Bidayuh lens : Living as a Bidayuh in today's world

• Other Authors: Ting, Su Hie
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: UNIMAS Publisher 2022
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/40850/1/Bidayuh%20lens%20book%20evidence-IR.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/40850/

This book showcases various aspects of the Bidayuh culture beyond the oft-highlighted visible tangible artifacts. The Bidayuh Lens unravels the intangible cultural heritage of a wonderful unique group living in Sarawak, and offers a glimpse of the lens through which the modern Bidayuh sees the world. This book discloses the knowledge that is currently available to a select few on the significance of the different types and ways Bidayuh celebrate Gawai. The book explains the intellectuality and relevance of the old and traditional Bidayuh proverbs in the modern world today. This book also deepens appreciation for the meanings of the much-treasured Bidayuh folktales which, surprisingly or not surprisingly (depending on personal views), share features with oral traditions in other parts of the world. Ethnic stereotypes exist in any society, and the Bidayuh lens unveils the changing (and the fixed) representation of the Bidayuh people in newspapers and tourism materials. The authors invite you to take the journey to see the Bidayuh with different eyes.