Sarawak Cultural Village

Men picking up huge wooden things with their teeth!

Chris looking out a window in a traditional Malay house

Today we woke up early and caught a shuttle bus to Sarawak Cultural Village in Damai. We had heard great things about it and as they were celebrating their Harvest Festival this weekend we thought it would be a great time to visit.

Chris walking along a mission of a bridge

Climbing up very thin steps made out of a tree trunk

It wasn’t however how we expected it to be.

A mask

A statue

I had heard wrong and thought it was a real longHouse village from years ago, but really it is so touristy and they had built replica longHouses from the different tribes.

A typical bedroom

Inside a longhouse

It was a great chance though to see what a real long House looked like even if it had never been lived in.

A long house

A Long house

Some figurines

An iron-man competition

Inside a longhouse

Me looking at gongs

An old-style bed

Ladies making cakes

But there was very little to do and it was very pricy to Enter at £12pp and for Malaysian standards that is high.

Chris and I waiting for the dances to start

Another Mr. Joel staying at a longhouse...

There was an iron-man competition going on which was weird in such a setting with loud music blaring all day, so it didn’t make the whole experience life-like.

Dancing

A traditional cultural dance

Impressive!

A man balancing on a stick

But what we did see were a few cultural dances which were impressive from different tribes around Sarawak.

Ladies in traditional clothing

Shooting blow-darts

However as we were sitting right at the front we noticed they were all the same dancers dressed up differently for each dance, which was also a great disappointment considering it was advertised to be tribes that were dancing.

Ladies dressed up as they would in tribes years ago

There's something not right about this picture??

Nevertheless we did have a good day and did manage to see the funny side and were pretty tired once we got back.

written by  chrischarly on May 29, 2011 from Kuching, Malaysia
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Passage through SE Asia
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