Sarawak Cultural Village - Feb 2011

Another month in Sibu and I am getting use to getting things done on my own. It is really delightful and also BORING! To compare sibu and Kuching, it is really a big difference between an ant and an elephant.
Luckily, i had a break to Kuching for the CNY. Thank God! I was planning to rough it up here in Sibu, but luck strike us and Off we go to spend a week.
For the week, I had time to hang out with grace and went on an outing to SCV with sylvia. Those who don't know it - Sarawak Cultural Village. The only kind in the World.
Well, after 15 years from my last visit there - I can say there are so few new and many old's.
These are some new features: plus a miniature waterfront.






















Those that are old:



It was refreshing to visit memory lane but pity the memory is a memory. It is still the same old one from 15 years ago. Come on! after 10 years of having hosted rainforest music festival and tourists coming in and out, nothing is being done to maintain each of the race's house. Bidayuh house bamboo floor is rotting and i can feel it cannot sustain my weight. Walking to the 'Baruk', one part of it has a hole in it and was covered with shelf. Next stop. Iban house. It lacks of Iban traditional items and nothing scream out Iban except for its sign.
The Sarawak Cultural Village is one-of-a-kind museum - doesn't mean it has to be old, and deteriorating after time as it is a living museum.