Here is a video I have compiled on the wood packs hand made used by the Bidayuhs in Semban near Kuching. This pack consists of common materials, wood, rattan, nails, cordage and sometimes tree bark as straps. What’s more amazing is that the locals carry loads of up to 30kgs at times up the hill [...]
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We finally compiled and edited the video we took while making the wooden spoon using ambers from the fire with the help from the Fiskars Hatchet and my Mora. Enjoy! An opportunity to try out my newly acquired Fiskars Hatchet With a recently acquired Fiskars hatchet, I decided to try my hands on another wooden spoon. We were out camping overnight with our dog-ther Sox for the very first time when this spoon starts to take shape. Besides the hatchet, I used my trusty Mora [...] As a kid, I used to make and play my bamboo ‘Caplong’ pump gun all the time. I would say that Caplong is a traditional Malaysia kampong craft made of bamboo and is played as a childhood game. It is especially common in remote villages where there are plenty of jungles with bamboo plants. Caplong is [...] A kampong boy ready to spin his top This is traditional top spinning at its best. Somewhere in the remote regions in Pahang, I had my first experience with kampong style top spinning competition. The set-up is simple. Open area with dry, dusty crack earth, a few spectators and well built, half naked youths with [...] A traditional top ‘split’ after being hit by another I am indeed privileged to see, touch and experience authentic traditional hand carved tops (‘Gasing’ in Malay) in Malaysia. While most common kampong kids these days would opt for the mass factory produced tops, these authentic, 100% ‘original’ tops are rare to [...] Our Orang Asal guide proudly showing off his Keruing torch It was an amazing experience watching an Orang Asal makes a jungle torch using the resin of a Keruing tree. The Semelais may have relied on this jungle torch for hundreds of years to ensure their safety and comfort during the nights of the rainforest [...] My hand carved wooden spoon is almost completed. [...] After seeing someone carved out a wooden spoon, I thought I would give it a go. [...] Our Malaysia fire piston. Testing to see if it can actually build a bigger [...] |
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