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Mount Santubong is a mountain in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is located about 35 km north of the state capital Kuching.On a clear day, it can be seen from Kuching. The mountain and its surrounding area is a popular tourist attraction.According to the Encyclopaedia of Iban Studies the original inhabitants of Santubong are Ibans the sea Dyak.Si-antu-ubong means 'the spirit boat'in the Iban language.Antu is hantu in Malay which means spirit or ghost.Santubong are boat like coffins made from a single hollow log designed to represent the vesell in which a dead person will travel from this world to afterlife. The name Santubong is derived from "san choo bong" in the Hakka Chinese dialect, meaning "wild pig king" or "king of wild pig".
A legend often associated with the mountain is of two beautiful princesses, Santubong and Sejinjang. Santubong was an expert weaver while Sejinjang was an excellent rice tresher. One day, they had a quarrel and exchanged blows. Sejinjang swung her tresher which hit Santubong's cheek. Santubong threw her weaver at Sejinjang, hitting her in the head. Putting an end to the quarrel, the King of Heaven cursed both of them into mountains. Santubong turned into Mount Santubong while Sejinjang was turned into Mount Sejinjang. It is said that Mount Santubong resembles a woman lying on her back.
Let watch our tourist climbing The Santubong Mountain...video from My Tube.
17 comments:
Very beautiful scenery of the town with the mountain in the background. I dont think I can climb the mountain...lol. I almost fainted while climbing the Great Wall of China...hahaha
I love this shot, looks like a beautiful area of the world. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers!
Regina In Pictures
Love this scenery.
The mountains and the sky look like a backdrop painting..
Stunning sky! How very, very blue and beautiful
nice photo:-)
thanks for stopping by...
I very much enjoyed your beautiful photo.
Have a great sky watch week.
Grammy
Perfect catch for Skywatch! Mine’s up too hope you can visit.. Have a nice weekend!
Beautiful blue saturated coulours.
mount santubong is stunning. but mt kotakinabalu is very popular here in the philippines.
nice shot of the town!
a very interesting history regarding mountain...enjoyed. and a beautiful shot.
thank you as always for sharing.
That's a marvellous landscape to have behind you. Great info too.
kacak view pic ya.
btw,lmk x nekik gunung santubong
so that's the story of origin of the mount. we have many of such story being passed down the generation; shouldn't be left dead anyway ;)
uncle dah naik ke gunung tu? macam best!
What incredible color! Nice capture.
Akmal,
Itu cerita dongeng je..akmal percaya tak????Ok nak naik atas uncle tunggu kerjaan Sarawak buat cable car macam kat Langkawi..tapi jangan mimpi, fountain kat waterfront dah 4 tahun tak berfungsi.Kata budget untuk tourism ada..mana pulus nya pegi.
of course tak percaya haha...but i think it is good still to have the story passed down; just for a record and sheer fun of it lah hehehe...
4 tahun? chait! bukan waterfront tu tempat tourist selalu lepak-lepak ke?
great stoy to go with the photos.
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