Bisaya Ethnic@Borneo Hornbill Festival 2014

Bisaya’s indigenous people settled in Borneo thousand of years ago. The Bisaya were a people who were loved, feared and respected by the others on this island.

Bisaya Ethnic@BHF 2014
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The name of Borneo was the first known as Bonian among the Bisaya people. When the native bisaya converted into Islam together with their leader Awang Alak Betatar, the word was change from Bonian into Bornian due to the mother tongue of the preacher which is came from Taif, Arab Saudi. At the same time the native people had to pronounce Borneo.

Bisaya People- the 1st Sultan of Brunei

The legend tells of an immigrant family living in the North of the Borneo Island. In this family were seven children, six boys (Peti Barambai or Pati Barabai, si Garamba, Peti Garamba, Peti Runa or Pati Begunak, Smaun or Si Maun and Alak Batata or Urak Betatar or Lok Batata or Awang Alah Bertabar) and a girl (Siti Duyah or Duri or Bunga Sunting). A boat race was used to determine who was to become the Rajah of Brunei. 

This race was won by Alak Betatar the youngest brother. He became the first Rajah of Brunei and later converted to Islam and became Sultan Mohammed, the first Sultan of Brunei. Peti Barambai, the eldest brother, became the Raja of Java. Si Garamba settled in the Limbang area and became the ancestor of the Bisaya’s. Peti Garamba settled in the Tutong(Brunei),Peti Runa in the Kinabatangan River (Sabah) and Smaun in the Birau River(south of Tutong). Siti Duyah married a Chinese named Awang Sunting (or Ong Sum Ping) and settled near Mount Kinabalu (Sabah).(TALES FROM LIMBANG)

Cosmarie Alina
Finalist Miss Sarawak Ethnic(Org Ulu) 2014
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BILLY ROBSON
FINALIST MR SARAWAK ETHNIC 2014
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BILLY ROBSON 
FINALIST MR SARAWAK ETHNIC 2014
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BorneoHornbillFestival 2014.

Cosmarie Alina
Finalist Miss Sarawak Ethnic(Org Ulu) 2014
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BorneoHornbillFestival 2014

BILLY ROBSON 
FINALIST MR SARAWAK ETHNIC 2014
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