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Smoked Fish, Dried Shrimp In Kampung Awat-Awat Lawas, Limbang

August 13, 2018

Location : Kampung Awat-Awat, Lawas District, Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.

We have been travelling so much into the interior of Borneo that whenever the word village pops up the feeling of tranquility and quietness filled our mind. But in a fishing village, things can be quite the opposite as in the case of Awat Awat. With the ongoing prawn season the busyness was even more intense. Young or old, everyone had to help out his or her family.

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From our 3 days’ observation, there was never a lack of family bonding in every household. The guys would mostly be the ones busy out in the sea bringing in loads of prawns. The ladies would be busy boiling big pots of prawns and spreading them on nets to be dried under the sun. The kids played their role too in the fish gutting section. Sometimes under the same roof the prawn and tahai processings go hand in hand. This 2 product industry is enough to keep this fishing community in business, thanks to a rich Brunei market.

Keropok Tahai / Smoked Fish (Fingerling) processing

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After the morning’s hunting for monkeys in a boat and an hours’ tour on foot under the hot sun, we decided to break for lunch in one of the 2 coffeeshops in the village. Basic fried food was available. Too bad no Kopi O in the menu.

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In the evening, we walked on foot from our host’s house Mr Aji to the local traditional cake maker Hajjah Kamariah’s home to catch her and the daughters busy preparing ‘kueh’ for the next day’s breakfast sale.

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If by any chance you guys should pass by Lawas town and wanting to experience life in a Malay fishing village, homestay can be arranged with Mr Aji. Do write in to us for contact details.

Walking around Awat-Awat