Sarawak Cultural Village

(Entrance of Sarawak Cultural Vilage)

                                         
 Hello ! Welcome to Sarawak Cultural Village. At this post, we will introduce to you about Sarawak Cultural Village that is tucked away on the foothills of Mount Santubong at Damai Beach, 35 km north from Kuching,Sarawak.

It is also known as a living museum.

Sarawak Cultural Village is a unique award-winning living museum that offers an excellent introduction to wide array of local cultures and lifestyles found in Sarawak.

 Sprawled across 17 acres, there are about 150 people living in the village, demonstrating traditional daily activities from Sarawak's diverse tribes like the processing of sago and the making of handicrafts. They wear traditional costumes and also put on dances for visitors.

The village residents provide information on their various traditional cultures and lifestyles. You can see replicas of buildings that represent every major ethnic group in Sarawak; longhouses of the Iban, Bidayuh and Orang Ulu, a Melanau tall-house and a Chinese farm house among others.

The village also has a theatre, where you can enjoy 45minutes of multicultural dance performances. Besides this, there is a restaurant and handicraft shop. You can even get married at the Sarawak Cultural Village, in traditional Iban, Malay, Bidayuh or Orang Ulu style.

The Iban longhouse has separate rooms placed side by side, all of which open to a long communal hall, used for leisurely activities like wood carving and basket weaving.

Guests are often invited to attend nightly ceremonies and drink a potent rice wine, tuak, which the Iban make themselves. Comfortable guesthouses are also available for visitors.
  
 It is possible to see Sarawak's ethnic diversity at a glance. The handicraft is both bewildering and tempting, including the Kain Songket (Malay cloth with gold inlay), Pua Kumbu (Iban housewives textiles), Melanau Terendak (sunhat), Bidayuh tambok (basket), Iban parang (swords), Orang Ulu wood carving and Chinese ceramics.

The village is open everyday from 9am to 4.45pm. if you want to watch the show at Sarawak Cultural Village, you should give yourself about 3hours to stay at the village. Tickets are sold at RM60 for adults and RM30 for Childrens.

It is worth to visit Sarawak Cultural Village as we can gain many knowledge from this Village.

Bidayuh's Bridge

Map of Sarawak Cultural Village