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| Grilled food is cooked over a zinc sheet in their bamboo house. Grilled banana anyone? |
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Semai like it grilled...
One of the Semai's staple food is anything that is grilled. Their favourite grilled food includes tapioca (ubi panggang) and banana (pisang panggang). It taste surprisingly good! They also cooked their simple food in bamboo, like the Malay's "Lemang" (glutinous rice cooked in bamboo), eventhough their houses are now equipped with electric rice cooker and modern stove. We also found out that they like to add Ajinomoto (MSG) in their food!
TV Hijjrah airs Semai of Pos Betau
Recently, TV Hijjrah run its episode on the life of the Semai tribe of Pos Betau, Kuala Lipis on 24th Jan over its free-to-air TV channel. Since the newly launched government-owned TV network did not subscribe to Astro, the 13-episode series was watched by more than 10 million non-Astro viewers in the country. The scene was shot over 2 days in Pos Betau. Let's hope the series will be shown again on Astro channels.We were informed TV Hijjrah will be on Astro in the middle of the year.
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| The Semai kids watching the shooting thru' the Director's monitor |
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| Adjusting for the best angle... |
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Unexpected visitor at Pos Betau
You can expect unexpected guest at pos betau. A baby quail, obviously separated from his mother suddenly popped up into the basecamp area. There are others too, like the the white heron (I think) which linggers around the basecamp. The rule is: always have your camera/video ready all the time. You'll never know what's coming next.
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| A baby quail popped into civilization out of nowhere in the middle of the night |
Monday, January 17, 2011
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