Sunday, October 11, 2009

History Of Bt Balos

There was this story of two brothers that had paranormal powers and could fly and people could not see them. Their names were Aki Manai Silong and Aki Gumut Silong(the later being the elder brother).

The grave which is located at the top is that of the younger brother who was slain by the elder brother in a fight at Kinabatangan over a dispute over the woods cut by the elder brother to make their house.

The elder brother had taken a Kinabatangan wife, but the story was that the timber or wood cut must be straight. However the cut wood was never straight and they disappeared as they were cut(presumably taken by the people of Kinabatangan). The younger brother thought that they had been cheated by the people in Kinabatangan and what happened after that was a fight between the two brothers.

The younger brother managed to return home despite his injury; what was left was only his head and his stomach while his body had been chopped into pieces by the elder brother. He told his wife to prepare him a bronze big plate for her to see him and made himself a big pot of brooth and fed him. He told his community to bury him at Bt Balos and that of his community be buried there too. He instructed that the weapon (kris) be also buried with him. The kris had disappeared, preseumably vandalized. Dusun Subpan who had married other ethnic like the Iban must be buried in a different cave, below the cave used by te Subpan as their gravesite. The grave is said to be more than 700 years old.

Mr Baginda Sunoi Rumokai was the storyteller for this history.

The Entrance Of Bt Balos, Ulu Segama




Bt Balus Pagan Grave Site of the Dusun Subpan Ethnic




Saturday, October 10, 2009

Bt Tapadong, Ulu Segama Lahad Datu



Bt Balos Ulu Segama, Lahad Datu




The Boat That Takes Us To Bt Balos and Bt Tapadong Ulu Segama


Meet The Gatekeeper Of The Graves Of The Dusun Subpan Community


His name is Sirup, a Village Head and he looks after four of the old graves of the Dusun Suphan Community including the grave yards at Bt Balos, Bt. Tapadong, Danum Valley and Batu Puteh at Ulu Segama, Lahad Datu.