Sarawak Longhouse Pictures in B&W

Photos of Sarawak Longhouse
Here is a series of Sarawak Longhouse Pictures in black and white or B&W. In the many years of visiting the Iban Longhouse along the Lemanak River in remote Sarawak Borneo, I wanted to feature life in a common longhouse in black and white pictures.

The Ibans are the largest tribe in Sarawak and many still live in traditional homes like these. In any one longhouse, there can be from 10 to 50 families living there. What fascinates me is how simple a life they live here without the bothers of modern technologies.

Sarawak Longhouse Pictures in Black & White

Photo of Iban long boat
Dogs on a longboat - the main transport of the Iban people in Sarawak

Photo of many Iban long boats
Longboats parked outside the longhouse

Photo inside Iban Longhouse
Some of the interesting ceiling designs of the Iban people

Photo of Iban Shaman Medicine Man
 Iban Shaman shows his collection of tattoos

Photo of Iban lady weaving baskets
Iban lady weaving baskets

Photo of basket weaving Iban tribe
 An elderly lady weaves while her grandson plays with something

Photo of Iban longhouse walls
Intricate designs made from bamboo on the wall of a home

Photo of Iban lady musicians
Iban ladies prepare to play the traditional instruments

Photo of Iban kids
Iban kids looking at me

Photo of Iban elderly men smoking
Two Iban elderly men have a chat and smoke

Photo if Iban longhouse ruai
An old Iban man sits in the corridor of the longhouse

Photo of Ngajat Kenyalang Dance
Iban lady doing the Ngajat Kenyalang (Hornbill Dance)

Photography at Iban Longhouse Sarawak
My friend Eric takes a picture of the Iban headmen and lady of the longhouse

I hope you enjoyed the pictures above as they were taken over a duration of two years on my many visits to the Lemanak River in Sarawak for work and exploration.

Usually I would post photos in color, but this time around I wanted to share this series of the Sarawak Longhouse photography in black and white.

Enjoy the pictures and if you have questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below. This is part of my personal photography collection from my travels around Sarawak.  

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Blogging since 2007, but writing online since 1997. I belong to the 1st generation of worldwide bloggers, which is of course old-school. Since 2008, I created Malaysia Asia and this travel, flood, gadget and lifestyle blog has won numerous physical awards from tourism boards around Malaysia. (Not those online awards). After 12 years of blogging, I have semi-retired and now blog about things I like, do product reviews and enjoy life. My work has been featured in Lonely Planet, CNN Travel, Yahoo Travel, Wall Street Journal, and many other international publications. Find out more about me and thank you.

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