KAMPUNG REJOI, 41 KELUARGA
Getting to Kampung Rejoi we crossed several
impeccably
engineered bridges
made from bamboo and wire strung over the
Sarawak Kiri river.
Established, well tendered gardens run the
perimeter of many of
the homes in Rejoi, each built with timber or concrete. Tiled bathrooms, ample
kitchens and well kept social areas are common. Many houses had man-made ponds
nearby provide with ready access to fish for eating. These are lovely homes of
a welcoming and generous people. Both Semban and Rejoi villagers are
descendants from a people called the Biemban or ’people of Emban’, named after
the Emban River.
Their early
leaders and warriors were legendary, fiercely defending their settlements. The
Sarawak Gazette, in articles published from 1885 to 1887, described the Semban
as living in an area that would, in later years be known as Semban Native
Customary Rights Land. Kampung Rejoi is situated on this land. Fish, rice,
chicken, wild boar and fruit are the staple of all the Kampungs in the region.
Kampung farms support cash crops such as pepper, rubber, pineapple and cocoa.
Locally grown food include rice, papaya and durian... One had to be reminded
that everything else is carried into these villages, from tinned food to
generators and the fuel
to power them.
One old ladies show her skill on carring and transporting a plank of wood which they used ti build thier home. Now this skill was left behind when they choose to move to the new resettlement which is call BRS.
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