News Coverage

  • Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri with participants

    Women-led heritage projects take centre stage at ‘Dayung Warisan’ closing showcase

    SARAWAK TRIBUNE: Women-led heritage initiatives took centre stage at the Old Courthouse here today as the ‘Dayung Warisan’ closing ceremony and showcase marked the culmination of a two-month programme dedicated to empowering women.

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  • Mathew Ngau Jau, Juvita Tatan Wan, Indigenous Exchange Festival closing, Nadira Ilana, Celine Lim, Adrian Jo Milang

    IXF 2025 Concludes In Miri With Film & Music Showcase

    MIRI: The Indigenous Exchange Festival (IXF) 2025 concluded on Sunday with the screening of selected short films and music videos by participants, marking the close of three days of cultural dialogue, performances, and community exchange at Alter Space Gallery & Studio, Miri.

    Festival co-curator from The Tuyang Initiative, Juvita Tatan Wan, described the first edition of IXF as a true community effort.

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  • Image featuring Alena Murang, Nadira Ilana, Sarah Lois Dorai, Juvita Tatan Wan

    Why Malaysian advertising needs to rethink its portrayal of Borneo

    MARKETING INTERACTIVE: When East Malaysia appears in Malaysian advertising, the visuals often default to longhouses, hornbills, forests, and paddy fields. While recognisable, such imagery flattens a complex region and its people into neat clichés.

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  • Group of nine diverse people smiling and posing for a photo in an art gallery with framed artwork on the walls.

    Alter/Space: Miri’s vibrant hub for indigenous creativity

    FREE MALAYSIA TODAY: The Tuyang Initiative opened Alter/Space in Miri, a vibrant gallery and studio celebrating indigenous Dayak culture. It offers free, community-driven creative workshops, performances, historical dialogues, and supports youth and cultural preservation.

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  • Indigenous cultural performers in traditional attire participating in a staged ritual or dance on a darkened stage.

    This Bornean team was invited to perform in Japan, now crowdfunding RM180K to make it happen

    VULCAN POST: The Tuyang Initiative, a Miri-based indigenous arts social enterprise, is crowdfunding RM180K to send 15–18 Dayak performers to Japan’s World Music & Dance Festival in Hakodate this August, showcasing “Wind & Earth.

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  • A man with black hair and tattoos playing a musical instrument with intricate carvings, sitting indoors.

    ‘It is my responsibility’: Mathew Ngau Jau on lifelong dedication to preserving and promoting ‘sape’ musical instrument

    MALAY MAIL: Mathew Ngau Jau, a 72‑year‑old Kenyah cultural guardian, has tirelessly preserved the traditional sape through performance, teaching, craftsmanship, and workshops—earning national heritage honours and a lifetime achievement award.

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  • Screenshot of an online conference with five participants, including three women and two men, in various indoor and outdoor settings, with some backgrounds showing bookshelves and outdoor landscape views.

    Malaysian Social Enterprise, The Tuyang Initiative and ENZ collaborate to present the ‘Indigenous Peoples Talk Series 2023’

    EDUCATION NEW ZEALAND: The Tuyang Initiative and Education New Zealand hosted a virtual Indigenous Peoples Talk Series (Aug–Oct 2023), with three monthly panels covering Education & Technology, Social Entrepreneurship, and Arts & Culture featuring Malaysian and New Zealand Indigenous voices.

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  • Four people in a room playing musical instruments, including a woman with short dark hair and glasses playing a wooden marimba, a man with glasses and a beard playing a wooden acoustic guitar, another person partially visible, and one person playing a wooden instrument in the background.

    Spotlight on Malaysian Businesses: Keeping culture alive through digital means

    DIGITAL NEWS ASIA: The Tuyang Initiative, based in Miri since 2017, digitally empowers indigenous cultural practitioners—offering exhibitions, workshops, cloud-based operations, virtual performances, and online invoicing—to sustain heritage and income amid modern challenges.

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  • An elderly man wearing a beige headscarf with feathers, a black shirt, and a colorful vest, sitting against a gray background and holding a large wooden stringed instrument with tuning pegs and decorative carvings.

    Sarawakian sape master Mathew Ngau Jau shares what perpetuating culture is really about

    OPTIONS, THE EDGE: Mathew Ngau Jau, 72, Kenyah Ngorek “Keeper of the Kenyah Ngorek Songs,” revitalises the Bornean sape through performance, teaching, craftsmanship, and innovation—earning national heritage status and multiple lifetime‑achievement awards

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