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Badan Warisan Sarawak (BWM) Talk Series: Spotlight on Sarawak

PETRA Energy in partnership with Badan Warisan Malaysia (Malaysian Heritage Trust) supported a webinar talk series on Sarawakian heritage and culture conservation. Recordings of the talks are available and reflected in the links below for your reference. The topics were curated with the aim of advocating awareness and preserving heritage and culture. The topics, amongst others, includes the Baram Regatta and its origins, architectural history of longhouses in Sarawak, ancient forts of Sarawak and other natural heritage assets.

Badan Warisan Malaysia
#TokSarawak Talk Series – Spotlight on Sarawak

A #PETRACares sustainability initiative
Supporting the preservation of culture and heritage.

DATE SPOTLIGHT ON SARAWAK EVENTS WEBINAR RECORDING LINK
Thursday
21 April 2022
The Heritage of Sarawak’s Traditional Longhouse
Speaker: Dr. Robert Menua Saleh
Moderator: Tan Sri Datuk Amar Leo Moggie
https://youtu.be/6hljX3IP874
Thursday
28 April 2022
The Baram Regatta – The Legacy of the Regatta: Peace-making in the Baram
Speaker: Dr. Valerie Mashman Moderator: James S L Yong
https://youtu.be/gorgHrXEYUs
Thursday
19 May 2022
Sarawak’s Exotic Food Heritage
Speaker: Datin Dona Drury Wee Moderator: Habsah Abang Saufi
https://youtu.be/TtsLXNE32bE
Thursday
9 June 2022
The Forts of Sarawak – The Brooke Government’s Forts in Sarawak, 1844-1938
Speaker: Dr. John Ting Moderator: Ar. Mike Boon
https://youtu.be/r1xW7Cl-wKg
Thursday
23 June 2022
Traditional Textiles and Costumes
Speaker: Dr. Welyne Jehom Moderator: Jacqueline Fong
https://youtu.be/IvH-y9hKqSc
Thursday
7 July 2022
Sarawak’s Endangered Heritage
Speaker: James Yong Moderators: Puan Sri Datin Amar Elizabeth Moggie & Lim Wei-Ling
https://youtu.be/2tA4YwqM5G4