Monday, February 8, 2016

Tibowang

Tibowang (pronounce as Ti-bo-wang) is a noun for abandon land/place. Usually for settlement area that has been abandoned. In some villages they called it Tibawang which carries the same meaning just pronounce a little differently.



There is a place called Tibowang Souh located somewhere between Bau and Lundu road. Tibowang souh literally means "Burnt abandoned land/settlement".
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