KOTA BELUD: MENGIMBAS KEMBALI SEBELUM MERDEKA...
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Peta Kota Belud Di Zaman Lampau, kira kira 200 tahun yang lalu..
Berikut ini adalah catatan Penjajah British mengenai Masyarakat Kota Belud terutama mengenai "wanita Kota Belud" di zaman silam kira-kira 181 tahun yang lalu. Peristiwa ini berlaku di Kawasan Kg. Kiau, Kota Belud. Bayangkan, bertapa Kemerdekaan itu satu rahmat. Perubahan dan pembangunan yang kita kecapi selama ini semestinya kita pelihara. Kita amat wajib besyukur kerana dapat menikmati kemakmuran ini.
Masihkah kita melihat kemerdekaan ini sebagai halangan untuk kita membangun dan maju? Bacalah catatan ini dan renung-renungkanlah.
In April, 1828, we were advised to take wire and cloth; beads were quite at a discount. Having obtained the cloths at easy rates, their services being paid for in it, they in the following July cared for little else, all being eager to obtain trousers, previously a bark chawat being their only cover. The Bajus ask such high prices for all cloths, that it places them almost beyond the reach of the aborigines.
A little trait of the women shows them an improvable people. I have noticed how dirty they were. On the last occasion we stayed fifteen days in their houses, and they were very attentive to all our movements; they observed us bathing every day and using our brushes and comb. We have brought some looking-glasses, and we promised one to a young girl if she would go and wash her face: having done so she received her present. The looking-glasses showed them what dirty faces they had, and its effect was so apparent: all the girls began washing and those who were not fortunate enough to have one given were eager to exchange looking glass for fowls. They begged us to bring them cloth, looking glasses, com and needles.
Masihkah kita melihat kemerdekaan ini sebagai halangan untuk kita membangun dan maju? Bacalah catatan ini dan renung-renungkanlah.
In April, 1828, we were advised to take wire and cloth; beads were quite at a discount. Having obtained the cloths at easy rates, their services being paid for in it, they in the following July cared for little else, all being eager to obtain trousers, previously a bark chawat being their only cover. The Bajus ask such high prices for all cloths, that it places them almost beyond the reach of the aborigines.
A little trait of the women shows them an improvable people. I have noticed how dirty they were. On the last occasion we stayed fifteen days in their houses, and they were very attentive to all our movements; they observed us bathing every day and using our brushes and comb. We have brought some looking-glasses, and we promised one to a young girl if she would go and wash her face: having done so she received her present. The looking-glasses showed them what dirty faces they had, and its effect was so apparent: all the girls began washing and those who were not fortunate enough to have one given were eager to exchange looking glass for fowls. They begged us to bring them cloth, looking glasses, com and needles.
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SV.-Observations on the North-West Coast of Borneo. By Spencer St. John Eqs, FRGS, HBM Consul General for Borneo-Read March 10, 1862. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Vol. 32. (1862), pp. 217-234.
SV.-Observations on the North-West Coast of Borneo. By Spencer St. John Eqs, FRGS, HBM Consul General for Borneo-Read March 10, 1862. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Vol. 32. (1862), pp. 217-234.
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very interesting....
Thank You br. Mus. Sekurang-kurangnya "orang kita" faham kekurangan masyarakat kita yang terdahulu dan mereka dapat mengambil ikhtibar darinya. Mereka faham samada pemimpin kita sayang mereka atau kuasa luar. Sekurang-kurangnya mereka tahu menilai siapa yang mereka patut perjuangkan dan siapa sebenarnya yang memperjuang masa depan mereka dan generasi mereka.
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