OLDEN DAYS KADAYAN - In a Savage Land (Part 3)

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيم
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

Firman Allah SWT di dalam Surah Ar-Baqara Ayat 191 yang bermaksud,
Dan bunuhlah mereka di mana sahaja kamu menjumpai mereka, dan usirlah mereka dari mana sahaja mereka mengusir kamu; penganiayaan (fitnah) adalah lebih besar daripada pembunuhan, dan janganlah memerangi mereka di Masjidil Haram (Masjid Suci) sehingga mereka memerangi kamu di dalamnya. Kemudian, jika mereka memerangi kamu, bunuhlah mereka. Itulah balasan ke atas orang-orang yang tidak percaya (And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter. And fight not with them at the Inviolable Place of Worship until they first attack you there, but if they attack you (there) then slay them. Such is the reward of disbelievers.)- Surah Al-Baqara Ayat 191

In a Savage Land

Let us travel through the passage of time to the 15th century Island of Borneo. This was the same time as the Golden Age of Malacca during the reign of Sultan Mansur Shah and the era of the legendary Malay warrior, none other than Hang Tuah. What was it like then in the Island of Borneo? The interior parts of the Island of Borneo were mostly inhabited by the indigenous people called the Dayak tribes, whereas the coastal areas were inhabited by native inhabitants of Malay origin. The Dayak tribes are sub divided into many other tribes such as Punan, Kenyah, Iban, Murut etc to mention just a few. The sub tribes are divided again into about 400 smaller tribes inhabiting various places of the Island of Borneo. The Dayak tribes of the Island of Borneo were very notorious and savage people. They were well known for tribal and communal warfare and of course the head hunting.



The tribal and communal warfare were sparked off mainly due to territorial disputes, trespassing & encroachments, leaderships, family feuds, disregarding cultural and traditional practices, marriage, and personal conflicts. In a highly sensitive tribal environment any issues regardless of its intensity would spark off serious tribal and communal warfare, creating deep division amongst the tribal communities that lasted for a life time.

Head hunting is synonym to the Island of Borneo where according to the belief of the Dayak people, dried human skulls provided the most powerful magic in the world, vital transfusions of energy. After decapitating the enemy, great homecoming celebrations awaited returning warriors. The brains were carefully extracted through the nostrils, and then fresh ULU (heads) were placed in plaited rattan nets and smoke-cured over fires.

According to their beliefs, a good head could save a village from plague, produce rain, ward off evil spirits, or triple rice yields. Dayak people believed a man's spirit continued to inhabit his head after death. Surrounded by palm leaves, heads were offered food and tobacco, so their spirits would forgive, forget, and feel welcome in their new home. New heads increased the prestige of the owner and impressed sweethearts; they were an initiation into manhood.



In some tribes, a head's powers increased over time; cherished skulls were handed down from generation to generation. The beliefs varied from tribe to tribe, in some tribes, a head's magic faded with age, so fresh heads were needed to replenish the older ones. Such belief was the driving force behind the ruthless killings to obtain new heads. Villages without ULU were spiritually weak, easy prey for enemies and pestilence.

Living in a savage land of lawlessness, where the strong dominated the weak and “kill or be killed” environment, is unspeakable in a modern society like now. The head hunters were not ordinary people from the tribal community. They were warriors, trained to execute their tasks successfully i.e. to kill and decapitate the enemies’ heads. Their looks were gruesome, “dressed” in their half-naked warriors’ attire, tattooed bodies and equipped with weaponry suitable for the purpose. The tribal warriors or the head hunters were savage, vicious, notorious and ruthless people of their time.

The Kadayan people of the time were nomadic, shifting from one place to another looking for better and fertile areas for their agriculture activities. The Kadayan people were defined as “coastal” people of the Island of Borneo by the early western emissaries. In actual fact, the Kadayan people were not really the “coastal” people of the Borneo Island where they were depending on the sea as fishermen to support their livelihood. Traditionally, Kadayan people were never been fishermen as compared to other coastal indigenous people of Island of Borneo, like the Brunei Malay for example.

The traditional KADAYAN people settlements were in a “buffer” zone, somewhere in between the savage people of the interior and the coastal people of Island of Borneo. Being nomadic, coupled with their nature of settlements, the Kadayan people were under CONSTANT THREATS and HARASSMENTS from the savage people of the interior and in many occasions they themselves were the victims of the head hunters and tribal warfare. Such predicaments compelled the Kadayan people to develop their own “defence systems” against the act of the savage people of the interior of Borneo Island.

It would be wonderful if there is any where we can “carbon date” the beginning of time when the Kadayan people first developed their defence system. In my personal opinion, in depth research should be done to determine when and how the Kadayan people acquired their “defence systems” so superior that lasted over generations enabling the Kadayan people to earn their reputation as the ultimate warrior of their time.

My analysis on The Olden Days Kadayan had just begun where every key word in the Olden Days Kadayan definition I have given earlier will be substantiated accordingly. To refresh our memory, let me re-quote the definition: -

“KADAYAN PEOPLE WERE THE MOST FEARLESS, INVULNERABLE, NOTORIOUS AND RUTHLESS NATIVE OF THE ISLAND OF BORNEO, FEARED BY MOST NATIVES AND TRIBES OF THE ISLAND FOR THEIR UNSURPASSED MYSTICAL , SPIRITUAL AND SUPERNATURAL POWERS.”

The key words are fearless, invulnerable, notorious, ruthless, mystical, spiritual and supernatural.



A flying Malay warrior



The Olden Days Kadayan “Defence Systems” may be categorised as follows: -

1. Defensive – the defence systems were used to protect their settlement (village), properties, family and self in the form of physical and spiritual means. Technically the defence systems are known as 1st, 2nd and 3rd Line of Defence. These systems will be elaborated in the later parts of this write-up.

2. Offensive – the offensive mechanisms were used to outwit the enemies in the form of both physical and spiritual means. Besides the extreme “words” used in the definition above, the Olden Days Kadayan people were also SHREWD and DECEPTIVE. Such characteristics are still notable amongst the present day Kadayan people.

Besides the “Defence System” the Kadayan people also acquired other trades and skills to enhance their livelihood of their time. Overtime, the Kadayan people perfected their skills in various fields such as planting of hill paddy & cash crops, fresh water fishing, hunting, defence against wild animals & supernatural beings, medicinal herbs, handicraft, and other skills that were considered of paramount importance to their survival in a harsh and challenging environment of their time. I called these skills as “Survival Skills” and will be discussed in later parts of this article.

To be continued…….

OLDEN DAYS KADAYAN (Part 2)

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

Firman Allah SWT di dalam Surah An-Nisa Ayat 91 yang bermaksud,

Kamu akan mendapati yang lain, yang menghendaki untuk aman daripada kamu, dan aman daripada kaum mereka. Setiap kali mereka dikembalikan kepada pertikaian, mereka digulingkan di dalamnya. Jika mereka tidak berundur daripada kamu, dan tidak melemparkan perdamaian kepada kamu, dan tidak menahan tangan-tangan mereka, maka ambillah mereka, dan bunuhlah mereka di mana sahaja kamu menjumpai mereka; terhadap mereka, Kami memberi kamu satu kuasa yang nyata. (Ye will find others who desire that they should have security from you, and security from their own folk. So often as they are returned to hostility they are plunged therein. If they keep not aloof from you nor offer you peace nor hold their hands, then take them and kill them wherever ye find them. Against such We have given you clear warrant.) - Surah An-Nisa Ayat 91






Google Earth Image of the Island of Borneo







Remnants of our pasts / roots (cont…….)

Before I proceed any further, I just would like to give the readers a brief overview of Borneo Island which is the “ancestral land” of the Kadayan people. I assume Borneo Island is our ancestral land because there are no written historical documents to suggest otherwise. There were some theories that the Kadayan people were originated from Javanese Island and some said from Sumatra, Indonesia. Both theories were not substantiated accordingly and therefore my assumption that Borneo Island is our ancestral land still stand until proven otherwise.

At this moment in time, I consider the Sultanate State of Brunei as special due to the fact that the Kadayan people recorded history begun in the State, thus the history of the Sultanate State of Brunei is expanded in this article.

Depicted below are the key facts of Borneo Island: -

Key Facts of Borneo Island

References:
1. National Geographic website
2. Asean Focus website
3. Islamic World.Net
4. Asian Development Bank Institute

Approximate area : 287,000 square miles
Political regions : Kalimantan (Indonesia), Sabah & Sarawak (Malaysia) and Negara
Brunei Darussalam
Highest peak : Mt Kinabalu (13,455 ft) in the State of Sabah, Malaysia
Indigenous people : More than 400 tribes (non-Malay (non-Muslim) and Malay (Muslim))
Non-Malay : Dayak and its sub-tribes, Kadazan / Dusun and its sub-tribes
Malay : Indigenous people of Kalimantan, Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei Malay origin. Kadayan ethnic is in this group.

Historical facts:

15th Century : Arrival of Islam followed by the arrival of emissaries of Spain
and Portugal
17th Century : Arrival of the Dutch and British



The arrival of Islam to Indonesia was recorded in history as early as 1281 A.D. when Chinese Chronicles record an embassy led by two Muslims from Jambi or Melayu Sumatra to the Mongol court. In the Malay Peninsula, the first physical evidence of the arrival of Islam was found at a spot twenty miles up the Terengganu River. There, a stone inscribed with Arabic letters has been found, dating as far back as 1386 A.D. or probably 1326 A.D.

The arrival of Islam at the Moroland was in the year 1210 AC, that is more than three centuries before the arrival of Christianity brought by Ferdinand Magellan (a Portuguese who was then working for Spain) to the region in the year 1521 AC. The arrival of Islam to Mindanao and Sulu is most probably was the result of the missionary activities of Arab traders and teachers or sufis who came along the trade routes, and this is agreed by most of the historians. The participation of some Muslims from the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent is also admitted. This kind of spreading the Islam also occurs in other Muslim Sultanate such as Malayan Peninsula, Indonesia and Borneo. Philippines is famous with its Muslim Sultanates, they are, the Sultanate of Sulu embracing Basilan, Tawi-Tawi, Palawan and the neighbouring islands the Sultanate of Mindanao where most of the Muslims are now living.


The Sultanate State of Brunei was a small cog in the early Southeast trading networks but well enough known to figure in the records of the major states. The Brunei ruler seems to have converted to Islam in the middle of the 15th century when he married a daughter of the ruler of Melaka (now Malacca in Peninsular Malaysia). The Portuguese conquest of Melaka in 1511 closed it to Muslim traders, forcing them to look elsewhere. Brief history of Brunei is as follows: -

Timeline (Brunei History)

1987: Brunei joins ASEAN
1984: Brunei becomes a sovereign state
1962: State of Emergency declared after first and only elections held
1959: Self government
1920: Oil and natural gas was discovered
1888: Britain declares Brunei a protectorate
1839: James Brooke arrives and becomes the Governor and "White Rajah" of Sarawak (then part of Brunei)
18th century: Brunei's area of economic and political influence gradually declined
16th and 17th centuries: Brunei becomes a major regional Kingdom extending to southern Philippines, Sabah and Sarawak
1521: Magellan visits a flourishing trading community linked to Southeast Asia and China
14th century: Brunei claimed as part of the Majapahit Empire
6th - 9th centuries: Kingdom of Puni on northwest coast of Kalimantan paying tribute to China

The Ancestral Land of Kadayan People

Which part of Borneo Island was the ancestral land of Kadayan? This is a tough simple question to answer. The most probable locations are the Sultanate State of Brunei, Kutai Karta Negara (Eastern Kalimantan) or Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan). My justifications for the assumptions are as follows: -






The Sultanate State of Brunei







• Majority of Kadayan people now are found in the Sultanate State of Brunei. Similarity in dialects between Brunei Malay and Kadayan are most notable and therefore their coexistence was not a coincidence. If Kadayan people were “brought” by the Sultan of Brunei (as suggested by many)from other parts of Borneo or from Java or Sumatra or from other places of the region for that matter to the Sultanate State of Brunei, how do we explain the similarities of the Kadayan dialect with that of Brunei Malay? Is it evolutionary or assimilation process? Not likely, the reason is simply that the known traditional Kadayan people settlement was never together with that of Brunei Malay, even to this date. This may suggest that the Kadayan people are native inhabitants of the Sultanate State of Brunei;

• There are reports mentioning that amongst the indigenous people of Kutai, one of them shares about 90% dialect similarities with that of Kadayan people. If the report is true, how do we explain such similarities? The probable reason are the origin of Kadayan people were from Kutai or the other possibility is that the Kadayan people were taken to Kutai by the Sultan of Brunei as “gift” to the Sultan of Kutai then, because the Kadayan people were well known for their courage and bravery. Kadayan people were born warriors;





Banjar Community during breaking of fast





• The other possibility is that the origin of Kadayan was from South Kalimantan. This theory is supported by dialect similarities between Banjar people and the Kadayan people. It is not known what are the percentile similarities between the two dialects but I presume it is not that high.

We have a few Banjar families in our village and as a matter of fact my wife is a Banjar herself, I don’t seem to understand their dialect very well. There are of course a few Banjar words such as “batian, bakamih, sabuting, paloi, etc.” which are similar to our Kadayan dialect. Such similarities to me do not provide sufficient justification to suggest that the Kadayan people were from Banjarmasin because there are more similarities in our dialect with Bahasa Melayu than with Banjar dialect. If the Banjar theory is applied here, there is also a possibility that the Kadayan people were from Peninsula Malaysia. Such similarities to me are the characteristic of the various languages and dialects spoken by races and ethnic groups of the Malay Archipelago.

To be continued…….

OLDEN DAYS KADAYAN (Part 1)

Sahih AlBukhari







REMINDER

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

Firman Allah SWT di dalam Surah Al-Baqarah Ayat 102 yang bermaksud,
"Mereka (membelakangkan Kitab Allah) dan mengikut ajaran-ajaran sihir yang dibacakan oleh puak-puak Syaitan dalam masa pemerintahan Nabi Sulaiman, padahal Nabi Sulaiman tidak mengamalkan sihir yang menyebabkan kekufuran itu, akan tetapi puak-puak Syaitan itulah yang kafir (dengan amalan sihirnya) kerana merekalah yang mengajarkan manusia ilmu sihir dan apa yang diturunkan kepada dua malaikat: Harut dan Marut, di negeri Babil (Babylon), sedang mereka berdua tidak mengajar seseorang pun melainkan setelah mereka menasihatinya dengan berkata: Sesungguhnya kami ini hanyalah cubaan (untuk menguji imanmu), oleh itu janganlah engkau menjadi kafir (dengan mempelajarinya). Dalam pada itu ada juga orang-orang yang mempelajari dari mereka berdua: Ilmu sihir yang boleh menceraikan antara seorang suami dengan isterinya, padahal mereka tidak akan dapat sama sekali memberi mudarat (atau membahayakan) dengan sihir itu seseorang pun melainkan dengan izin Allah dan sebenarnya mereka mempelajari perkara yang hanya membahayakan mereka dan tidak memberi manfaat kepada mereka dan demi sesungguhnya mereka (kaum Yahudi itu) telahpun mengetahui bahawa sesiapa yang memilih ilmu sihir itu tidaklah lagi mendapat bahagian yang baik di akhirat. Demi sesungguhnya amat buruknya apa yang mereka pilih untuk diri mereka, kalaulah mereka mengetahui." – Surah Al-Baqarah Ayat 102

Sabda Rasullullah SAW yang di riwayatkan oleh Bukhari dan Muslim berbunyi demikian,
"Jauhilah tujuh perkara besar yang merusak. Para sahabat bertanya: Apakah tujuh perkara itu, ya Rasulullah? Jawab Nabi, yaitu: 1) menyekutukan Allah; 2) sihir; 3) membunuh jiwa yang oleh Allah diharamkan kecuali karena hak; 4) makan harta riba; 5) makan harta anak yatim, 6) lari dari peperangan; 7) menuduh perempuan-perempuan baik, terjaga dan beriman." - Riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim





Silat (Kadayan Self-Defence)





Olden Days Kadayan (Part 1)

I have received some e-mails with regards to my promise to write an article pertaining to “SIFAT-SIFAT ORANG KADAYAN ZAMAN SILAM” asking me to write the article soonest. In response to their requests I’ve done a little bit of research and I am very much obliged to share it with all the readers. I am opening this article for an intellectual discussion and would like the readers to contribute their ideas, experiences, etc as told by their elders to enable us to reconstruct and visualise the Olden Days Kadayan way of life, environment, weaponry, clothing, daily chores and livelihood, traditional medicine, expertise and how they survive the mystical world of head hunters, black magic and lastly but not the least how Islam changed their way of life.

Firstly, I have to declare that I am not the authority to write this article, simply because I am not a historian neither a cultural activist nor an anthropologist. I am just a simple telecommunication engineer trying my level best to fill up the gap on a dull subject matter, so scarcely written by the Kadayan people themselves i.e. about our cultural heritage. I love my dialect, I love my cultural heritage and above all I am proud to be a Kadayan. I am proud to mention here that visionary Kadayan personalities such as Sdr Amde Sidik, Tn Hj Ramlee Dua, Sdr Mahmud Osman and the administrators of Kadayan Universe http://www.kadayanuniverse.com/ namely Indahau (Editor), Giin Buagas (Manager), Kaawai Tanah (Super Administrator) and Aaja Kadayan (Contributor) are the pioneers in their own rights attempting to research and revive the soul of our Kadayan cultural heritage. I am very sure there are more Kadayan people out there who are very well versed on this subject matter that can make positive contributions towards achieving our goals to document and preserve our cultural heritage for the benefit of our future generations.



It is nice to see if a documentary film about Kadayan people is shown on National Geographic or Discovery Channel or even in National Geographic Magazine for that matter. Such vision may be realised if we, all of us begin our contribution right now to document our very own cultural heritage. The least we can do is to make our own documentary film or ask TV3 or Astro Awani to make one for us. I think Tn Hj Osman Ahmad as the President of Sabah Kadayan Association has humongous roles to play here.

The contents of this article are generic and non-exhaustive due to the fact that a proper research has not been conducted particularly on the timeline and road maps that define Olden Days Kadayan. This article serves as a framework and I tried to make it as modular as possible to facilitate top-ups and future development.

Remnants of our pasts / roots

What is it that Kadayan people have now or we have known to have had that we can make up of our pasts? Sounds too complicated? Nevertheless I will make it easier for the readers to understand, just be patience and navigate through this article at your own pace. In order for us to visualise the Olden Days Kadayan, let us ask ourselves what are the remnants of our pasts that are most unique to best describe or define the Kadayan people? Based on my personal experience and as told by the Kadayan elders, I have constructed a preliminary definition that best describe the Kadayan people of the olden days.


KADAYAN PEOPLE WERE THE MOST FEARLESS, INVULNERABLE, NOTORIOUS AND RUTHLESS NATIVE OF THE ISLAND OF BORNEO, FEARED BY MOST NATIVES AND TRIBES OF THE ISLAND FOR THEIR UNSURPASSED MYSTICAL, SPIRITUAL AND SUPERNATURAL POWERS.

The above definition of Kadayan people can not be found in any dictionary or encyclopaedia because I made it up myself. Other definitions of Olden Days Kadayan are most welcome. Such definitions would facilitate us in the reconstruction of the Olden Days Kadayan. In defining the word Kadayan, I cannot afford to lose sight of the single most important aspect of Kadayan cultural heritage i.e. its mystical, spiritual and supernatural powers. No matter how negative, heinous and ugly it sounds in these modern days, but facts are facts and I am not the authority to change such facts. For the younger Kadayan generation, you have to accept the fact as it is and look forward for a better future. To some, the definition may be a bitter pill to swallow and to others it is just a passing remarks doomed to oblivion. Rewriting history to suit our taste is not a wise thing to do.

To be continued…….

NOSTALGIA MAJLIS KAAMAIAN DI KAMPUNG KADAYAN TAHUN 60an (Bah. 4)

Masjid al-Haram




Dialek : Kadayan Sabah

Naik Haji

Naik haji ani uja oang mulanya bukannya kasana macam atu nganya. Mau banyak basadia. Basadia atu maksudnya mangatahui SYARIAT dan MAKRIFAT haji atu sandiee. Bila kasana inda cukup palajaan inda ya baguna, ngabis akan usin nganya uja oang tuha-tuha mulanya. Tapi saingat-ingat ku oang kan naik haji mulanya inda ya bakursus macam kaang ani. Kaang ani hantap sanang kan naik haji, kursus haji dimana-mana ada, yang parcuma kah, yang babaai kah samuha ada, pilih saja mana yang kita tapakai. Tapi mulanya inda ya macam atu, saingat-ingat ku oang kan naik haji mulanya balajaa daie dangan yang sudah naik haji dan kitab-kitab PARUKUNAN. Mangkali aku salah, tapi yang ku ingat macam atu tah, bila ku salah tolong luus akan.

Tapi di kampung mulanya, ada jua oang tuha-tuha yang sudah naik haji dan dikia bapangalaman. Jadi bisia ani tah jadi rujukan dan tampat batanya-tanya. Bila ndangaa caita oang yang sudah naik haji banyak tia yang mbaie takut aie diee damit mulnya. Aku yang hantap ku takut amun oang tuha-tuha bacaita pasal sasat di Makah. Kan bilang oang yang naik haji mulanya bacaita pasal sasat di Makah. Uja dangan amun sasat di Makah ani ada sababnya, macam-macam tia caita dangan, tapi bagi pandapat aku lah, oang yang sasat atu sabab amai dangan, inda ya tahu aah kan nuju, sama tia nganya palihatannya. Lagi pun bisia atu kabanyakannya oang tuha-tuha, mata pun abun dikit-dikit, inda bacaamin mata. Tahu-tahu tah saja bahaau tah maasaie tajumpa oang amai, dikampung inda baapa amai, bilang haie kita bajalan, tahu sudah diee mana kan dituju, tapi di Makah jalama amai palihatan bisia sama tia nganya, jadi inda tah tahu kan dituju. Picaya banaa ku, oang amai macam atu, amun inda biaksa tatap sasat.

Takanang diee lagi mulanya, oang yang kan naik haji atu banyak yang kan di palajaie, satu daipadanya balajaa NGIKAT SAAL. Ada yang inda tahu SAAL tu apa? SAAL tu dalam Bahasa Malayunya SARBAN. Uja oang Kadayan SAAL. Ngikat saal ani yang sabanaanya bukan mudah, amun inda maasaie balajaa. Mudah tapacul, bila inda tahu malilit. SAAL ani simbol yang panting bagi oang yang sudah naik haji di kalangan oang Kadayan di kampung kami mulanya. Ia macam satu kamastian. Bila yang sudah naik haji atu misti makai SAAL. Takanang jua diee lagi, amun sambahyang aie aya aidil fitri atau aie aya haji, kala-kala sambahyang Jumaat pun ada, musim atu tah bila kan malihat oang tuha-tuha yang sudah naik haji, makai SAAL langkap bajubah, batali pinggang haji, makai minyak ATAR lagi tu, ada jua dua tiga oang yang mbali pakaian arab di Makah aienya naik haji mulanya makai pakaian Arab, langkap dian “head gear” yang ampat pasagi atau bulat di tauh aah SAAL yang inda balilit. Arab “head gear” yang babantuk ampat pasagi atau bulat atu inda ku takanag namanya, bila ada pambaca yang tahu namanya tolong baie tahu. Macam oang Arab upa bisia. Musim atu diee kakal damit, inda bakamera kan nangkap gambaa bisia. Bila ada gambaa hantap bangisnya kan di kanang-kanang uja dangan.

Ani kan babalik pasal caita ngikat SAAL, yang sabanaanya SAAL ani ada dua jinis yang aku tahu. Saal yang partama, kain alus, barwarna putih inda babunga-bunga, babantuk ampat pasagi. Saal yang nomboo dua, kain alus jua babantuk ampat pasagi tapi bawarna hitam atau miah-miah dikit dalam bantuk pitak-pitak damit, sieng SAAl atu ada bainda-inda di sakalilingnya. Cara ngikat kadua-dua SAAL atu pun balainan. Biaksanya SAAL yang putih atu diikat aah kupiah haji. Ikatannya pun adun. SAAL yang babunga-bunga atu yang diee talihat mulanya inda baapa adun ikatannya. Basaa upanya di kapala oang tuha-tuha yang makai SAAL atu.

Oang yang kan naik haji ani, aie kan batolak daie umah ada yang nuun akan. Takanang ku lagi aie diee damit-damit mulanya, ada dangan BABAANG lapas atu BASALAWAT. Sudah bisia kan batolak ada yang basadakah dahulu aah oang amai, tarutamanya kanak-kanak. Tapi bisia mbaie sadakah inda ya sawang-sawang gayanya, usin pacah atu dihamboo tia nganya macam atu. Apa lagi yang diee kanak-kanak ani iski hantap tah diee, baabut-abut ngambil usin, amun taluus aie hujan, banyak yang tadasoo, inda olah nih tanah likin. Abis kamah saluaa dian baju. Lapas atu bahaau tah bisia batolak. Biasanya amai dangan ngantat aie oang kan naik haji batolak. Tahun 50an atu oang batolak kan naik haji daie umah, bajalan batis nganya inda ada “UNGKAH” uja dangan. Jalan basaa pun balum ada, yang ada pajalanan batis nganya yang kala-kala licak amun musim hujan. Mulanya aie dangan batolak daie kampung kami, bila ku inda silap, ka Labuhan bisia dahulu. Daie Sipitang bisia naik paahu ka Labuhan, daie Labuhan atu inda tah ku tahu, sama ada batolak taus daie Labuhan atau ka Api-Api ya dahulu bahaau tah bisia batolak ke Jeddah. Bila ada yang tahu caita ani tolong padah-padah akan. Uja ku oang kan naik haji ani batolak ka Labuhan ya dahulu sabab atu tah jalan yang paling sanang sabab daie Sipitang dalam tahun 50an mulanya inda ada jalan ka Bopot (Beaufort, uja oang Kadayan BOPOT). Yang ada mungkin jalan kuita api daie Weston ka Bopot nganya, lapas atu bahaau tah ka Api-Api. Ada kamungkinan jua oang mulanya yang kan naik haji atu ka Weston ya dahulu, lapas atu taus ka Api-Api inda ya ka Labuhan tujunya. Yang tahu-tahu atu tolong baie tahu lai.



Mercedes F700 (in my 2008 wishlist, what a beautiful car!!)





Dalam tahun 50an atu, di kampung kami balum ada UNGKAH. Inda olah BAUNGKAH amun jalan pun inda ada. Ungkah ani saingat-ingat ku dalam tahun 60an bahaau tah maasaie talihat apa upanya ungkah atu. Yang sabanaanya “UNGKAH” ani daie bahasa oang Baitis macam “INGGIN” jua. Amun INGGIN atu datangnya daie tutuan oang Baitis “engine”, jadi lidah oang Kadayan ani KAAU dikit jadi tia INGGIN. Asal usul tutuan UNGKAH ani macam ani caitanya. Caita ani yang sabanaanya datang daie Labuhan bukan daie Masapol atau kampung-kampung Kadayan lain di Sipitang. Jaman Baitis mulanya di Labuhan, ada tah oang Kadayan yang jadi dareba Tuan Residen atau Tuan DO. Nama oang Kadayan yang jadi dareba atu inda tah kita nie tahu. Kita nama akan tia Si Lamat (macam dalam lagu Sdr Ibrahim Hj Diman). Macam ani gaya tutuan nya:

Si Lamat : “Apa gaya tuan Residen / DO mulih ka umah aie ani?’
Tuan Residen / DO : “Aku mulih naik my OWN CAR”.

Jadi luan hantap salajoo Si Lamat ndangaa tutuan Tuan Residen / DO ngucap “OWN CAR”, jadi daie sana tia malaat tutuan “OWN CAR” jadi “UNGKAH”. Ia jadi UNGKAH atu pun pasal lidah oang Kadayan ani KAAU, inda ya dapat nyabut OWN CAR, hantap oang Baitis bunyinya, lagi pun huup “R” dalam CAR atu hantap payah kan di tutuan akan. Macam caitaku bianie pasal ngaji kan nyabut "RA” atu hantap payahnya. Jadi yang paling sanang ditutuan akan ialah UNGKAH. Sampai tia kaang ani oang Kadayan makai tutuan UNGKAH atu. Tapi ada jua oang Kadayan yang yang nyabut KUITA, yang datangnya daie sabutan oang Malayu. Antah banaa antah inda, kan caita jua nganya. Bila ada caita lain pasal asal usul tutuan UNGKAH atu padah-padah akan tia aahku atu tulis dalam komen yang disadia akan atu.

Nunggu oang kampung mulih daie naik haji ani hantap batahnya. Paling-paling awal pun dalam 8 – 9 bulan, ada oang mulanya yang sampai batahun-tahun bahaau tia mulih, sabab manuntut di Makah. Nyambut oang mulih daie Makah ani labih daie kan ngantat bisia batolak ka Makah. Amun tadangaa habaa yang naik haji atu kan mulih taya, amai oang kampung nunggu. Macam biaksa lah amun sudah bajumpa dian oang yang bahaau mulih daie naik haji, batakul-takulan tia bisia kan ngambil BAAKAT uja dangan. Mudah-mudahan yang balum naik haji atu dapat “LAMBAI” kan naik haji. Tutuan “LAMBAI” ani pun inda ku baapa tahu ngapa oang tuha-tuha mulanya ngucap LAMBAI bila kan naik haji. Kala-kala ada yang cukup usinnya sudah, tapi balum ya naik haji, ujanya balum dapat LAMBAI. Haati tutuan lambai atu tahu diee, tapi ngapa ya di pakai untuk naik haji. Bila ada yang tahu-tahu atu tolong ku lagi lai, ngapa ya kana ucap LAMBAI?

Ada jua ku taima komen daie pambaca dalam tulisan ku yang sabalum ani. Komen pambaca yang manggunakan nama BANGKUTUT atu macam ani bunyi nya: -

Ceita pasal naik haji ani, banyak hantap pantang larangnya, yang kuingat;

i. Bersedakah jangan PISANG karang tergelincir di Makkah.
ii. rajin-rajin bersedakah Galagah (tebu) inda karing lihir di sana.

Mbaie hijap banaa oang Kadayan ani.

Oang mulih naik haji ani banyak caita bisia, tapi aie diee damit mulanya ada jua oang tuha-tuha bacaita yang ada caita di Makkah atu yang inda dapat dicaita akan. Bila dicaita akan jua, jalama atu jadi “LULUI” sabab kana “KISAS”. Inda jua ku baapa tahu, bila ada yang tahu-tahu atu tolong jalas akan caita ani. Caita ani inda dapat ku panjang-panjang akan sabab di kampung kami mulanya ada kes yang macam ani. Tapi ani samuhanya kuasa Allah Taala, sama ada ia jadi LULUI atu disabab akan bacaita kisah-kisah sulit yang dialaminya di Makah atau di sabab akan parkara-parkara lain yang inda kita tahu. Wallahu 'alam bisawab.

Kisah-kisah yang ku caita akan di dalam tulisan ani kan caita jua nganya uja dangan. Bila yang baik atu di jadi akan tauladan, bila yang inda baik atu di jadi akan sampadan . Yang panting hantap dalam soal naik haji anie ialah kita samuha mandapat HAJI MABRUR dari Allah SWT. Bila yang sudah naik haji atu, tantu tahu apa paasaan masing-masing samasa di tanah suci Makkah. Marilah kita sama-sama berdoa ke hadrat Allah SWT semoga ahli keluarga kita, sudara mara kita dan para muslimin dan muslimat yang menunaikan fardhu haji tahun ini Selamat Kembali ke tanah air dan semoga dianugerahkan dengan haji yang mabrur oleh Allah SWT. Amin.

"SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARI RAYA AIDIL ADHA"

IS INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA) A DRACONIAN LAW?

Guantanamo Detention Centre




Definition of Draconian from Webster's Dictionary

\Dra*co"ni*an\, a.
Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b.c.

{Draconian code}, or {Draconian laws}, a code of laws made by
Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said
to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of
excessive rigor.

Before I go any further, let me start by quoting the view of one particular blogger that attracted my attention pertaining to the detention of five Hindraf leaders under ISA for 2 years. This is how the blogger put it. QUOTE “The ISA is a draconian law. It has no place in the modern and mature society that Malaysia is. It has been condemned internationally and locally. The manner in which the ISA allows for subjective detention without trial is violative of the fundamental liberties of persons detained in a manner that cannot be justified in any circumstance” UNQUOTE

There are hundreds of bloggers outside there writing about the detention of the five Hindraf leaders under ISA. Some are worth reading and the rest are merely writing for the sake of updating their blogs. Is ISA really a draconian law and has no place in Malaysian modern and mature society?






Reginald Hugh Hickling (2 August,1920 - 11 February, 2007) - Draftsman of ISA







The original draftsman of the ISA was a British lawyer by the name of Reginald Hugh Hickling. He died earlier this year (11 February, 2007). ISA is still in use in countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.

Preventive or executive detention without trial in Malaysia had its origins as early as 1930 during the British colonial regime. Essentially it was a political and administrative practice, exercised by the colonial government in power and aimed at individuals or groups who were deemed to be potentially dangerous to the State.



In 1948, when the armed struggle of the Malaysian Communist Party began, the British High Commissioner proclaimed a state of emergency by passing the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, which enabled the colonial government to detain persons for any period not exceeding one year, primarily to counter acts of violence.

When the Emergency ended in 1960 and the Emergency Regulations were repealed, the parliamentary debate on the ISA established that the ISA was enacted for the sole purpose of fighting the communist insurgency and that it was intended as a temporary measure until the communist threat was removed.

However, Parliament made the decision to continue with the ISA on the grounds that 600 armed terrorists still remained in the north and could still pose a threat. However, once the 1989 Bangkok Accord was signed and communist activity ceased altogether, the need to persist with the ISA is no longer tenable and becomes highly questionable.

Since 1960, the ISA has been amended repeatedly to enhance the discretionary powers of the police and the Minister of Home Affairs. In 1989, an amendment was made to disallow judicial review in any court of law.

Currently, there are three major laws in force in Malaysia which provide for detention without trial: the Internal Security Act 1960, the Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance 1969, and the Dangerous Drugs (Special Prevention Measures) Act 1985.

These laws enable the Minister of Home Affairs to detain a person for a period not exceeding two years on the suspicion or belief that the detention of that person is necessary in the interest of public order and security.

U.S. War on Terror and Guantanamo Detention Centre


A total of 2,996 were killed (confirmed dead = 2,948, reported dead = 24 and reported missing=24) during September 11, 2001 attacked on World Trade Centre (WTC) in New York. The United States of America War on Terror began almost immediately when Afghanistan under Taliban’s rule was the first victim of the US aggression. Afghanistan was attacked by the U.S on October 7, 2001 in response to 9/11 attack on the United States of America. The stated purpose of the invasion was to capture Osama bin Laden, destroy al-Qaeda, and remove the Taliban regime which had provided support and safe harbour to al-Qaeda.

All the Al-Qaeda suspects caught by the United States during the Afghanistan invasion were taken to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The first batch of 20"detainees" arrived in January 2002, after a 20-hour flight from Afghanistan.

The prisoners wore orange overalls and some reports said they were sedated, their heads hooded, and they were chained to their seats and to each other. The U.S. calls them "unlawful enemy combatants," rather than "prisoners of war."

In early 2002, Washington promised to abide by the Geneva Conventions governing POWs – despite the men's status as detainees – but since the prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, there have been increasing questions just what the United States policy is

The first open-air, high-security prison was known as Camp X-ray. The cells had a metal roof, but each was open to the elements. This precaution was taken in order for guards to be able to see prisoners at all times.

Camp X-ray was replaced in April 2002 by a newly-built long-term prison known as Camp Delta. The prison can accommodate up to 2,000 prisoners and features enclosed cells, each with its own flush-toilet and running water.

According to the U.S. State Department, in April 2005 there were about 520 detainees on the base from more than 40 countries. At that point, 232 detainees had left Guantanamo Bay: 149 were released and 83 were transferred to other governments.



In January 2005, the U.S. military revealed that 23 prisoners tried to hang or strangle themselves during a mass protest over several days in August 2003. There were 10 such cases on Aug. 22, 2003, alone. However, the military recorded only two of the 23 incidents as suicide attempts.

The military has reported 34 suicide attempts since January 2002.

In 2003, there were also 350 incidents of self-harm, including 130 "hanging gestures."

There are 558 people being held at Guantanamo, from Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and 39 other countries. One hundred and thirty-two of the listed prisoners are from Saudi Arabia, 125 are from Afghanistan and 107 are from Yemen.

The U.S. calls the detainees as “unlawful enemy combatants," instead of "prisoners of war." The detainees who were caught in Afghanistan during the U.S. invasion of the country were “Prisoners of War” as defined by the Geneva Conventions. But why did the U.S. called them “UNLAWFUL ENEMY COMBATANT”? The answer is simple, who dare to challenge the U.S.? They can say anything they like. After all the U.S. is the mother of everything including democracy, human rights, aggression, war on terror, UN Veto, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and the world super power.

This coming January, 2008 will be the 6th anniversary of Guantanamo Detention Centre and there are still hundreds of prisoners being detained at the centre WITHOUT ANY PROPER TRIAL. What do you call this?

United Kingdom War on Terror

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 told British Parliament that police need more time to question terror suspects in complex cases beyond the 28 days currently allowed before they are charged or released.






7/7 London Train Bombing (7 July, 2005)




He said there had been 15 attempts to attack Britain since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and that police now needed longer than a limit of 28 days to question suspects before they are charged with an offence or released.

The proposal to double the period terrorist suspects can be held without charge from 28 to 56 days is likely to be highly controversial, commentators said.

An attempt in 2005 to extend the detention period to 90 days resulted in a stinging parliamentary defeat for ex-prime minister Tony Blair.

Why did the British Government would like to double the detention period without charge from 28 days to 56 days and earlier to 90 days? Is the British Government going back to a Draconian Law?

Why did the U.S. call the Al-Qaeda suspects caught during Afghanistan invasion as UNLAWFUL ENEMY COMBATANT instead of POWs? Why are the Guantanamo detainees being imprisoned for almost six years without proper trial? This is even worst than the Internal Security Act (ISA) which allows a person to be detained only for a period not exceeding two years.

The U.S. was caught with their pants down when Al-Qaeda attacked WTC on September 11, 2001. All the while they thought their defence system is formidable. In retaliation, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan to wipe out the Al-Qaeda and later Iraq to wipe out Saddam Hussein on the pretext of looking for Saddam’s Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD). Hell, they found nothing!

Washington and London are REACTIVE, whereas Kuala Lumpur is PROACTIVE. We do not have to wait for 3,000 innocent Malaysian people to die before we start thinking to detain the perpetrators for two years without trial. Just imagine if you are the Prime Minister of Malaysia, would you sacrifice the interest of 25 million people for the sake of 5 people? The answer is obvious. Any Head of States democratically elected by the people would put the interest of the people first before anything else, exactly what President Bush, Prime Minister Tony Blair and Prime Minister Gordon Brown were doing. I don’t mean that I agree with what happen in Guantanamao Detention Centre, but it is based on a similar principle.

When Washington asked Kuala Lumpur to release the five Hindraf leaders detained under ISA, the answer given by Datuk Seri Najib, Deputy Prime Minister was simple. "RELEASE THE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES FIRST".

Now, back to our topic of discussion IS INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA) A DRACONIAN LAW? I leave it to the readers to decide.

Sources : Websites of Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri, Washington Post Archives, Amnesty International and British Home Office

DETENTION OF HINDRAF LEADERS UNDER INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA)

From left, P.UTHAYAKUMAR, M. MANOHARAN, R. KENGADHARAN, V. GANABATIRAU and T. VASANTHAKUMAR.


Note : Due to the seriousness of Hindraf actions to our National Security, I publish the write-up in both blogs.

I am not a journalist neither a columnist nor a writer, I am just an ordinary person like many other Malaysians who appreciates our value system to operate normally without any disruption. Our value system is the most unique, rarely found in other parts of the world. We maintain peace, security and political stability through racial and religious tolerance amongst the multi religious, multi racial and multi ethnic society of Malaysian people. We upheld the value system since the inception of this blessed nation half a century ago. Every Malaysian people are taught to uphold the value system since the very day we have the taste of education. Our family institutions, TASKA, TABIKA, primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and universities teach and propagate the value system accordingly. Our education system is proven to be effective in creating time-tested Malaysian people unique value system none other than high level of tolerance in all aspects of our dealings. It is embedded as part of Malaysian people culture which is too costly to live without it.

Malaysian people from all walks of life understand the meaning of tolerance more than any body else in this universe. It is our culture to respect others and we expect others to reciprocate such respects. Managing a multi-racial, multi-religious and multi-ethnic country like Malaysia is not a simple task. All the previous Prime Ministers and the current Prime Minister share a unique leadership quality i.e. to continuously upholding the value system which is regarded as the main ingredient of our success story. As an ordinary citizen, I have the opportunity to live in all eras of the previous and current leaderships of our beloved Prime Ministers. Their legacies live on.

This blessed nation had experienced both easy and turbulent times where we have been tested in the most intense way during the Emergency era, May 13th and the economic crisis. The Malaysian success stories in overcoming major political, racial and economic crisis and tragedies is not by chance but are the results of cohesiveness between the Malaysian people and the government. The dynamics behind the cohesiveness is none other than our extraordinaire high level of TOLERANCE which is the essence of our value system.

Under the leadership of our Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, he reengineers good governance through the initiatives of Islam Hadhari, open management style, human capital development, efficient service delivery system and lastly but not the least is the integrity and transparency in all dealings and business conducts in the public and private sectors respectively. The initiatives are the driving force to escalate our nation’s status to the next level by year 2020. The government had provided the necessary tools to facilitate the realisation of Vision 2020. The way forward as I see it had been planned and strategised in the most tactful manner to avoid miss outs that may lead to the dissatisfaction of the beneficiary i.e. the Malaysian people.

In our journey to achieve the national goals we expect to encounter impediments as rightly put by an English proverb which says, "A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner." Everything is difficult before it becomes easy.

Since its inception, Malaysia had experienced tough challenges of subversive elements, racial tensions, economic crisis and extremism mentioned above. All the past Prime Ministers had proven their credibility and effectiveness in managing national crisis and tragedies where the testimonials are what Malaysia is today.

In the recent weeks the bustling and “business as usual” environment in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur were disrupted by the epitome of mass street protest by groups calling themselves BERSIH and later followed by Hindraf (Hindu Rights Action Force). The incidents were highly sensationalised by foreign media where representative from BERSIH and Hindraf were given substantial airtime to voice their so called grievances. Malaysian Government was under intense scrutiny by the foreign media purportedly for the discrepancies in the Election Commission registered voters list and failure to address racial disparities amongst the Malaysian people of Indian origins. Later Malaysian Government was blatantly accused of practicing ethnic cleansing or genocide to the Indian people in Malaysia.

The Royal Malaysian Police obtained court orders to refrain Hindraf from organising street mass protest but such orders were being ignored by Hindraf. Several Police personnel in the course of executing their duties were injured and Police vehicles were damaged by the unruly behaviour of Hindraf supporters. In the course of maintaining peace and order in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, many Hindraf supporters and its leaders were being detained by the Police and subsequently being charged in the court of law and some were released on bails. Despite the government efforts to use the court of law to address the Hindraf leaders and supporters wrong doings, Hindraf leaders were continuously pursuing their goals by going overseas to garner support. It was widely reported in local media that the Hindraf leaders were meeting terrorist organisation overseas for reasons only known to them.

Yesterday, December 13, 2007 five leaders of the Hindraf have been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA), with police saying more could be picked up. The detained leaders are P. Uthayakumar, M. Manoharan, R. Kengadharan, V. Ganabatirau and K. Vasantha Kumar. Bukit Aman police officers picked them up between 12.30pm and 2.30pm yesterday.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said they were picked up under Section 8(1) of the ISA after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is also Internal Security Minister, signed their detention order. Their detention is for two years.

The price for disrupting peace and stability in a multi religious, multi racial and multi ethnic country like Malaysia is exceeding far beyond the detention of Hindraf leaders under the Internal Security Act. Being part of Malaysian people Hindraf leaders and supporters who were born and breed in this country should know the consequences of their actions. The backlashes of their actions are far reaching and long lasting, transcending across Malaysian boundaries that will jeopardise FDI and tourism industry.

The decision by the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is also Internal Security Minister to sign the ISA detention order for the five Hindraf leaders is timely and in line with the Malaysian people aspiration to have peace, security and stability in this country. Let this be a lesson to other trouble makers that our value system is too precious and too esteem to be adulterated and compromised by corrupt minded people like Hindraf.

Well done Mr. Prime Minister, Sir!!!

HEAP OF RUBBISH

oang hindraf





Ani kan bacaita jua diee pasal Hindraf (Hindu Right Action Force), sabab bilang haie disuat habaa kaluaa pasal caita bisia. Bila hujung minggu bila bukan Hindraf, Bersih yang bakumpul amai-amai di KL. Hindraf ani bilang buting tia haram, inda badaftar dian Registrar of Society (ROS), mangada akan pakumpulan haram, jalamanya pun haram jadah, bisia mbuat kuil pun ada yang cara haram dan Syarikat Hindraf Enteprise pun sudah diharam akan.

Aku tahun dapan ani kan 20 tahun sudah ku tinggal di Samananjung, hantap tahu diee paangai oang bisia ani. Bila ya talihat ada pohon kayu yang basaa-basaa dikit, bah kan mbuat kuil tah bisia sieeng pohon kayu atu. Mula-mula dibuatnya umah-umahan (damit nganya), batah-batah dikit jadi basaa, amun dibiaa akan batah batah patung barhala bisia pun ditauhnya taya aah kuil atu. Kala-kala bukan silap bisia nganya, tapi badan-badan PBT pun kala-kala inda paduli. Patutnya aieenya kakal damit atu dibuang taya, tapi anie inda, sudahnya basaa bahaau tah bisia kan uboh akan, macam yang di Shah Alam bahaau-bahaau ani. Amun sudahnya basaa diubuh akan, banyak taya caitanya, oang politik masuk campo, Hindraf masuk campo, Hindu Sangam masuk campo, pada hal kuil atu mimingnya dibuat cara haram!!! Ani yang kala-kala PBT ani mbuat kaaja paloi!!!

Aieku bakaaja di GLC bianie, ada dua tiga kali miting dian PBT pasal kan ngalih kuil haram di tanah syarikat GLC atu. Taang-taang sudah kuil atu haram, dibuat inda ada kalulusan, anie kan miting lagi dian wakil kuil atu kan malalih kuil ka tampat lain. Abis tanah tampat kuil bahaau atu siapa yang mbaie kalau bukan PBT. Daie yang taang-taang haram jadi taya halal. Ani tah parbuatan PBT yang inda ku tahu aah mana otak bisia, dikapala tuhut pakah. Jadi bisia atu sanang hantap tia hatinya sabab ada kuil bahaau dan tanah pun ada dibaie oleh PBT. Nasib baik ada oang politik yang macam si Mohd Khir Toyo atu, yang banaa-banaa manguatkuasakan undang-undang. Aku satuju ku hantap bila Ketua-Ketua PBT di baienya panyapu balum batah anie. Mimang bisia atu layak dibaie panyapu, supaya dapat bisia nyapu samuha banda-banda yang haram di kawasan bisia. Syabas saya ucapkan kepada Mantari Basar Salangor!!

Ani kan batanya jua, adakah oang Kadayan kita yang mbuat surau atau masjid yang inda ada kalulusan Jabatan Agama Islam? Satahu ku daie diee damit mulanya sampai lagas sudah kapala kaangani, inda ada surau atau masjid yang dibuat tanpa kalulusan Jabatan Agama Islam. Ngapa???? Sabab ugama kita suci, ugama Allah. Pasal surau, pasal masjid ani jangan dipamain akan, tampat kita baibadat.

Oang-oang Hindraf yang kabanyakannya loyaa, inda bisia bamatakah, inda baotakkah? Sudah tah bisiaa ani asalnya bukan oang sini, ani kan balabih-labih taya. Oang bisia ani pandai-pandai, tapi inda bisia mambuat kajian kah tantang jurang parbezaan ekonomi oang pribumi di Sabah dan Saawak dan oang Asli di Samananjung dangan oang bisia. Aku batutuan ani inda ada fakta, tapi aku CABAA pamimpin-pamimpin Hindraf ani malawat ka pandalaman Sabah dian Saawak. Siapa labih susah, labih miskin, labih daif oang bisiaa kah atau oang pribumi Sabah dian Saawak??? Baapa amai oang pribumi Sabah dian Saawak yang inda bakaaja tatap babanding dian oang bisia??? Tapi oang pribumi Sabah dian Saawak inda ya mbuat kaaja-kaaja haram macam oang bisia ani. Naagi kita ada undang-undang, ada parlambagaan jangan nyusah akan oang lain. Lihat saja naagi Sabah contohnya, baapa kali sudah batukaa kaajaan? Daiee USNO batukaa ka BERJAYA batukaa ka PBS batukaa ka UMNO. Apa haatinya samuha ani? Amun kita inda picaya lagi aah kaajaan yang mamaintah atu kita tukaa malalui pilihan aya. Amun Wakil-Wakil Rakyat yang dipilih inda bakaaja, suuh bisia bakaaja, amun malas jua, TUKAA aie pilihan aya nanti. Ani pilihan aya inda lagi batah ani. Lihat, analisa, balik-balik ya buk wakil-wakil rakyat atu, apa pambangunan yang bisia bawa aah oang kita salama ani. Puas hati, inda puas hati, tangah-tangah, inda tahu atau apa? Bila puas hati suuh bisia sambung lagi bila inda tukaa. Tapi jangan mbuat kaaja paloi macam Hindraf anie, yang manyusah akan oang lain. Kita kan ka KL aie hujung minggu pun malas, sabab kadai tutup yang bahampian tampat bisia nunjuk parasaan atu dan panyakit yang tatap ada di KL ani jalan sasak, lagi-lagi bila ada jalan yang ditutup olih Polis bila Hindraf dian Barsih ani nunjuk parasaan.


Bila kita lihat di TV, oang-oang Hindraf ani mangagung-agungkan Mahatma Ghandi dian Kuin Elizabeth II. Salama-lama ani datuk bisia, bapa bisia dan anak-anak bisia mana aah bisia diam??? Naagi mana yang mbaie bisia makan? Mana bisia bakaaja? Oang bisia yang bakkaja jadi loyaa atu siapa palanggan bisia? Oang daie India kah oang daie England? Aku amun oang Malaysia mangagung-agung akan pamimpin-pamimpin naagi lain, hantap maahku. Amun aku KPN tatap ku kabiee bisia ani. Balagak macam oang pribumi, ingatlah dikit kamu atu siapa? Anie pun sudah baik bila Tunku Abdul Rahman bianie dapat barkompromi untuk mbaie bisia taraf kawarganagaraan, amun inda siapa kamu? Ani timbul pula caita pasal oang Hindraf mambanci UMNO. Sakali lagi aku CABAA oang Hindraf, siapa yang mamparjuangkan kamardikaan naagi ani sampai kamu sanang SIKULAH TINGGI-TINGGI SAMPAI JADI LOYAA, BANIAGAA BASAA, JADI JUTAWAN, JADI SANANG LINANG, kalau bukan oang UMNO bukan oang Malayu???? Mata kamu bulaakah!!!

Ani sakali lagi ku kan batanya, baapa amai oang Kadayan di Sabah dian Saawak yang sudah jadi JUTAWAN, jadi loyaa, baniaga basaa-basaa, mamiliki stesen TV swasta, mamiliki syarikat panarbangan dan sabaginya? Astro tu milik siapa, Air Asia tu milik siapa? Milik oang Kadayan? Mudah-Mudahan. Kadayan Boonai INDA tamasuk sabab caita Hindraf ani di Malaysia nganya. Di Boonai pun inda baapa amai oang bisia ani. Banaa…. oang Kadayan di Sabah dian di Saawak inda amai babanding dian bangsa bisia ani, tapi daie sagi nisbah, dapat jua dikia atu. Bila kan dikiaa oang pribumi Sabah dian Saawak labih barhak manarima kasanangan macam atu….tatapi naagi ani adil, bila yang pandai maabut paluang-paluang baniagaa inda kia Kina kah, India kah, Malayu kah, kaajaan tatap mbaie layanan yang sama. Adakah kes kaajaan inda nyuuh oang India dian Kina baniagaa? Alum ku tadangaa. Samuha ani oang Hindraf inda talihatkah? Bila bisia banaa-banaa inda talihat, miming tah banaa bisia atu BULAA!!!

Kaajaan inda maah bila aayat naagi ani inda malabihi batas. Tapi dalam kes Hindraf anie banaa-banaa sudah malabihi batas. Kaajaan banyak sudah balambut, batolak ansoo, manjaga parpaduan, manjaga sensitivity rakyat, tapi JANGAN ambil paluang atas sikap kaajaan yang macam atu. Bila inda sanang kan naagi ani, BALALIH ka naagie yang labih sanang. Macam dalam tahun 70an dan 80an bianie, amai aayat naagi ani yang balalih ka Australia dian Kanada. Kaajaan inda ya mahalang. Oang Hindraf ani sama dian tumpuk tahi, inda labih inda kuang. Bah atu tah nganya, bila ada yang kan komen jangan sagan-sagan. Aku hantap maahku kan oang Hindraf ani. Manyusah akan.

NOSTALGIA MAJLIS KAAMAIAN DI KAMPUNG KADAYAN TAHUN 60an

Dengan Nama Allah Yang Maha Pengasih dan Penyayang

Firman Allah di dalam Surah An-Nisa Ayat 36 yang bermaksud

Sembahlah Allah, dan janganlah menyekutukan sesuatu dengan-Nya. Berbuatbaiklah kepada ibu bapa, dan kepada sanak saudara yang dekat, dan anak-anak yatim, dan orang-orang miskin, dan jiran yang kerabat, dan jiran yang tidak dikenali, dan teman di sebelah kamu, dan musafir, dan apa yang tangan-tangan kanan kamu memiliki. Sesungguhnya Allah tidak menyukai orang-orang yang sombong, membanggakan diri...Surah An-Nisa Ayat 36




Masjid al-Haram



Bah. 3

Dialek : Kadayan Sabah

Nota : Penulis blog ini tidak sekali-kali bertujuan untuk membangga diri, bermegah-megah, sombong, riak atau takabur di atas keturunan dan salasilah keluarganya. Tulisan ini hanyalah untuk bacaan umum supaya cerita-cerita suku kaum kita iaitu KADAYAN / KEDAYAN seperti ini dapat didokumenkan dan tidak hilang ditelan zaman. Maaf juga yang dipohon sekiranya ada diantara isi kandungan tulisan ini yang menyinggung perasaan para pembaca. Selamat membaca dan terima kasih atas sokongan saudara dan saudari sekalian. Wallahu'alam.

Batolak ka Tanah Suci

Oang tuha-tuha Kadayan mulanya amun kan bajalan jauh-jauh atau pun kan mbuat kaaja yang basaa-basaa macam kan naik haji, masuk saujaa, sikolah tampat lain, aie kan NUBA, babuu, nugal, ngatam, batanam tanam-tanaman, bamacam-macam tia lagi yang ninggal akan umah / kampung batah-batah atau mbuat kaaja-kaaja panting, aiee batolak / kan mulaie atu DILIHAT dahulu. Inda dapat batolak macam-macam atu nganya. Yang mustahak aiee bulan dian pukul baapa (sambat, tangah haie atau malamaie) kan batolak daie umah. Dalam kahidupan sa haie-haie pun mulanya, aimulah mama salajoo bapadah, "JANGAN BAMAIN AIE MALAMAIE". Ada sababnya ngapa oang tuha-tuha inda nyuuh bamain aie malamaie, partama jaam atu masa sambahyang mugaib, kedua mengikut kajian jaam matahaie tinggalam (senja) panglihatan kita menuun. Pasal atu ada oang tuha-tuha mulanya yang ABUN HAYAM. Oang yang ABUN HAYAM ani kia istimiwa jua sabab ia inda talihat aie malamaie nganya, macam hayam. Pasal atu ia kana galaa ABUN HAYAM. Jadi bila bamain aie malamaie, bila palihatan inda baapa baik, mangkali akan mangundang kacilakaan.

Macam kita kaangani amun kan ka Jakarta kah, ka Bangkok kah atau Manila kah, inda ya BALIHAT hantap aie diee batolak. Yang dilihat cuma tikit kapal taabang. Amun sudah abis BAPANYAP, naik kuita taaus ka airport, NUHUN taya. Hantap LAGAANnya, adakan dibubutnya pakah.

Tapi oang mulanya inda ya macam atu. DILIHAT aie yang baik bahaau tah batolak. Aie ku kakal takanang anie kan maista tah jua, aie kakak (abang) kan batolak masuk saujaa mulanya, hantap banyak pantang laangnya. Bila ku inda silap dalam hujung tahun 60an lapas konfrontasi mulanya ia masuk saujaa. Yang nuun akan mulanya, amun ku inda kusilap jua, aia mullah nini (maninggal di Kg Sungai Lada, Labuan).

Aie mullah nini anie amun ku ista namanya tatap amai yang tahu, tarutamya Kadayan yang tuha-tuha. Tapi inda payah, bukan aie anie, kamudian taya. Ia anie ada banyak aah yang dihaganya, paanak-paanaknya pun banyak di Miri (Mahiee), Limbang, Boonai, Labuhan dan anak cucunya di Masapol, tamasuk diee ani. Ia maninggal aie umoonya 115 tahun dalam tahun 70an dan bakubuu di Labuhan. Sapupuku di Sungai Lada yang njaga ia, sampai ia maninggal mulanya. Kajadian anih yang barlaku sabalum nini maninggal dunia di Labuhan ialah GIGINYA BATUMBUH SAMULA. Pada umoo saatus labih, ia inda ya lagi bagigi, UMPANG abis uja dangan, tapi kuasa Allah SWT mangatasi sagala-galanya maka pada umoo yang macam atu giginya batumbuh samula.

Aimullah nini anie inda ya TAANAH di kampung, bajalan tah nganya buatnya, ka Mahiee, Limbang, Boonai dian Labuhan. Inda dapat dilaang. Ia saong nganya yang luus, inda ya ndangaa tutuan anak cucunya.

Aie diee damit mulanya dalam tahun 50an dan 60an salajoo jua ya mulih ka Masapol malawat-lawat kami, tapi inda batah-batah. Aie ku damit mulanya hantap ingin ku amun aimullah nini mulih ka kampung, sabab kan BAPANGKU aahnya. Aie mullah nini nie hantap sandinya, kumisnya lantik, janggutnya panjang, bila bahaau talihat mbaie takut. Aie ku damit mulanya salajoo ku nahani janggut dian misainya yang lantik atu, tapi inda ya maah. Sabuting nganya pantangnya aie mullah nini ani, bila ada kanak-kanak damit jangan tia disuuh tahani. Tatap DAMAM amun ditahaninya, macam oang KATAGUAN. Kakalku takanang mulanya, dalam tahun 60an bacicit sudah ya musim atu, amun kan dikia tuha sudah jua atu, anak kakakku ditahani oleh aie mullah nini, inda batah taus damam. Lapas atu dibaienya aing, suuhnya tapus akan, inda batah baik taya.

Mangikut caita, aimullah nini ada WASAI di Boonai yang dinamaie atas namanya sandiee, aahnya BATAAK mulanya. Tapi inda ada kami pacucuannya tahu aahnya dan dapat mbuka, sabab inda balajaa, tapi ada kamungkinan sapupuku di Labuhan ada munggut dikit-dikit daie aie mullah nini, mangkali ia dapat mbuka. Ada kamungkinan jua paanak-paanaknya di Limbang, Mahiee atau Boonai ada yang manuntut daie aie mullah nini, yang atu inda tah diee tahu, sabab paadian-paadian di Limbang, Mahiee dian Boonai pun inda maasaie bajumpa, kacuali ada dua tiga oang daie Mahiee yang bajumpa dian sapupuku di Labuhan. Tapi bila dapat dibuka pun WASAI aie mullah nini atu inda banyak paedahnya, manyusah akan nganya, labih labih lagi macam diee yang inda pandai anie.

Bila ku inda silap aie mullah nini atu adalah Kadayan terakhir dalam generasinya yang mamiliki ciri-ciri KADAYAN ZAMAN SILAM, khususnya daie sagi upa, parwatakan dan ilmu kabatinan. Aku batutuan macam ani, sabab umoonya 115 tahun aienya maninggal DAN samuha kawan-kawan sabayanya yang kami tahu, tarutamanya di Labuhan dian Masapol inda ada lagi, kabanyakannya maninggal 40 tahun atau 50 tahun sudah bisia masa aie mullah nini kakal hidup. Bila ditanya akan aah oang tuha-tuha di kampung pun macam atu caitanya.

Mungkin nanti ada pambaca yang ingin batanya apa haatinya KADAYAN ZAMAN SILAM? Insya Allah, topik ani akan ku ulas ditulisan-tulisan akan datang, tapi buat masa ani cukup tah bila ku padah akan yang KADAYAN ZAMAN SILAM ani mampunyai sifat-sifat yang hantap MBAIE TAKUT. Ani kan caita jua nganya, dan inda sakali-kali diee ani barbangga, takabur dan maninggi diee tarhadap datuk nini diee mulanya. Lagi pun tujuan ku mbuat blog ani ialah untuk nulis kisah-kisah Kadayan zaman silam untuk bacaan paanak-paanak kaang ani supaya caita ani inda hilang macam atu nganya. Taluus tia jua oang yang dapat dibuat akan contah atu ialah nini ku sandiee yang sampat diee jumpaie aie diee sudah baakal mulanya.

Caita aie mullah nini ani banyak, tapi satakat ani tah dahulu, Insya Allah ku sambung lagi kamudian. Ani pun hantap jauh malaatnya sudah. Jadi bacaita pasal BATOLAK ani, bila kakak kan batolak daie umah mulanya, dua kali tangguh, aie yang katiga bahaau taya dapat batolak. Bila ku inda silap aie partama, ada ucing malintas. Inda jadi. Aie yang kadua buung gagak babunyi, inda jua jadi. Aie yang katiga bahaau taya aie mullah nini lapas akan. Pitua-pitua oang tuha-tuha mulanya ani payah kan dipahami bila inda dipalajaie. Bisia nganya yang tahu. Jaman sudah balalu, kaangani inda lagi banyak pitua-pitua macam ani yang diamal akan. Mangkali ani tah pakah yang dimaksud akan “RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE” atau “PERHUBUNGAN DENGAN ALAM SEMULAJADI”

Dengan izin Allah SWT dimasa-masa akan datang bila dipanjang akan umoo, saya akan kongsi barsama barkaitan pamilihan aie dan masa-masa yang sasuai untuk malaksanakan sasuatu tugasan saparti batolak, mbuat kaaja-kaaja panting atau baubat. Mangikut kajian oang tuha dalam sahaie (24 jam) ani ada tardapat waktu atau saat yang BAIK dan yang INDA BAIK atau dikanali juga sabagai “NAAS”. Saat “naas” ani tah yang inda baik untuk malaksanakan sasuatu tugasan. Ani bukan ujaku tapi uja oang tuha-tuha mulanya.

Atu tah nganya buat kali ani. Insya Allah akan ku sambung lagi amun ada kalapangan.

Bersambung…….
Badudun tah jua aah http://darahkedayan.blogspot.com/ ada artikel bahaau disana.

KOMEN TAMBAHAN BAKAITAN "TAKUIN"

By Haji Ramlee Dua



This is in reply to Sdr Salim's comment regarding my brief on "Takuin".

Hijrah ani haatinya "balalih", uja kita. Dalam ejaan bahasa Latin "Hegira".

Sabab Nabi Muhammad balalih ke Madinah ada dua (1) uang Makkah nda gunakan ia (2) ada jamputan uang Madina nyuuh ia babalih kasana.

Mun nuut sajaah jaan kiaan aibulan kalendaa Julian, tahun nabi balalih ialah 622 masehi. Mun dikia dai Gregorian Calender lain itu ya kaana gaya ngia sudah ba ubah. Jadi haatinya, tahun hijrah mun nuut kalendaa Gregory yang kana pakai kaangani ukan ya tahun 622 masehi, tapi kana ucapakan nganya tahun 622 masehi supaya dangan nda baapa bingung.

Takuin Islam jaan takuin Julian atau Gregory inda dapat disama akan kaana pajalanannya lain hantap, macam lusee kuyuk jaan sumazau..manakan sama, walaupun kadua-duanya anggut-anggut.

Taapi yang paalu jua dikatahui, ai jaman Nabi balalih, kalendaa bulan (Lunar calender) sudah ada di Arabia. Dama bulan waktu atu sudah ada, tapi jumlah tahun inda ba kia. Uang Aab nganya ngia bulan. Jadi mun nuut sajaah, Nabi balalih pada ai Khamis, 26 aibulan Safar. Mun dikia dai kalendaa Julian, basamaan 9 aibulan September, 622.

Tapi ada jua sahabat jaan paadian Nabi yang balalih labih awal. Dalam tahun 615 masehi ada yang lai ka Habsyah. Ada ku maasai datang ka aah pakampungan sahabat Nabi sana. Jalamanya batutuan Aab. Ada ku sambahiang aah makam bapa patuan Nabi (tapi inda ku baapa ingat lagi dama bandaanya). Makanya naagi Habsyah inda kaan saang ulih tantra Islam ai jaman ugama bakambang, kaana nabi ngingatakan uang-uangnya yang aja Habsyah ada malindungi sahabat jaan paadiannya ai jamannya jaih. Makanya naagi Habsyah kakal jadi naagi Kristian sampai kaangani.

Jadi mun Nabi balalih ka Madinah pada 26 aibulan Safar, ngapaya tahunnya balalih dijadiakan tah pulang tahun paatama kalendaa Islam?

Banaanya kalendaa Islam ani nganya disatujui 17 tahun lapas Nabi balalih. Banyak cadangan yang kana cuba-cuba. Ada yang kan makai kalendaa Rome, ada yang kan makai kalendaa Parsi badama "Mahroz", tapi hujung-hujungannya Saidina Umar bapikee ada baiknya diadakan kalendaa sandii. Jadi dalam tahun 638 masehi diadaakan tia kalendaa Islam, tapi digostan akan 17 tahun kaana ngia ai mula nabi balalih. Bulan paatama yang dipakai ialah Muharram walaupun ai banaa Nabi balalih ukannya 1 aibulan Muharram......Haji Ramlee Dua

KOMEN TUAN HAJI RAMLEE DUA BERKAITAN TAKUIN

By Haji Ramlee Dua


Aau, luus tagoo mu tu 'wang. Takuin ni andang asalnya dai bahasa Aab "Takwim". Kalendaa, uja uang kaagani jua. Di Bangladesh ('lam bahasa Bengali) jaan diPakistan ('lam bahasa Urdu) pun takwim uja basia. "Tarikh" yang uja Aab, aibulan uja dii, pun tarikh jua 'lam bahasa Bengali jaan Urdu..

Tapi banaanya su'al aibulan atau takuin ni hantap haliwatnya mun di palajaai usai-usai. Kita yang nuutakan ugama Islam haapkan bulan kaana dipadang pasee jaang hujan, jadi Aab mulanya ulah malihat bulan dilangit, maka basia ulah ngia musim jaan ai, nuut bulan. Tapi masaalahnya, kalendaa jaman ani inda nuut kalendaa bulan.

Kalendaa yang kana pakai kaang ani bagalaa Gregorian Calender (kalendaa Gregori - banyak uang dii inda tahu hujung-puhunnya baang ani..). Ulih kaana uang putih yang nguntrol dun-ya kaang ani, maka Gregorian Calender tia yang kana pakai hantap. Tapi jaan salah paham, banyak kakal kalendaa lain yang kakal kana pakai itu buatnya..

Gregorian Calender ani diubah daipada Julian Calender atas cadangan jalama badama Aloysius Lilius dan disatujui ulih Pope Gregory ke8, pada 24 aibulan February, 1582.

Maka sababnya kalendaa Gregori ani kana ubah dai kalendaa Julian, kaana kalendaa Julian mikin batah mikin mamanjang, jadi mun sudah batah musim ba ubah tapi aibulan kakal..yang manjadi masaalah paling basaa, musim Easter pun tuut ba ubah..!

Mun nuut pahaman jaan rikod uang Kristian mulanya, Yesus Kristus (Nabi Isa Alaihi Salam), kana salib di Baitul Makdis (Jerusalem) musim bunga (salapas musim sajuk, sabalum musim hangat). Musim atu digalaa Easter, uja uang putih yang batutuan Inglis. Uang Kristian mulai manghuutmati Good Friday sampai Easter Sunday. Nabi Isa kononya kana salib ai lima (Good Friday). Ia hidup babalik ai minggu (Easter Sunday).

Tapi masaalah jaan Julian Calendaa, (macam jua kalendaa Islam), Easter atu pandai baubah kahadapan tujunya. Jadi sudah batah-baah ai Yesus kana salib diraikan ukannya ngam musimnya..bilang tahun pandai ba ubah, macam bulan Ramadan jaan bulan Syawal kita..! Mahaati kamu kah itu..?

Jadi untuk ngusai masaalah ani supaya Easter atu luus ainya bilang tahun dan inda bulih maju kahadapan sampai Easter diraikan luar masa jaan musim, jalama badama Aloysius Lilius ani mbuat cadangan aah Pope Gregory ke8, supaya diusai kalendaa Julian dan nuut ki'an bahau'..

Mun kamu kan hantap jadi bingung lagi..

Gregorian Calender ani banaanya ialah kalendaa bulan yang makai ilmu hisab. Ai dikia sabagai yunit masa, kamudian dibahagi kapada tahun yang mangandungi 365 atau 366 ai. Kalendaa ani bapusing sa roun tiap-tiap 146,097 ai, atau 400 tahun (mun dikia dai saminggu 7 ai, 20,871 minggu)..

Hadangtah itu dahulu..mun siapa kan mamalui kan ngatahui labih lagi, bai komen saja..
...Hj Ramlee Dua

NOSTALGIA MAJALIS KAAMAIAN DI KAMPUNG KADAYAN TAHUN 60an (BAH. 2)

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NOSTALGIA MAJALIS KAAMAIAN DI KAMPUNG KADAYAN TAHUN 60an (BAH. 2)

Dialek : Kadayan Sabah

Ani kan nyambung lagi, caita ani banyak malaat. Yang sabanaanya aku kan nulis pasal makan-makan doa salamat oang kan naik haji, tapi jauh tia malaat ka tampat lain. Oang patuhaan mulanya bilakan naik haji ani macam inda kan mulih ka kampung lagi. Pasal oang naik haji ani banyak caita. Tapi kan ku caita akan dikit-dikit nganya. Pasal atu taya makan-makan doa salamat atu panting. Minta aah Allah SWT supaya oang yang naik haji atu salamat baangkat dian salamat mulih. “MULIH” ani jangan silap tapsir, dalam dialek Kadayan mulih ani ada dua makna, mulih yang pertama haatinya babalik ka umah atau ka kampung. “Mulih” yang kadua atu mulih yang banaa atau maninggal dunia. Ada jua paambahan (perumpamaan) dalam dialek Kadayan pasal ILMU PAMULIHAN. Ilmu pamulihan atu haatinya Ilmu Akhirat.

Oang tuha-tuha mulanya, aie makan-makan sambil-sambil bacaita pasal ILMU KADAYAN, bisia bacaita jua pasal ILMU PAMULIHAN. Tapi jaman atu kakal diee damit, yang bisia tutuan akan inda kita mahaati. Pandangaan diee hantap dalam bunyinya. Aku sampai kaangani bila mulih ka kampung, oang tuha-tuha bacaita pasal ilmu pamulihan, inda ku baapa mahaati. Tahu-tahu saja tah diee ani bukannya hantap dalam ilmu pangatahuan, balajaa pun dikit-dikit nganya.

Naik haji mulanya dalam tahun 50an dan awal tahun 60an bukan ya tagal-tagal macam kaang ani. Mulanya inda dangan naik kapal taabang, tapi naik kapal laut. Pajalanan daie Sabah ka Pelabuhan Jeddah mangambil masa 3 – 4 bulan. Masa untuk mulih mula inda kuang daie 6 bulan. Macam atu punya batah. Pasal atu oang tuha-tuha mulanya bila ya naik haji banyak macam tia pasanannya, sabab bisia tahu mungkin mulih mungkin inda.

Yang sabanaanya budaya oang Kadayan mulanya payahkan dimahaati. Bila bacaita pasal soal kawin, mati, naik haji, tahlil dan doa salamat hantap Islamnya. Tapi disabalik atu ada lagi jua yang ngamal akan ilmu-ilmu kabatinan yang boleh dikata akan ILMU HITAM. Kala-kala oang yang sama atu taya yang bila bacaita pasal ILMU PAMULIHAN yang hantap tahu bunyinya. Apa kian gayanya macam atu, cuba tolong dikit-dikit, bila ada oang yang tahu-tahu pasal caita ani.

Biaksanya oang Kadayan mulanya bila ya kan makan-makan doa salamat tolak bala kah, bisia buat aie siang untuk kasanangan oang kampung datang, bila malam payah mulih BALUUM atau BAPATANG, satu hal jua atu kan mbawa CUCUL, lampong picit atau lampong kabaid. Pasal atu taya makan-makan ani salalunya kana buat aie siang.

Bila makan-makan basaa macam makan-makan tahun, oang kan naik haji atau oang kawin, misti mbuat TAATAK, sabab umah inda tabuat. Bila kan dikia basaa damit, inda tamasuk ucing, kia-kia baatus jua dangan datang. Bila samuha kan ka umah, tatap inda tabuat. Amun umah yang JANJIT, ada yang MAAOYUT galagaa atau panyucuk umah, silap-silap untuh.

Oang mulanya bila ya manggil makan-makan inda ya bapadah jaamnya, biaksanya “tangah haie” nganya uja bisia. Lagi pun oang mulanya, inda bilang buah umah ada jaam. Aku aie damit mulanya, malihat jaam pun inda pandai, di umah pun kami inda bajaam. Sudah sikolah bahaau tah tahu malihat jaam atu pun kala-kala salah jua. Tapi TAKUIN kan bilang buah umah ada. Ada yang inda tahu haati TAKUIN? Uja oang kaang ani “kalendar atau haie bulan”. Macam mana ia di lagau TAKUIN atu inda ku tahu. Mungkin pakar Dialek Kadayan saparti Tuan Haji Ramlee Dua, Amde Sidik atau Sdra Mahmud Osman dapat mbaie panjalasan. Ada kamungkinan TAKUIN atu datangnya daie bahasa Arab ia itu Taqwim. Oleh sabab oang Kadayan ani lidahnya KAAU dikit, payah kan nyabut Taqwim atu jadi tia TAKUIN. Inda jua ku baapa tahu. Tunggu komen pambaca nanti.

Pasal lidah KAAU ani pun banyak caita. Aie diee damit mulanya kan nyabut “R” atau “RA” hantap payahnya. Aie diee balajaa ngaji mulanya, kan nyabut “RA” tu…eeh kan dicaita akan pun malas. Payah hantap. Pitua aie mullah bapa mulanya aie nya ngajaa ngaji, sanang nganya. Bila ada yang ingat lagi kan “pohon PAINGAT-PAINGAT”. Paingat-paingat nie inda ya basaa pohonnya, paling basaa pun macam kalingking. Amun di PULAK dahannya bagatah dikit-dikit. Bila yang biaksa MAHAT macam aku mulanya, dipahatan banyak pohon paingat-paingat. Jadi babalik ka caita lidah KAAU, balah dua pohon paingat-paingat atu, di AAUT nipis-nipis dijadi akan pangikis lidah. Bilang haie sambat, baca salawat 3 kali, lapas atu kikis tia lidah dian pangikis paingat-paingat yang sudah sudah diaaut atu. Insya Allah, mangasi, lambut jadinya lidah.

Yang sabanaanya paingat-paingat ani salain daie kan pangikis lidah, ia jua di buat akan PANUNJUK aie balajaa ngaji. Uja oang patuhaan mulanya, bila paingat-paingat ani dibuat akan panunjuk, mbaie capat ingat bila ngaji. Pasal atu tah aie diee damit mulanya, paingat-paingat dibuat akan panunjuk mbaca ALIP-ALIP. Bila ada kanak-kanak bahaau yang inda tahu kan ALIP-ALIP, ALIP-ALIP atu maksudnya MUQADAM uja dangan kaangani.

Bacaita pasal jaam, amun di kampung mulanya, banyak tia yang baloyar buruk. Bila ada yang bajaam tangan, jangan tah kau tanya, “pukul baapa?” Jawapannya sanang nganya “baapa kali kau guna?" (maksudnya : baapa kali tumbok kau guna?) atau "taap dian tibadak balum tuha, balum ada pukulnya!”. Hantap banaa oang Kadayan ani kan baluusnya. Caita pasal BALUUS ani, oang Kadayan biaksanya ada yang hantap BAALUUS. Di kampung mulanya ada saoang yang hantap BALUUS. Bila tajumpa ia, biaksanya ditagoo akan,“kamana kau tangah? Sanang nganya jawapnya tu “kahadapan”. Eeh... hantap sandi baluusnya banaa jalama tu.

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