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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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Travel Photography | Postcard From Kashmir | A Troubled Paradise
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Kashmir | Paradise on Earth | A Troubled Paradise “A lot of us first aspired to far-ranging travel and exotic adventure early in our teens; these ambitions are, in fact, adolescent in nature, which I find an inspiring idea…Thus, when we allow ourselves to imagine as we once did, we know, with a sudden jarring clarity, that if we don’t go right now, we’re never going to do it. And we’ll be haunted by our unrealized dreams and know that we have sinned against ourselves gravely.” – Tim Cahill – Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel
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Travel Photography | Sarawak Cultural Show at Annah Rais Longhouse
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Traditional Cultural Show | Annah Rais Longhouse | Padawan Sarawak Some of the Sarawak Cultural Show at Annah Rais Longhouse during the state visit of the President of Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus to Kuching Sarawak. Annah Rais settlement is the oldest in Sarawak as it has existed more than 200 years ago. The traditional architectural design of the Bidayuh longhouses has continued to be preserved. Annah Rais longhouse is located at Padawan District, approximately 60 km away from the Kuching city, Sarawak, Malaysia. Normally I did not bother to take as much as cultural performance which normally being perform to entertain the VVIP, I’ve quite a lot of…
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Environmental Portrait Photography | Belly Dancers at Moroccan Pavilion
© 2009 Wazari Wazir | Belly Dancers | Moroccan Pavilion | Botanical Garden Putrajaya In my previous article I’ had written props, how sometimes a good set of props or supporting element can make or break any portraiture session. The other thing that can make or break a portrait session is the costume and the choice of location for the photo shoot. The right costumes with the right background usually will produce a great portrait or if I can say, a great environmental portrait where people can relate into it. This Belly Dancers photo outing was organize by friend of mine Dominic Song at Moroccan Pavilion in Putrajaya on the…
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Malaysia King Birthday | Vintage
Malaysia’s King Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (C) inspects the guard-of-honour during his birthday parade in Kuala Lumpur, June 5 2010. The King birthday is officially celebrated as a national holiday on the first Saturday of June, regardless of the officeholder’s actual birthday. This is really a historical event, so I think why don’t I try present it in a different way here, after all, this is not really a photojournalist site, this is a personal blog for me to express or to present my art work the way I want it to be, not like truly in a photojournalist way, don’t worry though, the original RAW files is remain unharmed…
