• Liliput dance
• Jipin (Zapin) dance
• Kulintangan Bisaya.
• Martial arts or silat Bisaya with bamboo music
• Tarik tali
• Gasing
• Bermain layang-layang (kikik)
• Ugang Bamboo
• Badaup during harvesting the paddys.
• Mibulang such as buffullo racing.
• Bubu mengalai or bubu dance using some spells as below:
| ‘Ya Bamban Ya Lukah, Ya Bamban Eh Basari, Main Kita Si Ipar Muda, SiLukah Pandai Menari’ |
• Arm wrestling (Berambit/Bahambit)
• Scaling an infant on the month of Safar from Islam Calendar.
• Lastik/Melastik.
• Crossbow.
• Spear (Andiban).
• Traditional Medication (Bobolian).
• Traditional costume (White Shirt, Songket, Tarbus, Smoking pipe, Keris, Bracelet etc)
o Kalopis
o Bahulu
o Ketupat
o Kuih Cincin
o Kuih Tapai
o Kuih Sapit
o Kuih Jala
o Kuih Panjaram
o Kuih Lamban
o Kuih Gelang
BISAYA FESTIVALS
The leaves (roun rombia )
The Rumbia's leaves can be woven into a roof, the women are trained by their elders (women ) to inherit the rumbia-weaving skill. The Rumbia'leaves known as roun rombia in Bisaya dialect. Meanwhile the process of weaving the Rumbia's leaves known as manyarut. The woven Rumbia's leaves need to be dried under the sun. These leaves would last for two to three years, environment-friendly.
The branch
In the past, the branch of Rumbia tree used as wall for a house or hut ( in the farm ). The branch can be used to build chicken home, fence to guard the plants ( vegetables etc ) and the dried branch used as a torch ( to spread the fire; to clear the land for agriculture purpose ). Meanwhile, skin of the branch can be woven into basket, mat, and others. Among the well-known woven stuff from this Rumbia parts are saging (a kind of basket carried at the back of a person), lalibu (a flat woven-basket useful during paddy harvesting), and topau (a mat used to dry the paddy seed).
The Trunk
We start from the upper part, here we can get a punoh, this part is a delicious 'vegetable'. Can be eaten raw, sweet and soft. The punoh served as main menu (vegetable) during wedding reception among Bisaya community. Then, sago (staple food of Bisaya, young generation didn't agree with this) is extracted from the Rumbia's trunk. The skin (palunoh) of Rumbia tree can be used a firewood, floor for hut, and wall too. The trunk can be used as a bridge, it is a strong trunk and last longer. During flood, my brothers and I used to build a boat from the Rumbia tree. I missed those days, we are adult now. In case of emergency, you can get water from the roots of Rumbia tree. It tastes water, of course.
(This article was contributed by Malaysia Government officer. E-mail : sasniaga@hotmail.com . It was extracted and summarised from Dr. Shafiq's article in Sarawak Museum Journal)
[edit] Beaufort history
Beaufort, Sabah; name was given in commemoration of the first English Governor called L.P. Beaufort. He had arrived here on 1889. Beaufort town situated nearby the Padas rivers to replace the Kota Klias government of Borneo Thrones. The relocation of the administration center had been approved by the current rulers, Sultan Tunku Laxamana Awang Ishak Ismail Jalil in 1890s.
