tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419042736661556334.post6358489811700583907..comments2023-12-21T18:46:57.631+08:00Comments on Tea With Tina: The Wild Men of BorneoTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610228804345285508noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419042736661556334.post-7527755186789804912012-08-21T22:24:46.622+08:002012-08-21T22:24:46.622+08:00LOL! I know I'm a bit ketinggalan here but the...LOL! I know I'm a bit ketinggalan here but there's this saying that 'beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder'. We would have said the same about them if we happened to see them first and not the other way around. I mean who knows if all the Dusuns actually described them 'ugly' (of course they'd say arat-raat lol) to their friends who didn't see them? But I just wish they had used a better word. Nobody is ugly in this world. Hehe. I wonder if they'd still say the same if they saw us today. LOLgbeejipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06355421518452713617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419042736661556334.post-2358013606837915212012-06-28T07:23:49.086+08:002012-06-28T07:23:49.086+08:00Interesting reading and a well written article you...Interesting reading and a well written article you wrote there, in response to that lady's remark, calling Dusuns "ugly", Tina! LOL. To be honest, it's kinda aggravating when I hear or read the "white" people's account & description of the natives that they come across, as "ugly" or like I've been told of one white man's word, "like monkey" to describe his local maid. So degrading! Just because we locals don't have the pointy noses and different colored eyes and hair as they do, and just because the natives at that time, in their word "ran around"...half naked in their loin clothes, doesn't make them "ugly!" Yes, I am being defensive too, like you were, Ms. Tina, of our people...hehe...but not even them western people, deserved to be called by any name either...But ghee whiz, they were pale and eer, ugly too, I mean, ghostly looking by comparison, in their pale skin versus the very tanned natives, weren't they? haha...p/s Had meant to post here earlier but FB had consumed more of my time..LOL.jbens05https://www.blogger.com/profile/14020837936609532625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419042736661556334.post-77917972118618930852012-05-31T00:42:22.866+08:002012-05-31T00:42:22.866+08:00Gunaqz, thank you for such an interesting story! T...Gunaqz, thank you for such an interesting story! The headhunting was indeed true. My mother told me similar stories about how several generations ago whole villages could be left deserted because the villagers ran away when headhunters came. One of the reasons the old generations built kampungs on steep hills was so they had a clear view of the surrounding land and would be ready to defend themselves if enemy tribes came to attack.<br />Please don't apologise for writing long comments! I enjoy reading readers' responses!<br /><br />Tom, I think the writer sometimes confused Sabah natives with Sarawak's. I wonder what Sun Dayak is too. Maybe just Dayak? Can't blame her actually. Too many suku kaum here!Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610228804345285508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419042736661556334.post-87149875629835479492012-05-25T12:00:04.586+08:002012-05-25T12:00:04.586+08:00I have that book in pdf format. It hits me how the...I have that book in pdf format. It hits me how the writer call Dusun the Sun Dayak. I never heard of Sun Dayak before, even searching in Google gets me lost.<br /><br /><br />_________________________<br /><a href="http://www.rungitom.com" rel="nofollow">www.rungitom.com</a>Rungitomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12870874145005279306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419042736661556334.post-63081198242487535522012-05-17T20:22:46.600+08:002012-05-17T20:22:46.600+08:00Oh my god, my comment could pass for a blog post a...Oh my god, my comment could pass for a blog post already! This is embarrassing. *Run!!*Gunaqzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13873042142238468025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419042736661556334.post-59045207564600681312012-05-17T20:20:07.798+08:002012-05-17T20:20:07.798+08:00I love all the photos! :-)
Back in 80's when ...I love all the photos! :-)<br /><br />Back in 80's when I was little, I once saw my late maternal grandpa's long machete (or do they call it sword?) with a small bunch of human hair attached on its handle (and I even touched and smelled it!). I asked him what was the hair for, to that he answered it's not what they are for, it's where they came from.<br /><br />According to him, back then when 'misangod' was still, as you say, a sport, hunter (or warrior?) would pull a hair from each his victim's head to be added into his 'creepy' collection as a symbol (and proof) of his bravery. Mind you, I was just a little kid when late grandpa told me this. Because he was known to be a good 'folk stories' narrator, I have no way to know if that was just one of his scary 'tangon' or was it a real story. Whatever it was, it managed to scare the hell out of me for years!<br /><br />Funny though, when I was in Form 1, I had a classmate who was originally from Papar but schooling in Tambunan (because he was a dependant of his eldest brother who is married to a woman from Tambunan). They lived next door to his brother's old FIL. One day during our Visual Art class, he related to me that his brother's FIL have showed him his 'treasures', which were old stuff he inherited from his family. Among the stuff he showed were 'tangkal/jimat' (I'm not sure if they are called 'lucky charms' in English, but I hope you know what I mean)... and a 'parang panjang' with hair attached on it! <br /><br />You see, I remember that day clearly because I've been haunted by the memory of my late grandpa's 'scary story'. So when that classmate told me his story, it was a confirmation that there are other 'creepy machetes' out there, grandpa's story could be true! We ended up drawing creepy machetes for our V.A work that day, instead of 'pemandangan' as originally instructed by our teacher.<br /><br />After reading your post on this, I got intrigued if my late grandpa's story has some true value. I'm wondering what did our ancestors have in their mind; playing god when provoked by other tribes, and if grandpa's story was true, keeping record of their 'achievement' by collecting dead people's hair! Gosh, that's disturbing! <br /><br />Just in case you are wondering about the machete, I have never seen it ever again. That was the only time I saw it. I have no idea who has it now as we only went back to visit my mum's village once a year when we were growing up, thus never really built up bonds with her relatives, let alone kept up with anything to do with their possessions. <br /><br />Back to 'wild man of Borneo', knowing that 'misangod' was a real thing in the past, we can't really blame westerners for describing what/who our ancestors were, can we? I just wish they didn't say Dusuns are ugly people. That's a mean thing to say and I bet it came from a bitter heart, because no one should be described ulgy, not even the palest white woman in Britain! (Ok, that's just me being defensive LOL)<br /><br />(Forgive me for hogging the comment section)Gunaqzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13873042142238468025noreply@blogger.com