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Hidden Wildlife Conservation

As promised GoGo Perak brings all of you to special places in Perak.

So this time,
GoGoPerak brought to you a government wildlife conservation centre, 
hoping to discover another hidden travel place for our readers!

And now,
let us explore together.


Sungkai signboard

Finally reached Sungkai, our destination from Kampar.
Without hesitation, we went straight to this mysterious place.

The Sungkai WILDLIFE CONSERVATION CENTRE.

Known as Pusat Pemuliharaan Hidup Liar in Malay, 
Sungkai Wildlife Conservation Centre is managed by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Jabatan Perhilitan) in Sungkai, Perak. 

Sungkai Wildlife Conservation Centre, Perak


Situated within the 2468 hectares at the Sungkai Wildlife Reserve,
 the Sungkai Wildlife Conservation Centre is a complete conservation complex run by the DWNP for the breeding of pheasants, seladang and deer. 

The facilities available here are breeding cages for pheasants and hornbills, 
paddocks for the Sambar deer, and for Malayan Gaur. 

Besides that, there are also egg incubators, pheasants hatching laboratory and isolation cages. 

All the deers and Malayan Gaur are managed intensively for breeding purpose. 


Welcome to the Sungkai Wildlife Conservation Centre


This centre was under the responsibility of PERHILITAN, where they are  responsible for the wildlife habitat and security. Sungkai Wildlife Conservation Centre is managed by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Jabatan Perhilitan) in Sungkai, Perak. 

This centre which spreads over 50 hectares was opened in year 1971 and its primary conservation effort is to prevent extinction of the endangered wildlife. 


This conservation centre focuses on captive breeding programmes for the Gaur, Sambar deer and also several indigenous pheasant species.  

A direction to ease your way

Upon reaching the conservation site, the first thing to do is follow the direction board to the main office . once you reach there you have to find an officer to be your guide so you won't get lost!

Front door of the main office

Don't let the front view disappoint you because once you enter the main office,
you will see many candle mold replicas.


this is one of the hot-spot for study tour among schools and educational institutes. 




We guarantee that you won't regret coming to this place.



A floor map of this conservation centre

Don't freak out by the look of this place's floor map.

You might get lost inside if you didn't pay attention to this map and wandered off alone!

As mentioned, 
finding an officer is most advised on a study tour as this ensures you dont get lost and not miss out on any animals here.

Besides that, do not forget to follow the rules and regulations here.

Rules and regulations

Due to the reason that there are many animals at here,
visitors are not allow to make noise, hunt those animals there, light a fire without permission.

Besides that,
you are also prohibited to pluck the plants, walk alone, and litter.

These rules and regulations are not applied to all people, they are mainly 
 for people who will be camping here.

SAMBAR DEER:
Sambar Deer

The Sambar Deer, one of the animals that we saw once we entered here.
They are kept in a large area and monitored by workers here.

Sambar Deers that starring at us

They are very sensitive to visitors that pass by.
As we stop by, all of the deers stared at us, making us laughed out loud.


Description board of Sambar Deer

We missed out on the Timor Deers and Mousedeers, 
as we are unaware of their existence in the wildlife reserve before being told by the guide. 

PHEASANTS AND HORNBILLS:

There are variety of pheasants species here, but we did not managed to take pictures of them.

A kindly reminder for those that wish to visit here,
it is highly recommended  to bring along insects or mosquito repellent to avoid being bitten.


Majestic Rhinoceros Hornbill, 
representing one of the most powerful Sea Dayak (Iban) gods, 
and Singalang Burong, who plays an important part in Iban religious festivals.


This kind of birds are mainly located at Sarawak throughout the whole Malaysia, 
and was known as "State Bird of Sarawak".

They are also a symbol of strength and courage.


We were so excited when we saw such a beautiful horn-bill kept in this reservation centre,
but we also notice the loneliness from how it react towards us.

You can always pay a visit to this hornbill as it likes to be your model for photograph by just visiting here without the need of spending so much to fly over to Sarawak for those who are not wealthy.
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SELADANG MALAYAN GAUR:

This extensive wildlife reserve is also a sanctuary for the endangered Malayan Gaur, the largest species of cattle, bigger than the Cape Buffalo, water buffalo and bison. 


Malayan Gaur or Seladang in Malay, is the smallest among the 3 subspecies of gaur that includes the Southeast Asian Gaur (Bos gaurus laosiensis) and the Indian Bison (Bos gaurus gaurus).


We were advised to remain a distance as they are easily agitated with unfamiliar scent and faces. 

Description about Malayan Gaur

There are still countless species that are not introduced, feel free to discover them on your own.

We hope that we manage to attract all the animal lovers to this place and to introduce a new place in malayia worth visiting at a low budget 

                              

Brought to you by GoGoPerak in Sungkai Wildlife Conservation Centre.


Map direction for those who go from Kampar area.

It is open everyday around 8:00 am to 4:00 pm,
so feel free to drive around to observe animals there whenever you like.

But if you need to do a study trip, you will need to go during weekdays, 
preferably made a call for booking before going.

Pusat Pemuliharaan Hidup Liar 
Jabatan Perhilitan Sungkai 
35600 Sungkai 
Perak.
Tel: +605 438 9482 
       

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Molding Time!

On the way to discover the secret of making Labu Sayong.
Picturesque view of Padang Rengas, an important landmark to lead us to Labu Sayong. 


Bengkel Labu Sayong Kampung Paya Lintah


Look out for the entrance where replicas of Labu Sayong are displayed along the roadside before entrance.



Paya Lintah Labu Sayong workshop is located in the Kuala Kangsar area and has been operating since the year 2000 until now.  This workshop is owned by Mrs. Saidah Binti Pandak Sidek and her family as well. 

Their workshop provided several products of Labu Sayong and services such as ‘Labu Air’, lights, potpourri, egg trays, jewelry or gifts for weddings and study tour as well.


 Front door of the Labu Sayong’s workshop.


The owner’s daughter of Labu Sayong workshop, 
Miss Noor Sila Kharuddin.


Varieties of Labu Sayong!


Different types and size of Labu Sayong that available at here!



Process of making Labu Sayong.


Another complete process chart for making the Labu Sayong.


The clay used is free of chemical residues which is edible but contain foreign object such as sands, leaves, grass and pebbles.


Process of mixing the raw clay material.


The mixture machine that contains the mixture of water and clay.


Miss Sila is putting the raw clay into the mixture for the right proportion for making the pottery.


The mixture’s concentration cannot be too dilute or too concentrate, depending on the ratio of the raw clay and water which needed to be estimate as it does not have a fixed measurement.


She was taking the mixture to be filtered from the mixture machine into another barrel.


The ready mixed mixture have to be filtered out into another barrel before it can be used because the mixture might still contain tiny foreign object in it.


 Tiny foreign object which was inside the ready mixture that has been filtered out. 

The mixture is then left for at least one day before it can be readily use to make Labu Sayong. Thus, early preparation and much time is needed to be spent on the preparation process itself.


 The real clay mixture was poured into the the mold which then was used to shape different design of Labu Sayong.


 The real clay mixture have to continue to be poured into the mold constantly so that the mixture won’t dry faster till the whole mold was fill in with the mixture.


 The sample of the clay that is partially set-the texture is like plasticine, without chemical substances inside.


The real clay mixture which is ready be used after be dried. Miss Sila said that old mold would take 3 hours to dry and set properly, while new mold will take half an hour to set.

Besides, it’s also depending on the weather to make sure the Labu Sayong are dry enough and ready on the next process.


 The remaining of the clay mixture was poured out again to make sure the layer inside the mold was equally thick on the inside.


The mold of Labu Sayong!  


The Labu Sayong's caps.


 The remain of the cap mold is scrapped out so that it can be shape properly.

 The differences between the mold where the colour which is dark one is haven’t dry and the light colour is the one after dry under the sunlight.

 The large size of Labu Sayong which is used for placing in the different type of Labu Sayong before undergoing the baking process.

 This was the old method of making Labu Sayong. It takes longer time to finish at most 2 of Labu Sayong per day.

 They are still using manual machine to conduct the decoration process as it is still impossible for machine to do this process .

 Miss Sila was demonstrating to us how to start on decorate the Labu Sayong.

The tools that used for the decoration of Labu Sayong. 
The sponge, plastic bag and ‘batu sungai’ for smoothen the surface and cover the surface of the sand with water.


Types of colour that used for the decoration part of Labu Sayong. The engobe (colour) is an organic colour mixture which didn’t contain any toxic and harm materials which is safe for consuming.



Isn't it AWESOME?! 
A creative fine art by Miss Sila by using the tools to create the design on the Labu Sayong.


 She was showing on how to carve leave design on the Labu Sayong by using the tools available.



Leave carved design. Isn't it nice?


Stamping tool that was used for stamp design on the Labu Sayong.


 STAMPING TIME!
 She was demonstrating how to stamp it nicely on the surface of Labu Sayong.


 Done! A perfect finishing of Labu Sayong from Miss Sila before it is ready to be bake.


After the Labu Sayong was done, we were given the courtesy to encarve our name on it.


 Go Go Perak engraved onto the Labu Sayong!


The mold of Labu Sayong that was given by Miss Sila to each of us for making our own CREATIVE Labu Sayong! Appreciate it SO MUCH!


 After the coloring and decoration by our group members! Does it look NICE??


Combination of our CREATIVE design on Labu Sayong that we had made on.


A large oven which is used for the baking process of Labu Sayong. 
The baking process consumes up to 12 hours continuously on constant fire so that the Labu Sayong can be rigid. 

From what we get from Miss Sila, if the baking process exceeds the estimated time, the colour of Labu Sayong will change to lighter color.


 Combination of the photo taken at there due to the limitation of time for waiting the whole process making of Labu Sayong.


 Group members potrait with Miss Sila in front of the Labu Sayong workshop.



Mission completed, knowledge gained. 
Thank you for your time :D 

Here,we shall provide you with some information to this awesome place! 

The direction for guidance to Bengkel Labu Sayong Paya Lintah.
ADDRESS
BENGKEL LABU SAYONG PAYA LINTAH
 NO. 141, KAMPUNG PAYA LINTAH,
 33700 PADANG RENGAS, 
KUALA KANGSAR, PERAK.


 FOR BOOKING PLEASE CONTACT
MISS SILA 017-5279637
 HOME 05-7583093 
OR E-MAIL THEM at labusayong.payalintah@gmail.com


They also provided package for study tour by local universities and private universities as well. There is a list that they provided: 

Package 1 
 Study tour – random of seeing process of making Labu Sayong. The payment was free. 

Package 2
 Study Tour - see the whole process began in the early stages of Labu Sayong to final stage (combustion). The payment is RM 50 per trip.

 Package 3
 Study visit + eat = RM6.00 each. For the menu,kindly contact with Ms. Sila.

Have a fun with this wonderful finery art in Perak!
Specially brought to you by GOGOPERAK! 

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