Hiki i nā Crocodile a me nā nahesa ma ka moku ʻo Lawas ke lilo i wahi mākaʻikaʻi i ka wā e kau ai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Sarawak i nā hōʻailona kūpono a puni lākou.
Ua ʻōlelo ka luna o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Ipoi Datan ma kahi o 100 mau wahi me nā kiʻi i ʻike ʻia e ke keʻena i kēia manawa.
“Ke hana nei mākou i ka noiʻi ʻana i nā effigies. Ma kekahi o nā kahua maikaʻi, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe mākou i ka wahi a kau i nā hōʻailona e wehewehe ana i ke ʻano o ia mau mea, i hiki ai ke lilo i mau wahi mākaʻikaʻi, "wahi āna.
Ua manaʻo ʻia e kau ʻia nā hōʻailona ma ka mahina aʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ipoi, he hana maʻamau ʻo Lun Bawang i ka wā ma mua ke kūkulu ʻana i nā kiʻi i ke ʻano o nā crocodiles a i ʻole nā nahesa i mea e hoʻomanaʻo ai i ka lanakila a i ʻole ka lawe ʻana i nā poʻo i mau poʻo.
“Ua hana ʻia nā kiʻi mai ka honua. Kūkulu ʻia lākou ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke poʻo o ka ʻenemi i ke koa a i ʻole ka lanakila ʻana.
"ʻO kekahi wale nō i lawe i ke poʻo hiki ke kūkulu i kahi kiʻi a ua hana maʻamau ia i nā lā he nui," i haʻi aku ai ʻo The Star ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka Hui Lun Bawang e hiki mai ana ma Dewan Tun Abdul Razak ma nehinei.
Wahi a Ipoi, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kiʻi ma mua o 100 mau makahiki a he 20ft a 30ft ka lōʻihi (6m a 9m).
Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka mea nui loa i ʻike ʻia ma ka mokuʻāina he 53ft (16m) i kapa ʻia ʻo Ulung Buayeh ma Long Kerabangan.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua kūkulu ʻia kēia kiʻi ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka huakaʻi Ulu Trusan i ka makahiki 1900 e Rajah Charles Brooke e kūʻē i kekahi mau alakaʻi o Lun Bawang ma ka ʻāina ʻo Trusan luna.
"Ua makemake ka pūʻali Brooke e hopu iā lākou akā ua pakele lākou. Manaʻo paha lākou i ka lanakila a me ka hauʻoli no ka pale ʻana i ka hopu ʻana, no laila ua kūkulu lākou i kahi kiʻi kūikawā," wahi a Ipoi.
Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā kiʻi ʻē aʻe ma Long Kerabangan, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Ulung Agung a me ka Ulung Darung, aia ma ke ʻano o ka nahesa a he 93ft (28m) ka lōʻihi.
Ua ʻike ʻia nā kiʻi koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe ma Bang Ubon ma Ba Kelalan.
Ma waho aʻe o ka Lun Bawang, ua kūkulu pū ka poʻe Iban i nā kiʻi crocodile i ka wā ma mua. Ua ʻike ʻia ma waena o Betong a me Balingian ma kahi o 40 mau kahua i kūkulu ʻia e ka Iban.
