As the Rumah Gare Indu Ngar, Bangie is committed to her responsibility to conduct the ritual at least twice a year. — Photos: BEN FOO
Bangie Embol can’t remember how long her ancestors have lived next to Sungai Kain, an almost two-hour drive from Kapit in central Sarawak. But the 79-year-old remembers her first weaving experience.
“At 10, I learned to weave from my master weaver grandmother, who raised me after my mother died when I was only two months old.”
