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Longhouse life, music, craft and the forty-odd communities that make Sarawak what it is.

AI-generated image: Imagined arts evening beside the Sarawak River in Kuching

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WAK Festival 2026: a slower way to explore Kuching this October

Kuching’s month-long arts, culture and lifestyle festival is under way. Here is how to build a personal itinerary without trying to see everything.

Muhammad Kashif2 min read

AI-generated image: Imagined Kuching gallery with invented abstract paintings and sculptures

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CROSS OVER Vol.64 at HAUS KCH: make time for an art stop

Muhammad Kashif5 Oct

D.Y.M.M. Al-Marhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Akazul Khairi Waddin together with the army officers during the 1942/45 occupation. On His Majesty's left is Lt. General T. Manaki

Sarawak Performing Arts Centre at 46 per cent, due June 2027 ahead of the SEA Games

Muhammad Kashif2 Oct

Anthropomorphic mask with basketry cap, Borneo, Kalimantan, Kenyah-Kayan, 19th century, wood, rattan, polychrome, Honolulu Museum of Art , accession 10197.1

Sarawak's baskets: a different one for every job, and who runs the craft now

Muhammad Kashif5 Sept

A timber Iban longhouse raised on stilts behind a swept open yard

Visiting an Iban Longhouse in Sarawak: A First-Timer's Guide

Muhammad Kashif11 Jul

A ceremonial pua kumbu, its rust-red ikat motifs woven in dense repeating bands

Pua Kumbu: The Cloth the Iban Dream Before They Weave It

Muhammad Kashif20 Jun

Traditional ethnic houses set among palms at the Sarawak Cultural Village

Sarawak Cultural Village: A Living Museum at the Foot of Santubong

Muhammad Kashif12 Jun

The bamboo-floored walkway of Annah Rais longhouse, houses on either side

Annah Rais: A Bidayuh Longhouse an Hour from Kuching

Muhammad Kashif25 May