Melanau (Malay: Orang Melanau, Melanau: Tenawan Melanau) or A-Likou (meaning River people in Mukah dialect) is an ethnic group indigenous to Sarawak,...

The Melanau calendar (Malay: Bulan Melanau) is a calendar used by the Melanau people of Borneo. Its year consists of 12 months. The first month, Pengejin...

Melanau is an Austronesian language spoken in the coastal area of the Rajang delta on northwest Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia and Brunei. There are several...

Murut people Melanau people Cham people Jarai people Filipino people Bicolano people Gaddang people Ilocano people Ibanag people Igorot peoples Bontoc...

major ethnic groups in Sarawak: Iban, Chinese, Malay, Bidayuh, Orang Ulu, Melanau and several minor ethnic groups placed collectively under 'Others', such...

means "coming together" in Melanau language. Originating from the animistic beliefs traditionally held by the Melanau people, Kaul is held annually in...

Umai is a popular traditional native dish of the Melanau people in Sarawak, Malaysia, which is usually eaten by fishermen. Umai is a dish of sliced raw...

In Sarawak, the eastern part of Malaysia, a traditional delicacy by Melanau people also uses raw fresh jellyfish into a salad dish called Umai. Following...

in Kalimantan, Indonesia and Sarawak, Malaysia by the Kenyah, Melanau and related peoples. Smith (2017) uses the term Central Sarawak, and puts it as an...

is a sago biscuit snack which is traditionally associated with the Melanau people of Sarawak. Pisang goreng - a common snack sold by street vendors, battered...

Mohamad Hafiz bin Mohamad Suip (born 27 February 1990) is a Malaysian singer, who won the seventh season of Akademi Fantasia, receiving 46 percent of over...

Kuching, Sarawak to Bibi McPherson and Shukri Mahidi. She has Malay and Melanau ancestry on her father's side while her mother has Scottish, Iban and Chinese...

adopted a Malay name instead of a Melanau name as the majority of the population here are the Melanau people. The Melanau word for face is "jawai". Mukah...

This is the list of prominent people of Melanau descent. Pangeran Matusin (also known as Pangeran Mat Hussin Gagah) – Mukah Governor during Sultanate...

also Rosli Dhoby, was a Sarawakian nationalist from Sibu of mixed Malay-Melanau descent during the British crown colony era in that state. He was a member...

capital. Mawangga responded, however, that he and his people were conquered slaves, ruled by the Melanau leader Basiung and his in-law Tugaw, who resided in...

Barisan Rakyat Jati Sarawak (BARJASA). He acted as representative of the Melanau community to the Cobbold Commission during the years preceding the formation...

During this attack, officers Charles Fox and Henry Steele were killed by Melanau people led by Sawing and Sakalai. This frightened the Brooke government following...

Dayak pirates. — Reported by Odoardo Beccari in 1904 The houses of the Melanau people were built in rows on both sides of the Kemena River, mostly furnished...

wooden walls, and floors. The earliest inhabitants of Sibu were the Melanau people, followed by the influx of Iban and Malay communities in the 1850s....

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Mohd Effendi bin Norwawi (Jawi: محمد أفندي بن نورووي; born 1 February 1948) is a Malaysian politician, businessman and administrator...

in Dalat, Sarawak. Her father is a Foochow Chinese and her mother is a Melanau. She was brought up a Muslim by her maternal grandmother. She is married...

the Father of Modern Sarawak (Bapa Pemodenan Sarawak). Born into a noble Melanau-Malay family, Taib embarked on his academic journey, earning his first...

Most Melanau people who reside in Kuching have assimilated into Malay society due to professing Islam. Some of them have no longer speak in Melanau language...

weakening their culture as indigenous peoples of Sarawak. The Bidayuh people are the closest relative of the Melanau people and are said to have the same ancestor...

the origin of the name Song came from the legend of the Melanau people. There was once a Melanau widow named Song who came from Nangka village, Sibu. She...

of 90% of all teachers from Sarawak should be Sarawakians because only people from Sarawak are sensitive to local needs. He further suggest that educational...

Wahab bin Dolah (born 15 November 1950) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Igan constituency in Sarawak...

Nasional (BN) coalitions. Lukanisman was born in Miri and is of mixed ethnic Melanau and Chinese descent. He obtained a bachelor's degree from University of...

absorb into the rice. Sago or sagu is the traditional staple food of the Melanau people in Sarawak. The bud of the sago palm is cooked as a traditional dish...