Kiss Goodbye by Lee Hom

Singing Bear

I was sitting near the kitchen just now. And it was a delight + fearful = ?? I don't know how it sound like. My sister is at the kitchen. We should cook octopus like mom always did, which is " sotong masak kicap". But it was so mess up and we were arguing over this matter. You know brother and sister, always want to fight with each other. Well, I decided to cook it my way. Although I know that the octopus will hop here and there in the pan. My idea is to fry it as it is so tasteful and quite a long time I haven't eat fried octopus. While waiting, I read a story book. It was on the table. My little brother who owns it. I took the book and start reading. It is quite fun reading the book. the bear is actually singing. Wow! hee~ actually the bear is trapped in the forest. This is because the bear accidentally step the trap. Then, the bear start singing and singing until a boy heard him. The boy want to help him, but the boy have not enough strength to help the bear. With the voice that the bear have, he asked the bear to teach him how to sing. One day, the king make an audition. The audition is about searching the best singer to become one of the minister. Many people show up, including the boy. the first contestant, have a very soft and beautiful voice. The second contestant have a loud voice, just like Jacquline Victor. Then, it come to the boy. The boy asked for a special request. he want to sing where the beast in the jungle can hear him sing. The king bring the boy to the top of the castle. then, he said to the boy, " Since I have bring you up here, let's proceed with your singing." The boy agree and he start to open his mouth. It was so perfect. The song matched with the one that the bear sing and it was amazing. It was actually the bear who is singing that beautiful song.
The boy honestly tell the king that he was not the one who sing the song. It was the bear. The boy ask the king to release the bear so that he can be free. The king then granted the bear with a gift, which is becoming the minister of the country. Hmm.. I wonder how a bear can become a minister..THE END~

Gawai Celebration and the History of Bung Bratak

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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