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Anna Rais longhouse

The Anna Rais longhouse is a Bidayuh settlement about 100km south of Kuching, near the mountains marking the border to Kalimantan, as the Indonesian part of Borneo is called. The Bidayuhs are a local tribe of Sarawak and are mainly farmers engaging in the cultivation of corn, rice, pepper, cocoa and local vegetables for their own consumption as well as for sale at the local city markets. The Anna Rais longhouse lies in an area with mountains covered with rainforests and isolated rural communities. The houses of the settlement are built with a mix of traditional and modern materials.The roofs are mostly made of corrugated tin. People have TVs, refrigerators, DVD players and so on. The Anna Rais longhouse is easily accessible by road. The entrance fee is RM 8


01 Main entrance to longhouse	02 Bamboo terrace	03 Houses with corrugated tin roofs	04 Huts and firewood


05 Firewood heap	06 Old woman carrying child	07 Bamboo veranda and villagers	08 Villagers resting on the veranda	09 Plankway


10 Houses with corrugated tin roofs and satellite dish	11 Black and white house	12 Bamboo floor	13 Bamboo terrace and houses	14 Banana tree


15 Banana tree	16 Banana tree	17 Blue house wall	18 Sungai Penrissen creek	19 Dog on staircase	20 Longhouse


21 Football field	22 Tropical rainforest	23 Terrace and houses	24 Hairdresser cutting hair


25 Red bud	26 Coloured houses

Other Sarawak galleries: Kuching ▪ Mt Santubong national park ▪ Maludam peninsula ▪ Bako National Park ▪ Tanjung Datu NP ▪ Sematan ▪ Gunung Gading National Park ▪ Lundu ▪ Kubah national park ▪ Matang wildlife centre ▪ Kuching wetlands national park ▪ Sarawak Cultural Village and Heritage Centre ▪ Sarawak Dance Performance at KLCC ▪ Semenggoh National Park ▪ Pineapple plantation ▪ Pepper plantation ▪ Bau ▪ Batang Ai ▪ Similajau national park ▪ Sibu ▪ Kapit ▪ Rejang River ▪ Iban Longhouse ▪ Belaga ▪ Bakun ▪ Niah national park ▪ Mulu National Park ▪ Kelabit Highlands ▪ Loagan Bunut national park ▪ Lambir hills national park ▪ Bintulu ▪ Miri

Categories: Tropics ▪ Rainforests ▪ Longhouses ▪ Stilt houses ▪ Villages ▪ Ethnic minorities

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