TIBANG BUP IBAN

BUP SEREBA RETI JAKU IBAN

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(2011). Compiled and published by The Tun Jugah Foundation.
Paperback, 1,392p.

Bup Sereba Reti Jaku Iban is the first monolingual dictionary ever been written in a Bornean language, and is rightly called a vernacular dictionary for the future. It contains approximately seventeen thousand root-words and sixty thousand derivatives. It took the compilers/editors almost a decade to produce this comprehensive Iban language dictionary. For those who want to know more about Iban words and their respective meanings which are explained in the Iban language itself, this dictionary is useful to them.

Naka ke ditemu, empai bisi Bup Sereba Reti Jaku Iban ti tulin ditulis dalam jaku Iban empu. Ketegal ke empai bisi bup sereba reti jaku iban ke ulih diguna mensia mayuh ke deka belajarka jaku iban, dia Yayasan Tun Jugah lalu ngaga pemutus bejalaika pengawa ngumpul enggau naka penguih semua leka jaku iban ke ditemu sereta selalu dikena di serata menua Sarawak tu.

SAMPI ENGGAU BIAU

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(2001) Compiled by Robert Menua Saleh and Janang Ensiring.

Published by The Tun Jugah Foundation.

Paperback, 382 p.

This book is an anthology of sampi and biau. The anthology is made up of 22 sampi and 29 biau, specially selected from the so many sampi and biau recited by the prominent bards during a sampi and biau workshop held in Saratok on 16th and 17th February 1997. Being the first of its kind, the book describes fully well what sampi and biau are all about. People who are interested in reading and understanding sampi and biau (another major component of the Iban oral tradition), will find this book useful.

Written by Robert Menua Saleh and Janang Ensiring

SUGI SAKIT - Gerai Bai Pengerindu

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(2018) By Jantan Umbat by The Tun Jugah Foundation.

Hardcover, 370 p.

This book, written in Iban, provides a detailed account of an Iban traditional healing rite called Sugi Sakit which is held to cure any aged patient who has little hope of surviving after several other means have been in vain. It is actually a last resort to seek a divine intervention. The book offers elaborate explanation and justification as to how the ritual has the power to heal. It also outlines the sequence of events during healing ritual which culminates in the divination or prognostication rite using a pig’s liver. The full texts of the healing chants are affixed.

Jantan Umbat who hails from Saratok is a holder of Higher School Certificate (Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia), Diploma in Teaching English as A Second Language (TESL) from the English Language Institute, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand and Diploma of Applied Linguistics, University Malaya (Distant Learning). He is currently a Research Officer attached to Tun Jugah Foundation, Kuching, being there since 2001 with a break of 4 years serving as a contract officer in the State Ministry of Social Development from 2013 to 2016. Prior to joining Tun Jugah Foundation, he had served 33 years in the Education Department, Sarawak as a secondary school teacher, Principal/Headmaster and School Supervisor before retiring in 2000. Jantan has authored and co-authored a few other books published by Tun Jugah Foundation namely Ensera Wat Bujang Sugi, Pelian, Ripih Pengawa Gawai Antu and Bup Sereba Reti. He is also the author of the Adat Resam Masyarakat Iban (Custom and Tradition of the Iban) published by Jabatan Perpaduan Integrasi Nasional, Jabatan Perdana Menteri. He also has authored a few novels and a number of short stories in Iban. During his service in the Education Department, Sarawak, he had been an officer-in-charge of the Teaching and Learning of the Iban Language in schools and he had been conferred with several awards such as Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang, Pingat Pangkuan Negara (PPN), Pingat Perkhidmatan Terpuji (PPT) and Pingat Perkhidmatan Setia (PPS).

Written by Jantan Umbat

JAKU DALAM

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(2006) Compiled by Janang Ensiring and Robert Menua Saleh.
Published by The Tun Jugah Foundation.
Paperback, 394 p.

The Tun Jugah Foundation’s Jaku Dalam, contains approximately 9467 proverbs in use in the Iban language. Each of these proverbs is defined in clear Iban. This book has a number of unique features. Each proverb is defined in concise, contemporary language. Each proverb comes under any major word in it which is arranged in an alphabetical order. The clear typography an easy-to-read format makes looking up a proverb simple and fast. This book is an essential reference for anyone seeking to understand the meanings of proverbs in use in Iban society.

Written by Janang Ensiring and Robert Menua Saleh

"TIGA ENSERA"

1. Ensera Indai Jubang

2. Kumang Bunsu Ikan Buing

3. Kumang Nyera

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(2009) Published by The Tun Jugah Foundation.

Paperback, 139p.

Tiga Ensera (Three Stories) is an anthology of three stories, namely Indai Jubang (Mother of Jubang), Kumang Bunsu Ikan Buing (Beautiful Buing Fish Maiden) and Kumang Nyera (Kumang is Food-craving). The three stories are the prize-winners in the Folklore Writing Competition organized by the Tun Jugah Foundation. The first story is about frustrated Indai Jubang who, after losing a communal war where all men from her longhouse were killed, gathered all of their charms and amulets and flew them to the territories of their enemies. These charms and amulets have caused their brave enemies to fall sick, and one of them is Keling of Panggau Libau. The second story is about a war expedition led by Keling to the country of Raja Ribai in order to rescue Ngelai, a brave warrior from Panggau Libau. The last story is all about efforts carried out by Keling and his men, who try to rescue Kumang, who is suddenly discovered lost from their community in Panggau Libau.

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ENTELAH

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(2019). Compiled and published by The Tun Jugah Foundation.
Paperback, 123p.

The book contains a collection of about three hundred riddles of the Ibans. The riddles have been categorized into two. One category of riddles is meant for children while another category is for the general public.

Written by The Tun Jugah Foundation

RENUNG ADAT

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(2001) Compiled by Robert Menua Saleh, Janang Ensiring and Walter Ted Wong.

Published by The Tun Jugah Foundation.

Paperback, 155 p.

Written in classical Iban. The book attempts to examine the various forms and texts of renung adat as they are sung in Sibu, Kapit and Betong Divisions of Sarawak, Malaysia. Renung Adat, a sacred chant, comprises of three categories in Sibu and Kapit Divisions, renung nama’ka tuah, renung ngalu petara, and renung sebayan. Renung Nama’ka Tuah is a song sung during numerous ritual festivals proper (Gawai Amat/Asal)and dream rituals (Gawai Mimpi) for welcoming possessions and riches brought into the family by deities through material manifestations of spiritual blessings. Renung Ngalu Antu is for inviting and welcoming deities and the spirits who will visit us during the riutal festivals. Renung Sebayan is sung during ritual festival for the deads (Ngelumbung). Its purpose is for inviting the spirits of the dead relatives to the feast whereby mourning regulations for the deceased’s family are lifted. The spirits of the deads are expected to give charms for the well-beings of the surviving relatives such as for longevity, prosperity and happiness. Renung Adat Melah Pinang is used in Betong Division in the celebration of a wedding ceremony. Scholars of Iban culture must have a copy of this book in their custody, for it will also give them insights into aspects of rites relating to renung adat.

Written by Robert Menua Saleh, Janang Ensiring and Walter Ted Wong

ADAT GAWAI (Batang Rajang Ulu)

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(2008) Compiled by Dr. Robert Menua Saleh and Walter Ted Wong.
Published by The Tun Jugah Foundation.
Paperback, 260 p.

Written in standard Iban language, this book gives detailed proceedings and rites of Iban traditional festivals. It highlights various types of traditional festivals being celebrated by members of the Iban community, especially those living along the upper parts of Rajang river basin in Sarawak. With numerous pictures of the actual proceedings of traditional festivals, this book is useful fro scholars, researchers and ordinary readers who want to know more about Iban traditional festivals.
Written by Robert Menua Saleh and Walter Ted Wong