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Travel Photography | The Rungus People Of Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | The Rungus People of Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo The Rungus are an ethnic group of Borneo, residing primarily in northern Sabah in the area surrounding Kudat. A sub-group of the Kadazan-Dusun, they have a distinctive language, dress, architecture, customs, and oral literature. Considered one of the most traditional ethnic groups in Sabah, many Rungus live in longhouses, with each family having its own separate quarters off a common hall. At the edge of the communal hall, a well-ventilated platform of split bamboo with outward sloping walls provides a place for socialising and communal work. The Rungus longhouse is quite different from the Murut longhouse.…
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Malaysia Day Golden Jubilee Celebration | Face of Sabah Malaysia North Borneo
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Face Of Borneo Sabah is a unique land, a melting pot of many indigenous and immigrant groups. The population comprises over thirty-one different ethnic races and 80 over different languages or dialects. The beautiful thing is all these diverse ethnic groups live together harmoniously while at the same time preserving their own culture, traditions, festivals and customs. The indigenous group in Sabah include the Kadazan Dusun, Bajau, Murut, Rungus, Lotud, Brunei, Orang Sungai, Kadayan, Bisaya and many others sub-groups. The photograph above were taken during the celebration of Malaysia Day Golden Jubilee at the Prince Philip Park, Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu Sabah. She was standing…
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Tips Fotografi | Pemilihan Lensa Untuk Fotografi Kembara (Travel Photography)
Sebelum saya pergi jauh lagi, ingin saya maklumkan bahawa, apa yang saya tulis di sini adalah menurut pandangan peribadi saya yang terhad ini, ini bukanlah satu penulisan yang bersifat akademik, lebih kepada “common sense” ataupun tidak lebih dari salah satu perkongsian pengalaman. Saya memang meminati “Travel Photography” ataupun Fotografi Kembara ni, saya kurang minat ambil gambar di dalam studio, dan salah satu sebab saya memilih pekerjaan ini ialah kerana saya tidak mahu bekerja terkurung di dalam pejabat sepanjang masa, saya hanya berada di pejabat sekiranya tiada tugasan dan sekiranya ada tugasan atau “assignment” kebiasaanya tugas itu berlaku di luar pejabat. Panjang pulak intronya sampai saya sendiri malas nak baca, anyway,…
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Making a Photograph | A Moment to Remember | Kota Kinabalu Sabah
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | My Family Having Dinner at Kota Kinabalu In my previous post, I’ve written about Making a Photograph and taking a photograph, so in this case I’m making a photograph while having dinner with my family at Kota Kinabalu Sabah. The location of this food stalls is just next to Kota Kinabalu Wet Market and not very far from the big iconic Marlin fish statue. Why I call this “making a photograph”? I chose the right location where I can get the fishing boats in view and also this area is quite bright for me to use the natural light without using flash, in fact I…
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Life is Tough | When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
© 2005 | Wazari Wazir | Once Upon a Time at Mount Kinabalu | Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett – “Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton – “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb – “What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson – “When you come to the end of your rope,…