Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Sarawak Craft Festival and Sarawak Regatta 2015

This took place last month, 18-27 Sept 2015 in conjunction with the Kuching Waterfront Festival.

This year, the handicraft booths was extra long. There were more than 300 booths selling all sorts of unique handicraft, mostly local Sarawak handicraft.
Sarawak Craft Festival @ WireBliss

▼ Entrance to the long stretch of handicraft booths.
At the entrance to Sarawak Craft Festival 2015 (SCF)

▼ Lots of handcrafted native beads - a feast for the eyes.
Various handmade Beads at Sarawak Craft Festival 2015 @ WireBliss

▼Woven dresses, skirts, purse, silverwork, vests, hats from the highland tribe.
Woven work of the Kelabits at Sarawak Craft Festival 2015 @ WireBliss

Various handmade Beads at Sarawak Craft Festival 2015 @ WireBliss

▼ I love the work of this artist. Its traditional and modern at the same time. The colors are very attractive.
Various handmade Items at Sarawak Craft Festival 2015 @ WireBliss

▼ The native of Sarawak are well known for their woven craft.
These items here are made from natural material such as wood bark, leaves, bamboo and rattan.
Woven handicraft from natural material

▼These are handicraft by the Iban ethnic group.
The Ibans are well known for their woven blanket known as 'pua kumbu’ as well as baskets, backpack, mats and silver accessories.
Various woven textile at Sarawak Craft Festival 2015

▼Woodwork - bird cage and drum making.
Bird cage and drums at Sarawak Craft Festival 2015

▼This lady is not from northern Thailand or Myanmar. She is from the Bidayuh tribe and you can only find ladies like her in one village in the whole of Sarawak. Semban is a village in the Borneo Highland but villagers were recently relocated/resettled to a new area to give way for development.
She wears her copper rings around her forearms and calves (Luyang and Lasong), but none around the neck. Rare and unique tradition indeed. However, this tradition is dying as the younger generation no longer wear these rings.

A Bidayuh woman wears her copper rings around her forearms and calves (Luyang and Lasong)

▼I was very tempted to get one of this carved wooden lamps. Very cute and fine craftmanship.
Carved wooden table lamps at Sarawak Craft Festival 2015

▼Batik painting - the three of us took turns to finish this piece of Batik painting. Nice?
Henry holding his batik painting at SCF 2015

▼The Sarawak Regatta at Kuching Waterfront.
The DUN (Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building) is at the background.
Sarawak Regatta at Kuching Waterfront with the DUN (Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building) in the background


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