This cooking wok reflects the culinary impact Chinese migrants have upon the area.
courtesy of Michael Mercil / May 3rd, 2006
This skill of forging metal is still practiced by some indigenous communities of Borneo.
courtesy of Ted Pack / May 3rd, 2006
A fruit vendor in Sibu. His fruit stand is built on a cargo bicycle, ready to go anywhere.
courtesy of Michael Mercil / May 3rd, 2006
Many offerings have been left around this funeral bed (the body is underneath the red sheet).
courtesy of Ted Pack / May 3rd, 2006
A Peace Corps volunteer getting a tattoo. To read the story behind this encounter, click here.
courtesy of Michael Mercil / May 3rd, 2006
Making a textile with a loom.
courtesy of Michael Mercil / May 3rd, 2006
This woman is probably making a repair of the thatched roof.
courtesy of Michael Mercil / May 3rd, 2006
Two youths use poles to move a canoe against the current.
courtesy of Michael Mercil / May 3rd, 2006
These people stomp to process their rice harvest.
courtesy of Michael Mercil / May 3rd, 2006
These women are working in a dry rice field.
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