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KUCHING
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"Kuching," which is Malay for "cat" |
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| There are several stories of how Kuching came
to be named "Cat," but our favorite goes something like this: About 1839,
James Brooke, a British adventurer who would eventually be appointed by
the Sultan of Brunei as the first of Sarawak's three "White Rajahs,"
arrived in the area.*
When Brooke first saw the village, he pointed in its
direction, and asked one of the natives what its name was. There happened
to be a cat somewhere in between, going about its normal Sarawakian
rainforest cat activities, not suspecting that he or she was about to be
immortalized and put on the map, as it were. The native thought that
Brooke was pointing at the feline, so he answered, logically enough, "Kuching,"
which is Malay for "cat." |
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Cats of Kuching. Since the city is named "Cat," it is whimsically logical to have statues of cats at various spots.
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