One of Sarawak’s last five ‘ring ladies’ dies


KUCHING: Ranyu Daiee, a Bidayuh woman who withstood social changes when she kept the tradition of wearing rings around her forearms and calves, has died at the age of 83.

Dubbed the “Ring Lady”, Ranyu, who preserved the tradition with three other women from Kampung Semban, died at 5.30am at her house in the Bengoh Resettlement Scheme (BRS), about 45km from here yesterday.

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