Launching Of Workshop, Book To Promote Traditional Games
By Jon Tampoi

Bandar Seri Begawan - In its efforts to preserve the national identities that are slowly eroding, the Brunei Museum Department has taken steps in various projected forms to reintroduce local communal culture through the ethnography section.

Co-chairman of the traditional games of Bukit Udal Workshop, Pudarno Bincin, who is also the Curator of the Ethnography of the Brunei Museum Department said this during the workshop that was held at the community hall of the Puak sang Jati Dusun of Bukit Udal in the Tutong District.

Most of these efforts are in line with international meetings and conferences that were attended by a number of officers of the department, he said.

The various moves to preserve communal cultural traits are made possible with the support of various village councils, he added.

The ethnography section has made two moves to help preserve these cultural traits, which are launching of various exhibition of cultural material and propagating workshops on the selected subject.

The guest of honour who officiated the event was the Director of Museums, Awg Hj Matassim Bin Hj Jibah, with the knocking of a turtle shell gong.

At the same function, a traditional games book entitled `Permainan dan Sukan

Tradisi Masyarakat Brunei Darussalam' (Games and Traditional Sports of Brunei Darussalam) was launched.

The book will be distributed later. The event was attended by interested parties, local community members from nearby areas, local residents as well as officers of the Brunei Museum Department.

The aim of the workshop was to preserve and document traditional games that are found in Brunei Darussalam. It was organised jointly by the Brunei Museum Department and the Village Council of Bukit Udal. The cochairperson of the project was the Village Headman of Bukit Udal.

This is one of the many projects of the Brunei Museum Department.

Thirty-five participants from various associations, education institutions, Brunei Museum Department and individuals attended the workshop which was conducted by five cultural experts, namely Benson bin Tunggoh, Perak bin Nayud, Gumpol bin Runtub, Chominah @ Chomwah bin Sidin and Mandin bin Uking.

A demonstration of four traditional games was presented during the workshop and six other traditional games were exhibited. Various handicrafts produced by the local residents were also on sale. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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