want to perform during this festival and have yet to register, they are urged to come forward and submit their applications before the deadline on Oct 15,” he said.

The festival is a joint effort between Ministry of Tourism and Long Bedian Village Security and Development Committee (JKKK).

SIB’s Kelabit, Saban and Berawan Ministry to hold two-day annual rally in Miri

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Posted on October 22, 2011, Saturday

MIRI: The Kelabit, Saban and Berawan Ministry (PKSB) of the Borneo Evangelical Church (SIB) will hold its annual rally on Oct 28 and 29.

The two-day event themed ‘Empowered By The Holy Spirit’ will be held in Miri SIB’s main building at the Canada Hill commencing 7.30pm nightly.

Organising chairman Stewart Paran said all are welcome to the event which will be conducted in Bahasa Malaysia and English.

Dr Philip Lyn is the guest speaker on the first night and Rev. Solomon Bulan of Sarawak SIB will speak on the following night.

Dr Lyn, an international speaker, is the senior pastor of SIB Skyline, Kota Kinabalu in Sabah. He is a medical doctor trained at Oxford and took biblical studies in Canada.

The Skyline SIB Church is missional in culture and coaches marketplace leaders to live out Christian principles for community transformation.

Married to Nancy, the couple has three wonderful children, one of whom is Sarah Lyn – a miracle child who was raised from the dead.

Rev. Solomon, meanwhile, is the senior pastor of SIB Krokop (KEC) and was a trained high school teacher and a Teacher Training College lecturer before he left to be a full-time pastor.

He pursued his theological training in New Zealand Bible College from 1993 to 1996 and at Seminary Teologi Malaysia in Seremban in 2003.

Rev. Solomon was the teacher-in-charge of the Christian fellowship at Bario Secondary School in 1973 when revival broke out and impacted and transformed the spiritual landscape of the SIB Church in Sabah and Sarawak.

He co-authored the book, ‘The Bario Revival’. Since then, he has been actively involved in evangelistic works in the villages, schools and universities in Sarawak.

The Reverend has wide ministry experience and involvement in mission work and church planting.

“His experience as a teacher and trainer at seminars, as speaker and preacher at church conferences brought him to Indonesia, the Philippines, Korea and Nigeria,” Stewart said.

Rev. Solomon is also a member of the Central Council (MMU) of Sarawak SIB and was its former deputy president.

Kelabit Cooking for Charity

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Kelabit Cooking for Charity

by LadyBird®

Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:55 pm

Get set to go on a gastronomical journey during the Kelabit Food Cooking Competition on Saturday, January 29 to be held at Café Tauh in Miri from 10am to 1.30 pm.

Organised by Kelabit ladies of Miri, the cooking competition is open to all Kelabit ladies with food entered for competition to be sold and proceeds will be donated to MRCS Sunflower Centre, Miri. According to the Organising Chairp person, Lilla Raja-Hodder, there are two categories for the competition. Participants can prepare one dish per category.

In Category One (Authentick Kelabit Recipe) – participants can chose from the following dishes – kikid kerid pering, puluh, udung ubi and labo narar sinutuk.
While in Category Two (Innovative Kelabit Recipe) participants can enter an innovative dish using the following ingredients – chicken, pork, fish (ikan sultan) and Bario Rice (eg nuba’ kedap, nuba’ ubi, nuba’ with mince meat etc).

Those interested to participate can contact the organizers before January 27. Winners of the competition will receive cash prizes.

A special treat for guests and participants at the event will be the presence of Datuk Michael Bong Ah Kow, Malaysian Chef and owner of renowned LAUT restaurant in New York. Famous for providing Manhattan with the most authentic Malaysian and Thai cuisine. LAUT is the first Malaysian restaurant star to be awarded the Michelin one star worldwide. Michelin stars are the highest honour the Michelin Guide New York City 2011 can bestow on a restaurant.

Also expected to attend the event is Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr. George Chan Hong Nam and Miri Mayor, Lawrence Lai. The event’s patron is Datin Sri Mariam Balan Seling. All prizes are being sponsored by Datuk Lorna Enan Muloon.

For more information, please contact the organizers Lilla Raja-Hodder at 019-8060710 or email lillaraja@gmail.com, Mary Peter at 019-8785406, Nancy Lumie at 019-8159581, Caleena Pasang at 013-8342906.

Kafe Canaan promisi makanan eksotik

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Kafe Canaan promosi makanan eksotik

Posted by admin on Dec 10, 2010


MIRI 10 Dis. – Suku kaum Kelabit dari tanah tinggi Bario sememangnya terkenal dengan sikap peramah dan lemah.

Namun, selain daripada sikap kaum itu kepada masyarakat luar, kesedapan makanan disajikan kepada tetamu juga sukar untuk dilupai sepanjang hayat.

Berteraskan sumber hutan, pelbagai jenis sayur-sayuran dan buah-buahan disajikan dalam daun dan buluh beserta nasi lembut yang berbungkus dengan daun.

Selain itu, hasil buruan seperti rusa, kijang atau pelanduk dan ikan dicampur dengan tumbuhan hutan lain juga dihidangkan di atas daun yang menjadikannya kelihatan cukup eksotik.

Namun tidak perlu bimbang, meskipun tidak berpeluang berkunjung ke Bario, hidangan eksotik Kelabit ini masih boleh dinikmati di Kafe Canaan yang terletak di Pusat Komersial Centre Point, Miri di sini.

Pemilik Kafe Canaan, Ranson Ballan berkata, kafe itu menyediakan 80 peratus hidangan tradisi kaum Kelabit antaranya hidangan wajib nubak layak (nasi yang dibungkus menggunakan sejenis daun), sayur-sayuran hutan seperti umbut, daun ubi, pucuk lemidin dan siput sungai.

Selain itu, beras Bario, pekasam dan kuih-muih yang diperbuat daripada beras pulut yang ditumbuk turut disajikan kepada pelanggan.

“Setiap hari, kita menyediakan kira-kira 13 hidangan termasuk daging ayam yang dimasak menggunakan buluh. Pengunjung boleh memilih untuk menikmati nasi Bario atau nubak layak,” kata Ballan kepada Utusan Malaysia, di sini semalam.

Mula beroperasi sejak lima tahun lalu, Kafe Canaan mendapat sambutan luar biasa daripada pengunjung termasuk pelancong dari Korea, Jepun, China, Eropah, Amerika Syarikat dan Australia.

“Tujuan kita ialah memperkenalkan hidangan yang diwarisi daripada nenek moyang kepada orang luar.

“Pada masa sama, kita mahu menyahut seruan kerajaan untuk menambah nilai komersial makanan tradisi tanpa menjejaskan keunikan makanan itu,” katanya.

Katanya, pengiktirafan Miri sebagai bandar raya lima tahun lalu telah memberi idea kepadanya untuk membuka premis makanan yang berbeza daripada yang lain.

Apatah lagi, dengan status sebagai bandar raya peranginan yang mempunyai hampir 30 suku kaum, Miri perlu menampilkan ciri-ciri keunikan itu melalui makanan tradisional.

Kata Ballan, pada masa itu, masih belum ramai di kalangan suku kaum di Miri menceburi bidang perniagaan makanan tradisi berbanding sekarang yang muncul ibarat cendawan tumbuh selepas hujan.

“Usaha ini sejajar dengan langkah kerajaan untuk menjadikan Miri sebagai syurga makanan di utara Sarawak,” katanya.

Menurutnya, dia tidak dapat melupakan pengalaman melihat pelanggan yang terdiri daripada pelancong asing menikmati nubak layak dengan pekasam di Kafe Canaan.

“Tidak semua orang pandai makan nubak layak apatah dengan pekasam yang rasa-rasanya masam dan masin. Justeru satu kepuasan apabila melihat kaum lain dapat menikmati hidangan kami dengan begitu berselera,” katanya.

Pengusaha kafe itu begitu puas kerana dapat mempromosi makanan eksotik Kelabit kepada pelancong luar.

Tambahnya, nubak layak amat sinonim dengan kaum Kelabit dan menjadi tradisi bagi kaum itu membawa nubak layak setiap kali pergi ke hutan atau huma.

Oleh kerana huma atau hutan terletak jauh dari rumah pada zaman dahulu, nenek moyang mereka membawa nasi bungkus yang sengaja dimasak dengan lembut.

“Dahulu mana ada bekas membawa sup. Justeru, nasi tersebut memang dimasak dengan air yang banyak agar ia lembut, mudah dimakan selain senang hadam,” katanya.

Katanya, nubak layak juga merupakan hidangan tradisi Orang Ulu seperti Kayan dan Lun Bawang.

“Apa yang membezakan ialah nubak layak Kelabit mempunyai tekstur yang lebih lembut berbanding nubak layak Kayan,” katanya.

Mungkin ramai yang tidak tahu walaupun kaum Kelabit terkenal dengan penanaman beras Bario, namun mereka menggunakan beras dari jenis lain untuk memasak nubak layak.

“Jangan terkejut jika berkunjung ke rumah panjang di Bario, kami tidak gunakan beras Bario untuk membuat nubak layak,” katanya.

Kata Ballan, beras Bario tidak sesuai dijadikan nubak layak sebaliknya lebih enak dinikmati dengan memasaknya seperti biasa.

Setiap hari, Kafe Canaan menyediakan sebanyak 100 bungkus nubak layak.

Melihat kepada sambutan baik, Ballan berharap dapat memperluaskan ruang perniagaannya memandangkan yang sedia ada tidak mencukupi untuk menampung jumlah pelanggan yang kian meningkat.

Seorang pelanggan, Sherman Meru Palong, 49, dari Lawas berkata, Kafe Canaan menyediakan makanan yang menepati selera orang kampung atau rumah panjang.

“Setiap hari menikmati hidangan di bandar bosan juga. Kita perlukan lebih banyak tempat makan seumpama ini, lagipun ia mendapat sambutan baik daripada orang ramai,” katanya.

Kafe Canaan dibuka mulai pukul 6 pagi hingga 3 petang setiap Isnin hingga Sabtu dan menyediakan hidangan sarapan pagi dan makan tengah hari.


Dipetik dari Utusan Malaysia

Best of Bario in Miri city

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Sunday September 26, 2010

Best of Bario in Miri city

Story and pictures by DIANA ROSE
drose@thestar.com.my

The taste of the Bario Highlands is available on the lowlands now – but just in the city of Miri.

The Summit Cafe
Centrepoint Commercial Phase 1
Miri City Centre
Sarawak
Open: 7am to 3pm
Days off Sunday and Christmas

IF one has a penchant for authentic Sarawak highland dishes, and just happen to be in Miri, then head for The Summit Cafe at Centrepoint Phase 1 Commercial Centre.

Owner and cook Sally Bungan Bat, a Kenyah from Long Banga, Ulu Baram, operates the cafe, the only place in Miri, if not in Malaysia, that serves authentic Kelabit dishes outside of the tribal heartlands.

Locals and tourists alike flock to her shop to sample the dishes and many are coming back for more.

If one is familiar with the multi-cultural setting of Sarawak, one will perhaps wonder why a Kenyah is operating a restaurant that offers Kelabit dishes.

Well, Sally is married to Senior Police Officer Wagner Lisa Libat, 50, a Kelabit from Bario – and that explains it all! Perhaps serving Kelabit fare at the cafe is her way of proving her undying love to her husband.

Sally’s signature Kelabit dishes include Daun Ubi (dry-fried pounded tapioca shoots mixed with the mineral-rich Bario salt); Nuba Laya (steamed mashed rice wrapped in Isip leaves); Ayam Pansuh (chicken marinated with jungle herbs and Bario salt, put in a bamboo tube and cooked over slow fire): Labo Senutuk (pounded pork, preferably wild boar meat, mixed with minced onion and marinated with soy sauce then fried with very little cooking oil); and Luang Sena’ag (pounded fish flesh and dry fried with very little cooking oil.)

Tribal goodness: Sally Bungan Bat, a Kenyah from Long Banga, Ulu Baram, is the cook and owner of The Summit Cafe.

Other vegetable dishes are dried bitter leafy vegetable (known locally as sayur sabi) cooked with mashed cucumber; Dure, a seasonal vegetable found in the wild in the Bario Highland; and Lanau (also popularly known among locals as Bario asparagus, but it has no relation with the asparagus family).

Sally also incorporates the concept of organic cooking into her dishes by using only Bario salt, home-grown rice from the highland, wild vegetables, and even seasoning. For the last, she uses what she calls the “Bario ajinomoto”, which is made from special leaves normally used by the Kelabit as food enhancers.

But her seasoning, says Sally, cannot be used on all dishes. “It is only suitable with locally-found wild vegetables and wild boar meat.”