Friday, August 15, 2008

World’s biggest and longest ‘sape’ at the the Baram International Regatta


MARUDI: A thirty-foot-long sape at the town square has become a centre of attraction for local and visitors alike in the run-up to the Baram International Regatta.

The sape is a reminder that the Borneo Sape Festival will be held here on Aug 16, one of side activities of the Baram International Regatta from Aug 15 to 17. Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud is expected to open the (Borneo Sape) festival on Aug 16.

“We are trying to enter this sape as the biggest replica in Malaysia Book of Records. And, we are keeping our fingers cross hoping that the officials would verify the claim,” the festival organising chairman who is also Telang Usan assemblyman Lihan Jok said yesterday.

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