Exotic Borneo Life

People would think that everything about Borneo is exotic. The exotic Borneo life is mostly in the rural areas only. All the photos below shows the exotic Borneo life in Sabah. Most of the villagers comes from Dusun tribe and their religion is Christian. Their main special foods was pork/bakas, bosou, tuhau, bambangan, white chilies, fresh-water fish, paku pakis etc. They think that a traditional living is the best way for continual survival. However lot of Dusun peoples would prefer living in the city for better and comfortable living. The Borneo girls is known for their natural beauty.

The picture below shows a Borneo Lady playing musical instrument called "sompoton". The sompoton is a traditional musical instrument of Dusun ethnic in Sabah.

Most of the rural areas in Sabah have beautiful views because of the geographical authenticity is still maintained until today. The picture below shows the paddy fields in Tambunan.

Most of the houses in rural areas was made of bamboo and nipah leaf.

housing area near the Tambunan town. A kid is seen with "wakid" behind his back. He is on the way to the woods to pick up fruits and vegetables like paku pakis.

Most of the villagers used this kind of method for cooking. They believed that by cooking in this way, the foods will be more delicious along with the aroma smell coming from the fire wood.

They also claimed that by cooking using the traditional method was actually time-consuming because they have to blow the fire wood to heat up the foods faster. Some of the villagers would prefer to use gases rather than this one. This kind of method is mostly used by people that cannot afford to buy gas.

The simple and humble toilet below is very common in the rural areas of Sabah. If you're a hygienic person, you better poops in the river or in the woods.

Natural and beautiful sight of paddy fields in Tambunan village. The place is free from urban pollution.

The Kinabalu mountain can be seen from Tambunan village.

The man in the picture below is known for his strength ability of carrying heavy loads in the Kinabalu mountain. I respect you sir. Someone shall give him rewards and put his name in the Guinness Book Record.

The common traditional method for plowing the paddy fields in Tambunan

These villagers caught up a pig and roasted it in the woods.

Wild boar meats for sale!!

Fresh water fishes caught up in the Tambunan river.

The fishes was steamed inside the bamboo.

fermented fresh water fishes with some ingredients..this must be the "hinava" that they always talking about.

fresh-water fishes

The "org kampung" drinking Oetinger beers with "pusas" after their hard works plowing the ground. pusas is the exotic foods such as "bosou", "lombiding", "bakas" or "tuhau"

big fresh-water fishes caught by this humble Dusun man

Cooking "sayur kacang panjang" with chicken slices using the fire woods

my favourite. porks cooked with soy sauce and garlic

Exotic foods in Sabah. Bambangan, bosou and tuhau for sale!! "bambangan" is a fruit like mango.but it is more bigger and have this kind of exotic taste. While "bosou" is the fermented rice with porks/fish/prawns. "tuhau" is the raw exotic vegetable which is cutted into small slices and mixed with chillies and other ingredients

Bosou ikan/babi/udang - "bosou" which is fermented with porks/fishes/prawns

fresh and young mango cutted into slices with chillies and soy sauce. this is very common among the Dusun teenagers.

"sumandak dusun" or you may call them chicks. they drinking "tapai" which is an alcohol but made of rice. "tapai" is made by fermenting the rice in the "tajau". the "tajau" is the one that you see in this picture. the bigger one which looks like a vase.