A woman rowing her boat in a river nearby a village in the Mukah area

 A woman rowing her boat in a river nearby a village in the Mukah area

Scraping Sago Logs by Melanau people at Mukah area

Scraping Sago Logs by Melanau people at Mukah area,

Circa 1950's,by Hedda Morrison.

 

Melanau girl making hats at Kampung Ska'an nearby Matu

 Melanau girl making hats at Kampung Ska'an nearby Matu,Photo Circa 1960's by Hedda Morrison

Kampong Matu in 1960's

 Photograph showing two Melanau women kneeling on rough plank jetties on the river, washing clothes. A variety of buckets, bowls and utensils are arranged near them. One of the woman wears a conical hat. A third woman is wading in the water. Behind them are various buildings, on stilts, boats and palms, flooded by the tide.'Kampong Matu' by Hedda Morrison taken on 1960's.

'Washing Sago in Matu' by Hedda Morrison

 'Washing Sago in Matu' by Hedda Morrison,Circa 1948.Photograph showing a woman standing in a large, woven basket, into which she is scooping water from the river. The basket is supported by a timber framed jetty, over the river. 

More woven containers and bowls sit in the foreground, left side. The sago pith is first scraped from sago logs, then washed, trampled and shaken in a basket (the process being performed in this photograph). The water poured through the pith washes the sago flour into a container underneath the basket.

A traditional Melanau burial pole

 A traditional Melanau burial pole (jerunei or kelidieng) in Kampung Tellian,Mukah. The burial urn can be seen at the top.

A Melanau shaman

 A Melanau shaman (a-bayoh) seated on the ritual swing that facilitated a trance state in major healing rituals.

The Melanau Traditional wedding dress

 The dress displayed in the picture is the traditional wedding dress of the Melanau , the name of the dress for the groom is Baju Berkuas while for the bride is Baban Senanah, and the name of the girl's crown is Serbang, regional cultural influences greatly influence Melanau wedding dress, the Melanau community has now embraced Christianity and Islam, and the rest are Pagan.

Traditional Sagoo Procession technique

Pemprosesan Tepung Lemantak secara tradisional. (Mukah Circa 1960an ) Zaman sekarang pemprosesannya sudah banyak menggunakan mesin,penggunaan manual seperti ini boleh kata sudah tidak ada digunakan lagi.

Masjid Mukah

Mukah Mosque with background view of bangunan Setia Raja.Both are Mukah new Town Icon.Mukah Mosque have a unique dome,not like other mosque in Sarawak which is triangle shape or onion round shape dome,Mukah Mosque dome similar to Melanau Traditional Farmer sunhat which are known in local as "matu terindak"

Several others building in Mukah where Melanau are Majority here also use  Matu terindak motives on their building top.It's an identity to outsiders that even the Town is become bigger with modern infrastructure ,but people here still remember and know their culture roots

Melanau Bride

Pengantin melanau dengan pakaian tradisi melanau

Bangunan Setia Raja Mukah

This is only the high rise building in Mukah,actually you cab see the building from anywhere from Mukah area.