WELCOME TO THE BARUK!: June 2007

Monday, June 4, 2007

The Iban Beads Handicraft On Sale.

BEADS ARE ORNAMENTS BUT BEHIND THIS USE THERE ARE MANY INTERESTING TALES TO KNOW ABOUT BEADS. THERE IS MUCH TO LEARN FOR EXAMPLE ABOUT THE HISTORY ANDD THE ORIGIN OF BEADS IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND IN PARTICULAR IN BORNEO, WHERE THE BEADS TRADITION GOES BACK TO THE VERY REMOTE PAST. THE VARIETY OF BEADS, THE MATERIALS FROM WHICH THEY ARE MADE, THEIR VARIOUS COLOURS, AND THE VALUES ATTRIBUTED TO THEM, ALL MAKE UP A FASCINATING FIELD OF STUDY.

THE INDIGENEOUS PEOPLE OF SARAWAK HAVE, SINCE LONG AGO, ASSOCIATED THEMSELVES WITH THE USE OF BEADS FOR ADORNMENT AS WELL AS FOR CULTURAL AND CEREMONIAL PURPOSES. SARAWAK IS PART OF THE BORNEO BEAD-HERITAGE ANND FOREIGN BEAD-COLLECTORS ARE BEGINNING TO CONSIDER THE ISLAND AS SOURCE OF MATERIALS.