tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532716219950372456.post9003859172998605982..comments2022-09-10T07:53:17.725-07:00Comments on DISAPPEARING CULTURES: THE MELANAU CALENDARjohan1960http://www.blogger.com/profile/06077140046821458933noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532716219950372456.post-54180850608541629012013-09-15T23:08:11.824-07:002013-09-15T23:08:11.824-07:00Wa alaikum salam wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh, Bro ...Wa alaikum salam wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh, Bro Ridhwan. Ino dengah? Sorry for the late reply. I have been quite busy of late.johan1960https://www.blogger.com/profile/06077140046821458933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532716219950372456.post-13992686175930108662012-08-02T01:09:51.856-07:002012-08-02T01:09:51.856-07:00Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Br...Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Bro. Johan...from your cousin ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01576006335539864675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532716219950372456.post-3422047107331307232011-10-16T04:43:55.074-07:002011-10-16T04:43:55.074-07:00thanks for your answer. I learn alot from you :) I...thanks for your answer. I learn alot from you :) Im really keen to understand melanau cultures since melanau is less studied compare to dayaks. Do please visit my blog about melanau culture and join our facebook group. If you have any unique infos you are very welcome to contribute :)<br />my blog:<br />http://learn-melanau.blogspot.com/<br />Facebook group<br />http://www.facebook.com/pages/Learn-Melanau/106405672720360Learn Melanauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337356590855559381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532716219950372456.post-49113708416549293972011-10-16T04:27:44.563-07:002011-10-16T04:27:44.563-07:00I do not actually know what year of the Melanau ca...I do not actually know what year of the Melanau calendar 2011 is as the calendar itself was taught to me orally by my late grandfather and I was taught to understand it by him, my father who wrote it in his own handwriting which I still keep and my uncle, who was in his lifetime, a keeper of the adat or traditions, mores and norms of the Melanaus. How old the calendar is is also a mystery to me as they did not tell me of it. The calendar is actually very much like a seafarer's and farmer's journal to be used to tell them the time for things to be done, e.g. when to go to the sea, when to plant and harvest and the like. Pengejin in itself is a month marking the end of the stormy months (better known as suloh in Melanau Mukah or landas as it is known among the people of Sarawak.) Pengejin is marked by the Kaul held from the beginning of the month. Pengejin is in the month of March. The Melanau month is a consistent 30 days and the calculation of the month is something I am quite unfamiliar with. They may coincide with the Chinese Tung Shu. The Melanaus, as I was given to know by my grandfather, have their origins in the north part of the China as it is known today. They were believed to have fled their kingdom during the era of the Warring States. As such, I believe that their calendar may have coincide with the ancient Chinese Calendar. However, I cannot attest to the facts as they are oral history and as oral history is, we can only verify if there are finding to prove or disprove them.johan1960https://www.blogger.com/profile/06077140046821458933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532716219950372456.post-85755890451613149522010-12-30T05:13:45.084-08:002010-12-30T05:13:45.084-08:00Good day :)
i would like to ask when exactly in ma...Good day :)<br />i would like to ask when exactly in march will the bulan pengejin starts? Will it be the same each year? And moreover on what year the melanau calender will be in 2011? Thanks in advance :)Learn Melanauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337356590855559381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532716219950372456.post-11796016909523000352010-06-12T04:06:59.837-07:002010-06-12T04:06:59.837-07:00The calendar is a translation from handwritten no...The calendar is a translation from handwritten notes of the ancient calendar given to me by my late father, Godfrid Albert Yaman @ Yaman bin Guan, who was also the founder of the Melanau Associations throughout Sarawak. I hope that I may be able to one day realize his dream to internationalize the Association that he founded to help the Melanau people, not withstanding their creed or religion.johan1960https://www.blogger.com/profile/06077140046821458933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532716219950372456.post-38160348521060470822010-03-08T14:11:13.075-08:002010-03-08T14:11:13.075-08:00wow amazing. ive stumbled into your blog and all t...wow amazing. ive stumbled into your blog and all the infos are just amazing. thanks and keep up the good work!<br />from<br />-a melanau living overseaLearn Melanauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337356590855559381noreply@blogger.com