Sape : The Community Binder

This book is written to provide an account of the substantial contribution of various organisations in bringing forth, and enhancing the level of, traditional sape music – for both national and international audiences. The sape is the traditional musical instrument of the Orang Ulu community, a group of indigenous natives who reside in the Baram area of Sarawak, Malaysia. This tribal group, mainly the Kayan and Kenyah are well known as excellent sape players and good sape makers. Lately, the sape has received tremendous and positive acceptance from the younger generation of Sarawakians. However, continuous efforts are required to conserve and instill further awareness of the musical tradition among this new generation, in order to ensure its continuity. In response to this concern, a research collaboration was initiated among the Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS); Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Miri, the organising committees of the Baram Sape Master and The Tuyang Initiative to document information related to the development and achievement of traditional sape music in Sarawak. The recent history of this indigenous music, as elaborated in this book, began with the endeavour of the Baram Sape Master competition – from its inception to successfully staging four winners internationally to promote its appreciation and expansion. To this end, the four winning players were interviewed and visually recorded in Miri and Long San, Baram. This volume also contains interviews with the sape master, Matthew Ngau Jau, regarding his own efforts to promote awareness of traditional sape music. Through the management of The Tuyang Initiative, Mr Matthew's career has grown, not only in Sarawak, but also on the world stage. This book documents as well the rich history of traditional sape-making through the study of two traditional sape makers in Miri and Long Bemang, Baram. For this project, data have been collected in audio-visual format and presented in a colorful and graphical book; a short video documentary accompanies the text. This book also applies Augmented Reality, a reality technology app that enhances the reader's interactive experience with just using a mobile device as a new approach and is the first of its kind to be applied through this book. It is hoped that, with the publication of this book, the efforts and success story of the sape master players can be shared with the global community and, through such means, public awareness of the beauty and importance of traditional sape music can be raised. Importantly also, it is the hope that this endeavour will contribute to preserving and maintaining the identity and culture of the Orang Ulu peoples in Sarawak

Seni Ukiran Perkuburan Lama Jatti Miriek

Buku ini diterbitkan dengan tujuan untuk merekod seni ukiran perkuburan lama kaum Jatti Miriek dan mengkaji perbandingannya dengan seni ukiran Melayu tradisional. Kajian lapangan telah dilakukan di beberapa buah tapak perkuburan lama kaum Jatti Miriek seperti di Lat Suran, Tab Sinak, Likauh Buie, Babutan, Song Lekang, Merafak , Bakam, Pelapi, Menjelin, Siwak Jaya, Luheng, Tanjung Lobang, Makam Permaisuri dan Katong. Melalui kerjasama antara Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Miri Bersama Fakulti Seni Gunaan dan Kreatif, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) dan Persatuan Jatti Miriek Miri, penerbitan ini adalah sebahagian daripada usaha berterusan dalam memartabatkan adat dan budaya kaum Jatti Miriek daripada hilang ditelan zaman. Buku ini akan turut menerangkan amalan dan kepercayaan kaum Jatti Miriek dalam pengurusan upacara adat kematian terutama sebelum dan selepas kedatangan Islam. Hasil kajian ini juga akan dikongsi menggunakan pendekatan Augmented Reality (AR) sebagai salah satu kaedah penyampaian maklumat secara interaktif menggunakan teknologi terkini dengan pembaca

Tukar Palak Kuih : Tradisi Sambutan Maulidur Rasul Kampung Sebandi Ulu, Asajaya, Sarawak

Buku ini diterbitkan oleh Pustaka Negeri Sarawak dengan kerjasama Fakulti Seni Gunaan dan Kreatif, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) bertujuan untuk mendokumentasi satu tradisi yang amat unik serta tidak dapat dilihat di mana-mana tempat yang lain di Malaysia. Tradisi ini telah dianjurkan secara turun-temurun di Kampung Sebandi Ulu, Asajaya, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak pada setiap tahun sempena sambutan Maulidur Rasul dan telah menjadi satu aktiviti yang amat dinanti-nanti oleh masyarakat setempat. Adalah diharapkan melalui penerbitan buku ini, pengetahuan berkaitan tradisi unik ini dapat dikongsi dengan masyarakat luar yang tidak berpeluang mengalami pengalaman ‘Tukar Palak Kuih’ di Kampung Sebandi Ulu. Buku ini akan menerangkan persediaan yang dilalui oleh penduduk kampung sebelum dan semasa tradisi ini dijalankan. Pengalaman tradisi sambutan Maulidur Rasul di kampung ini juga boleh dinikmati melalui aplikasi Augmented Reality di mana pembaca boleh melihat sorotan video yang telah direkodkan melalui aplikasi peranti pintar

Budaya Tradisi Kaum Jatti Miriek : Adat dan Budaya Perkahwinan Kaum Jatti Miriek

Buku ini adalah kompilasi visual dan maklumat berkaitan adat perkahwinan kaum Jatti Miriek

Sesar Unjur Belawai, Sarawak

Buku ini diterbitkan oleh Pustaka Negeri Sarawak berdasarkan hasil kajian dan dokumentasi oleh Fakulti Seni Gunaan dan Kreatif (FSGK), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) mengenai proses penghasilan Sesar Unjur, sejenis makanan tradisi kaum Melanau. Projek ini dijalankan melalui geran penyelidikan Kursi Nusantara di bawah Institut Pengajian Borneo (IPB), UNIMAS dan telah dilaksanakan di Kampung Belawai, sebuah perkampungan nelayan yang terkenal dengan penghasilan Sesar Unjur secara tradisional. Buku ini menerangkan secara ringkas latar belakang Kampung Belawai, Sarawak sebelum proses penghasilan Sesar Unjur diterangkan satu persatu bermula daripada proses penangkapan udang sehingga ke proses pembungkusan melalui huraian teks dan kepelbagaian imej artistik. Buku ini juga disertakan dengan beberapa resepi tradisi yang menggunakan Sesar Unjur sebagai bahan utama masakan oleh masyarakat Kampung Belawai. Beberapa maklumat di dalam buku ini juga boleh diakses dengan menggunakan aplikasi Augmented Reality bagi membantu pembaca lebih memahami proses yang terlibat secara interaktif digital. Ini merupakan satu pendekatan baru bagi memastikan maklumat di dalam buku ini dapat disampaikan secara lebih efektif, sesuai dengan Revolusi Industri 4.0. Adalah diharapkan buku ini dapat menyumbang kepada perkembangan ilmu dan dijadikan rujukan kepada generasi akan datang terutama yang berkaitan dengan adat, budaya dan warisan masyarakat setempat di Malaysia

The Political Factors that affect Contemporary Art in the Arab world, Descriptive Analytical Study

This paper examining the determine the political factors that affect contemporary art in the Arab world. through what the Arabic artworks (study sample) contained ideas, there were internal and external political factors that affect contemporary Arabic art. the researcher will extract these factors by evaluating the findings made in respect to the political factors (internal and external) that influence the selected artworks (sample study). This step also includes the drawn conclusions with respect to the political factors (internal and external) that cause these political situations in the Arab world. The study sample contained seven Arabic contemporary installation artworks from 2010-2015 to determine the political factors that affect contemporary art in the Arab world. The findings were list combines the external and internal political factors that influence contemporary Arabic art in general because these factors include all the political factors and its comprehensive and appeared in contemporary Arabic artworks