Bau, Sarawak

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Limestone cliffs of Bau.
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Limestone cliffs of Bau.

Bau is a mining town[1] in the Kuching Division of Sarawak, Malaysia. Smuggling with Kalimantan is also important to the local economy.[2][3]

[edit] History

May 1, 1837, the Skrang Ibans invaded the Jagoi-Bratak Bidayuh settlement on top of Bratak Peak, killing over 2,000 Jagoi-Bratak Bidayuh men and taking 1,000 women captive. Panglima Kulow, head of Jagoi-Bratak Bidayuh community, and a handful of his followers survived the massacre. In 1841 Sir James Brooke, who was then the newly-installed White Rajah of Sarawak, was able to rescue some of the women taken captives. Each year on May 1, descendants of the survivors of the 1837 massacre hold Jagoi-Bratak Day on top of Bratak Peak in Bau in memory of their ancestors. A memorial stone was erected on May 1, 1988, to mark the day. [4]

[edit] Ecology

The limestone cliffs in the area support a wide range of endemic flora, including the rare pitcher plant Nepenthes northiana.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Preston buying into Sarawak goldmine" Sydney Morning Herald 16 July 2002;
  2. ^ "Army Foils Attempts to Smuggle Rice, Timber" Bernama, The Malaysian National News Agency 18 June 2003;
  3. ^ "Malaysia minister warns of ban if poultry smuggling to Indonesia continues" BBC News 5 November 2005
  4. ^ "Descendants mark Jagoi-Bratak Day." New Straits Times 10 May 2000;
  5. ^ Hansen, Eric (October 2001) "Where rocks sing, ants swim, and plants eat animals: finding members of the Nepenthes carnivorous plant family in Borneo" Discover 22(10): pp.60-68;
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