Published on: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 |
Polish media making the beat in Sabah is rare.
But Edyta was clicking and shooting away the diverse cultural faces and costumes at the Sabah Museum's Heritage Village Sunday afternoon in conjunction with Sabah Fest 2009 events themed "Mystical Sabah - A Cultural Experience."
"Peoples are the essence of a country," said Edyta who writes for the Polish magazine named Shiat Podsoze i Kultura.
"This is what makes it worthwhile travelling," she justified her exploration through Malaysian Borneo.
"The most valuable memories at the end of your travel are the peoples you meet on your way," she said.
"And the most different peoples are also the most interesting peoples," added Edyta who was astonished to learn Rungus women had a tradition in wearing massive brass coils around their legs!
"This is just unbelievable," she told Daily Express.
She said she was aware of the massive neck braces worn by "giraffe-neck women" among the Padaung Hill tribe known as the Kayan - a sub group of the Karen hill tribe but least expected that she would see an equally whopping practice in Sabah!
