Boat ride in Jeti Batu in Tawau, Sabah to Pulau Sebatik.
Fishing vessels near Jetty Batu, Tawau Sabah.
Fishing vessel near Jetty Batu, Tawau Sabah.
Jetty Pulau Sebatik, Malaysia's border.
Marwan, a Sebatik local work as RELA (volunteer security) at the Jetty.
Images of "Kapitan" a famous figure in Pulau Sebatik local. He will usually entertain any government officials who come and visit here.
Mosque in one of the village in Pulau Sebatik.
Night activity before Qurban ceremony the next day held by Bank Islam's Head of Shariah in HQ. Locals welcome spiritual leaders to give talk in their mosque as this would help them improve their knowledge as a Muslim. They rarely receive any outsiders in the island.
Kids playing outside of the mosque's main prayer hall.
Tamang Mentadak's village leader's house.
Kadrium, committee member of Tamang Mentadak Mosque.
Some of the villagers in Tamang Mentadak, Sebatik.
Villagers mostly are made of Oil Pam Estate owner. Most of them own a dog as a security measure.
Qurban ceremony near the mosque in the morning.
Female villagers helps to cook for the community.
Mother and daughter playing at the stairs of their house.
In front of the village leader's house.
Pre school kids in Tamang Mentadak Village.
Pre school kid in Tamang Mentadak.
Sebatik Island jetty from Malaysian Border.
I was in Pulau Sebatik (Sebatik Island) on assignment for Bank Islam (Malaysia) to document their Qurban activity. As a passionate photographer who constantly find things to document about humanity and life, we managed to sneak a few shots about life in Sebatik. Pulau Sebatik are divided into two borders namely Malaysia and Indonesia. I was on the Malaysian side of the border. I managed to interview and talk to several local people in Sebatik.
The only transportation to get to Pulau Sebatik from Tawau is via boat ride. Boat ride only available for the public to use during the day time.
Sebatik's closest neighbour is Tawau, but people from Tawau never been to Sebatik at all. Sebatik villagers rarely recieved visitors that is non Sebatik Locals on daily basis. So I had the chance to see and have a little look this unknown island. This area was once famous for its uniqueness where a house in Pulau Sebatik has two borders. One in Malaysia and the other in Indonesia.
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