Bilum: A Cultural Object of the Pagan Melanau

Bilum is among the endangered cultural objects and is used as a healing tool by the Pagan Melanau community, especially in Mukah and Dalat, Sarawak. Yet despite its central role in the community only relatively recently that researchers started taking serious notice of it with studies dating back to...

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Main Authors: Yakup Mohd. Rafee, Mohd. Rafee, Awangko Hamdan, Awang Arshad, Hishamuddin, Siri, Abdul Riezal, Dim, Mohd. Jefri, Samaroon
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Published: Medwell Publishing 2017
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19828/1/Bilum%20%3B%20A%20Cultural%20Object%20of%20the%20Pagan%20Melanau%20%28abstrak%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19828/
http://medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=jeasci.2017.6968.6973
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spelling my.unimas.ir.198282023-08-22T02:07:01Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19828/ Bilum: A Cultural Object of the Pagan Melanau Yakup Mohd. Rafee, Mohd. Rafee Awangko Hamdan, Awang Arshad Hishamuddin, Siri Abdul Riezal, Dim Mohd. Jefri, Samaroon H Social Sciences (General) NX Arts in general Bilum is among the endangered cultural objects and is used as a healing tool by the Pagan Melanau community, especially in Mukah and Dalat, Sarawak. Yet despite its central role in the community only relatively recently that researchers started taking serious notice of it with studies dating back to the 1960’s and 1970’s. Thus, this study provides an overview of the study on bilum in the Melanau community and its current state particularly with regard to its ritual practice and production. The discussion includes the general types of bilum, the bilum’s carver, spirit, ritual practices and production methods of the bilum. The findings were obtained through visual ethnographic methods to assess the effectiveness of visual analysis in ethnographic research and study the relationship between behavior and visual observation at the study site. The study concludes with the evolution of bilum over time and its impact on the Melanau community in the modern world. Medwell Publishing 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19828/1/Bilum%20%3B%20A%20Cultural%20Object%20of%20the%20Pagan%20Melanau%20%28abstrak%29.pdf Yakup Mohd. Rafee, Mohd. Rafee and Awangko Hamdan, Awang Arshad and Hishamuddin, Siri and Abdul Riezal, Dim and Mohd. Jefri, Samaroon (2017) Bilum: A Cultural Object of the Pagan Melanau. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12 (25). pp. 6968-6973. ISSN 1818-7803 http://medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=jeasci.2017.6968.6973 DOI : 10.3923/jeasci.2017.6968.6973
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
NX Arts in general
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
NX Arts in general
Yakup Mohd. Rafee, Mohd. Rafee
Awangko Hamdan, Awang Arshad
Hishamuddin, Siri
Abdul Riezal, Dim
Mohd. Jefri, Samaroon
Bilum: A Cultural Object of the Pagan Melanau
description Bilum is among the endangered cultural objects and is used as a healing tool by the Pagan Melanau community, especially in Mukah and Dalat, Sarawak. Yet despite its central role in the community only relatively recently that researchers started taking serious notice of it with studies dating back to the 1960’s and 1970’s. Thus, this study provides an overview of the study on bilum in the Melanau community and its current state particularly with regard to its ritual practice and production. The discussion includes the general types of bilum, the bilum’s carver, spirit, ritual practices and production methods of the bilum. The findings were obtained through visual ethnographic methods to assess the effectiveness of visual analysis in ethnographic research and study the relationship between behavior and visual observation at the study site. The study concludes with the evolution of bilum over time and its impact on the Melanau community in the modern world.
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author Yakup Mohd. Rafee, Mohd. Rafee
Awangko Hamdan, Awang Arshad
Hishamuddin, Siri
Abdul Riezal, Dim
Mohd. Jefri, Samaroon
author_facet Yakup Mohd. Rafee, Mohd. Rafee
Awangko Hamdan, Awang Arshad
Hishamuddin, Siri
Abdul Riezal, Dim
Mohd. Jefri, Samaroon
author_sort Yakup Mohd. Rafee, Mohd. Rafee
title Bilum: A Cultural Object of the Pagan Melanau
title_short Bilum: A Cultural Object of the Pagan Melanau
title_full Bilum: A Cultural Object of the Pagan Melanau
title_fullStr Bilum: A Cultural Object of the Pagan Melanau
title_full_unstemmed Bilum: A Cultural Object of the Pagan Melanau
title_sort bilum: a cultural object of the pagan melanau
publisher Medwell Publishing
publishDate 2017
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19828/1/Bilum%20%3B%20A%20Cultural%20Object%20of%20the%20Pagan%20Melanau%20%28abstrak%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19828/
http://medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=jeasci.2017.6968.6973
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