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Tamu at Tamparuli Sabah.

In Tuaran district, there are four Tamu that can be enjoyed every Sunday,Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday. First at every Sunday all folks from Tuaran, Kota Belud,Menggatal and Kota Kinabalu can visit Tuaran to get any product from traditional to moden which they like.

Usually the tourist who is staying at "Rasa Ria Resort" like to visit Tamu Tuaran every Sunday to take picture or even to buy traditional product or to taste local foods produce by the Bajau and Dusun people. This Tamu is really famous among the Dusun Lotud and Sama people living in Tuaran where they like to sell their product to get some extra income.

At Monday you can visit Tamu Pukak. Pukak is a small town which located 28km from Tamparuli and 8km from Kiulu Town. Usually the "White River Rafting" is conducted here and ended at Kiulu town. Folks around Pukak will sell their product such as foods and so on. You can visit Pukak from Tamparuli town by getting the Kiulu Mini Van station beside Shell Pam Gas situated at the middle of Tamparuli Town. The bus rate is about RM5 per trip. You can get this services by asking the bus coordinator there.

At Tuesday you can visit Tamu Kiulu. Kiulu is located 20km form Tamparuli and 31km from Tuaran. Usually there are a lot of traders from all over Sabah came to sell their product there. Many Indonesian are selling "Kain Rombengan" and this cloths is so popular among the local because it very cheap to be reuse as their cloth when their are going to their "Rubber farm". The Indian are also selling necessity product to the local living there. All types of product can gathered there to be used as a daily usage.

Meanwhile on Wednesday morning you can visit Tamu Tamparuli. Tamparuli is located 40km from Kota Kinabalu, 11km to Tuaran and 76km to Ranau. Usually the tamu ground is located near the Tuaran river and Tamparuli suspension bridge or " Jambatan Tamparuli" called the local there. Chinese,Indian and local can be seen early in the morning to buy vegetables, fruit,fresh fish and other product sale by traders, " Taukeh" and so forth. You can buy almost anything there from foods to cloth and so forth. Recently when I go there, I still can see a registered "Local Black Smith"selling "parang". I know this guy and I already had visit his place and watch him making "Parang", "Rimbas", "Pais" and dagger. All the local knows about this dialect I used. Thanks - Admin

Bukit Perahu

Tamparuli Legend and Myth.

Tamparuli Town is full with legend and myth, whereby people in Tamparuli used to tell me about a story of " Bukit Perahu " which mean Hill Of Boat in English Language a few years ago. One story that is still fresh in my memory is the story of a huge rock shape like a boat located somewhere behind the " Bukit Perahu ". If you want to search for it, it will never be found but you will found it accidentally if don't want to look for it. That was the old man told me years ago. Bukit Perahu is located behind the Buddhist Temple and at the brink of road to Kg Bawang, Tamparuli. This road also known as the old Ranau Road and if you follow this road, you will reach Kg Togop Tamparuli and from there you will penetrate to Ranau Road.

Bukit Perahu got it name because of the huge rock shape like a boat located somewhere behind that hill. I have been there several time already but I never seen it. No body have ever found it but there is story about it. It make me so confuse about the story because there is no evidence about the existing of the "huge rock shape like a boat" and no body dare to find it. My friend and I used to find rubber seed behind the Buddhist Temple and because of worry maybe the old man told us about the story to prevent us to coming back again and again to that hills. The hill is full with small tree and grass during that day. Behind the hill is full with rubber tree and you feel freaky when you go there. It will be a huge discovery if someone find it but there is a myth telling that if you find it you will be lost forever.

Bukit Perahu also used by the Roman Catholic adherent to do the Stations Of the Cross every year. The Roman Catholic adherent is from St Philip Roman Catholic Church of Tamparuli. Bukit Perahu is namely by the Roman Catholic follower as St Veronica Hill and a big white cross is planted on top of the hill. It was majestic and wonderful view from the hill top, you can see all the Tamparuli Town area from there. Pick up you camera and go for it. It open for public and make sure that your are really fit to make the climb. Bukit Perahu is also used by the Paraglider to do the Paragliding Extreme sport. Usually they will do this sport if the wind blow from behind Bukit Perahu. Datuk Jahid Jahim have experience in doing this sport several years ago and I was there at the scene to watch it done. All the paragliders is welcome to join this sport. Tamparuli authority is strongly promoting this sport around the globe and this sport is aiming to be done twice a year. It will bring huge impact to Tamparuli town whereby a lot of visitor will come to this town to enjoy this game.

There are many different story about this hill, you can search through the net or wikipedia to get more information about it. It is a legend or myth it up to the reader to decide it. Mr Ben Godomon in his blog ( bengodomon.com ) is also providing good story and picture about this hill. He start blogging about Tamparuli more than 5 years ago and a credit to him for his outstanding word, articles and picture of Tamparuli Sabah. Find more interesting story about Tamparuli through www.bengodomon.com.

" There Is More Here Than Meet The Eye "

Story: Harry George

Sources: Own Experiance

Picture: Bengodomon.com / Star Stream Group