Borneo
High located 20 minute from Kuching town. Let me tell my first
adventure to Padawan over a year ago. In my first year at Unimas i join
my campus-mate to done their assignment about anthropology and sociology among people in Sarawak.
In year of 2009, Bengoh Dam is still under construction. To reach at
the Kampung Semban we must through this resettlement dam before reach to
another village like Kampung Taba Sait e.tc.
To
go, we guide by female Pastor from Kampung Simpok. 95% villager is
Bidayuh people and christian. Pastor is leadership of the church at this
village and she will go to Pedawan high every week. At the Saturday
morning about 9.30 we already packet-get all needs to go through our
journey. Such a long way distance, who can believe we just reach at
Kampung Semban at 5.30 pm!
BY
FOOT we climb and walk over a small mount of hills, step the bamboo
bridge .. all i never forgot. About million feet from the sea, hundred
kilometers from the city, i feel my an extremely anxiety. Back and leg
such-es separated. Let me count 21 of hills climbed and climbed. Yeah
I'm going proud of my. Even sometime i give a hints i cannot through and
that is the first and last i go.
The
experience through bamboo bridge: To reach at the village, we must
through two bamboo bridge. High place phobia! i crying at the top center
of the bridge. Seriously, prayer maybe never help unless fully of
strong confidential-self.
About
4 hour on way, rainy fall down. The footstep became slippery, wet and
cool. Because of forgotten spectacles, using lenses make me trouble to look around to through the way in the rain. I'm request to rest awhile at the old huts own my villager. We take this time to lunch before continue our way. Our
arrival deliver great by one of the Pastor's friend and their family.
Their house fully built from the tropical wood. I'm described Kampung
Semban still full of culture that our ready yet to out. No electricity
and pipe facility. Only a small television on by low watt generator, an
awkward piano with small battery capacity and acoustic guitar from
street shopping at Sarikin accompany our all night long. Not to far from the house there has a catholic church, nearer is christian villager cemetery.We
lay down around 11pm, such a 25 degree Celsius outside, but the family
is very friendly and provided small comfy mattres and blanket to our. A
silent, cool and peaceful night.
I
wake up for the next day with refresh breath. I'm shocked 1pm still
like 6am. The family daughter ask we to go to the waterfall. The way to
waterfall taken 2 hours. Surprisingly, Pedawan still hidden the natural
beautiful environment (Tujuh Tingkat Air Terjun). Heavy rain fall down
never broke our desire to feel the fresh water. Because of rainy never
stopped since morning, the situation at the waterfall no longer secure
to our. After half hour playing around and taking picture, we back home.
The next day around 9am, we fill the time to walked around at the village include go to Baruk
( place to store the enemies head)and go to the Lady of the Rings
house. Our arrival celeb with Bidayuh dance from the woman that still
use the ring (made from tembaga). Only a few of women around 60
years old to 80 years old wear this ring. While interview, they use and
wear this ring since their was 7 years old to 10 years old. Th purposes
is to protect from the harm or any unexpected injured especially when
their enemies come during war between races of Dayak people. Women use
this ring just has small leg and hand because the un-growed muscle due
to the wearing of the ring. Hei, i just try to use at my neck..opss! i
cant breath properly! haha. Lady use this beads necklace to make their
neck longer (jinjang). Before leave the house, me give some food and souvenir to the lady.
And this is the last day we at Kampung Semban. Our trip introduce to Ketua Kampung.
Sorry i forgotten the name. ALL of the picture i promise to updated
later because all of the soft copy picture crashes due to the time goes
long. Nowadays, media and journalist just use the helicopter to go see
the Lady of the Ring. The moral from my adventure, even our life flow
with numerous technology and modern environment, its just such an usual
thing to be find. This Lady of the Ring, the question is; where to find
this in the future. Their is the beginner of culture and civilization.
Don't think we are civilize enough when we fully feel the modernization
at the city UNLESS we know our culture and roots.
