Keepers of tradition: Anyu (left) and Anat decked out in traditional ‘ruyang’, which symbolises the distinctive Semban culture.
KUCHING: Four years ago, Anat Ugom embraced the age-old Bidayuh tradition of becoming a “ring lady” as there were only four of them left in the whole of Sarawak.
At the age of 40, Anat put on the ruyang for the forearms and rasung for the calves to honour the tradition which embodies the distinctive culture of the Semban, a sub-tribe of the Bidayuh.
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