THEME PLAY - PANGLIMA KULOW

This much - awaited event is set on May 24, 2008. There will be many highlights for that cultural extravaganza. One will be a theme play, which will resolve around a Bidayuh warrior titled "Penglima Kulow". . The uniqueness that WHF theme plays have, are the fact the stage will be the whole Village itself, and the entire play will envelop the guests in audio and visual rapture. Last year theme play was based on the Orang Ulu community legend, "Belawan Bureing-Hercules of the Keliman River"

Panglima Kulow story is about over 2,000 Jagoi-Bratak Bidayuh men who killed and about 1,000 women and children were been taken captives when the enemies invaded an ancient settlement on top of Bung Bratak on May 1, 1837.

Among those who survived the invasion were head of Jagoi-Bratak community, Panglima Kulow and a handful of his followers.

The Jagoi-Bratak Bidayuhs were said to have settled at Bung Bratak from Gunung Sungkong in Kalimantan in the year 1000. It was often attacked by hostile predators from other areas before it finally fell to the enemies.

The settlement, strategically located at a hill shoulder and plateau, was considered prosperous with large stock of paddy and was well-known throughout Borneo. It was the envy of the people from other areas.

After days of intense attack, the settlement collapsed in the early hours of May 1, leaving the survivors to flee into the jungle. All the longhouses and the Baruk were set ablaze by the attackers.

Years later, Kulow and other survivors rebuilt the settlement, but life was never be the same.

Tickets will be on sale at Sarawak Cultural Village and Sarawak Tourism Board Visitor's Information Center. Special rate that is RM25 of WHF 2008 tickets if you purchase before May 20, 2008.

For more information, please contact Sarawak Cultural Village at

082 - 846816 / 082 - 846108

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