Vwere arious activities held including Benak Regatta, beauty contests, cooking competition, exhibition, bazaar, cultural performances, bike gathering, and autoshow. “We target 50,000 visitors to the Benak Festival this year, and we believe it can be achieved by the end of the festival on Sunday,” he said.Īlso present were Lingga assemblywoman Simoi Peri, Political Secretary to the Chief Minister, Dato Sri Doris Sophia Brodie Sri Aman District Officer Ismawie Salleh and Harden’s wife Datin Simba Nallang. A tidal bore is the unique natural phenomenon where incoming tides form waves that travel up a river, in this case the Batang Lupar River in the town. Meanwhile, Sri Aman Resident Jonathan Lugoh, who is the organising chairperson, said a crowd of 50,000 is expected at the three-day festival. Pesta Benak, or the Tidal Bore Festival, will take place on November 3 to 5 in Bandar Sri Aman about 200km from Kuching City. “I call on the local community to increase their income by doing business during the festival, like creating handicraft products as souvenirs for tourists,” he said. He said the tourism product had given the local community income-generating opportunities during the festival. “I dare say the tidal bore festival here has become famous which we, as Sri Aman residents, should be proud of,” he said when officiating at the 14th Tidal Bore or Benak Festival at Batang Lupar Waterfront here yesterday.
The centre of attraction for visitors not only from Sarawak, Semenanjung or Sabah, but also from overseas such as France, Australia and other Asian countries. “This is proven as every time the Benak Festival is organised since 2001, Sri Aman becomes This is one of approximately 400 rivers and estuaries in the world where this phenomenon happens. The wave crest at Sri Aman is up to 2 to 3 metres high. The tidal bore comes in from the river mouth and fills up the river very rapidly in the course of about 10 minutes. “This natural phenomenon has raised the name of Sri Aman in the world stage. Sri Aman is famous for the benak, or tidal bore, of the Batang Lupar River.
During spring tides it surges at up to 18 km/h, producing a wave crest 2-3. SRI AMAN: The tidal bore in Sri Aman is well known in the international community.Īssistant Minister of Rural Economy and Plantation Datuk Francis Harden Hollis said the Batang Lupar tidal bore, ranked fourth among the top tidal bores in the world, is getting a lot of tourist attention. the Batang Lupar, is famous for its daily benak (tidal bore) (see page 148). Harden (fourth right) cuts the ribbon to officiate at the festival while (from second right) Simoi, Jonathan, Ismawie, Simba, Doris and others look on.
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