1st MAY..it was the first time I join this celebration..nice going celebration and I tell you why. 1st of May, we are celebrating the day of Bung Bratak. It was a historical place by the Bidayuh..here is a history of it.
THE HISTORY OF BUNG BRATAK
Bung Bratak is the ancestral home of the Bidayuhs of the Jagoi-Bratak group in Bau and Lundu Districts.
It is confirmed by the historians and researchers that Bung Bratak was founded probably more than 750 years ago. Some believe that the Bung Bratak's original settlers came from Sungkong, now a part of the Indonesian Province of the West Kalimantan.
For hundreds of years, the people of Bung Bratak lived peacefully,planting rice and other subsistence crops at the foot-hills that surround the hilltop. This lasted until the settlement was attacked and razed to the ground on 1st May 1838 by raiders from the Skrang area.
Bung Bratak was rebuilt by 1841 under the leadersship of Panglima Kulow, who sought the assistance of Rajah James Brooke, the first White Rajah of Sarawak.
During its 700 over years of existence, the people of Bung Bratak went to establish other settlements and villages. Now, there are over thirty villages in Bau and Lundu Districts, one at Penrissen ( Kuching District) and seven at Seluas District at West Kalimantan, Indonesia, that originated from Bung Bratak.
Because of its historical significance, Bidayuhs of Jagoi-Bratak area visit Bung Bratak on 1st May each year to commemorate its fall in 1838, and to remember its past and origin.
Bung Bratak Day was initiated and proclaimed by the Dayak Bidayuh National Association (DBNA) in 1938, then headed by Dato' Peter Minos..
The source is taken from the flyers that given to me. Any information that is type wrong in this blog.. please leave comment.
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