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Sunday, February 07, 2010

Villagers move house on their shoulders

2010/02/07

KANGAR, Sun: When Ramli Ismail wanted to move house, he went public about it.Last Friday, he asked the local mosque to make an announcement and then he conveyed the message by word of mouth to fellow villagers in Wang Belimbing near here, at times even going from door to door.

Today, more than 250 turned up as early as 7am to help him literally move a wooden house, lock, stock and barrel, hoisted on their shoulders to a new location just 10 metres away.

Even the Perlis menteri besar, Datuk Seri Dr Md Isa Sabu, was there, along with former Bintong state assemblyman Rusli Mat Hussin.

This traditional form of moving a house is still widely practised in Perlis.

After the 15-minute "job" today, self-employed Ramli, 44, and the others enjoyed a meal, also prepared under the "gotong-royong" (self-help) concept by the people.

Ramli said he had bought the house from a villager for RM600 and it would be occupied by one of his children. -- BERNAMA

This traditional form of moving a house is still widely practised in Perlis