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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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Travel and Photography | Trams in Istanbul
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Trams in Istanbul | Sultanahmet Area The most efficient and cheap way to get from point A to B in Istanbul by public transportation is undoubtedly by metro, tram, funicular and/or ferry. These means of public transportation are very efficient, quick and punctual. Not in the least because they don’t suffer from Istanbul’s constantly clogged streets. They are very frequent, meaning that you don’t to wait long to get a tram or metro. Most of the trams or metro here have a fixed fees, whether you wanted to travel from point A to B or from point A to Z (last destination), the fare is the same, in…
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Traveling Family | Snapshots at Cameron Highlands
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Photography Tips | Minimalist Photography | Keep It Simple
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Mother and Daughter at Habu Boh tea Plantation | Cameron Highlands Sometimes the best things in life is to keep it simple, I think so does goes to photography. There is a place for minimalism and there is a place for a little bit of context in photography. Sometimes the simple photograph does not tell the whole story since we have already crop out any unwanted attention in the photograph and when it is simple, the visual story become simple also. This photograph may look simple, just a mother which is my wife and our newborn daughter against a green tea plantation at Cameron Highlands.…