Cross on Coconut Leaf - Simunjan

Originally posted at Bidayuh.Info 9/02/2008

Excited yet skeptical...that was what I felt after receiving news that somewhere near Simunjan, a cross (or alike of it) was spotted on a coconut stalk and leaf. That was reminiscence on what had had happen in Palembang few years ago.

So, on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year, me, my causin, my sis and her famili, went for a trip to the area to have a closer look and share what we had found there.

To reach there, you will need to turn to Jalan Simunjan from Pan Borneo trunk road, which is around half an hour from Serian, then from the simpang you will need to drive another 20-minutes before you see this sign on your left.




Go further in juz for one kilometer to reach kpg Semalatong
Then smack in the middle of the kpg you should see a prevailing looking trees of coconut



Nothing unusual about it..except of course, the number of people around may suggest something…

So upon closer look on the coconut tree on the right of the pix, from certain angle you may able to observe a cross-like pattern on the coconut stalk and leaf…




I am having difficulties of getting the right shot as I can’t get the angle right. To make matter worse, the wind was blowing …… so I took people’s picture first…



Surprisingly, hp cam able to zero in on the cross and took the shot at the rite moment




..and another shoot from hp..this one alleged by its owner to show the cross plus the figurine..but I see nothing…hmmmm…




The curious crowd getting bigger….



So my sister had a talk with a nenek who live next to the coconut…apparently they are not the owner of the coconut…



According to her..the event took turn around 3 weeks ago, when the neighbor next door (the owner of the coconut) had a dream…and in her dream…she saw her son went home in a dirty state…and the neighbour’s son was one of the paratrooper who perished during rehersal accident at Lima last year. The son drown after landed into the sea….

So after the dream, the neighbor (who is actually living in Kuching) was always pondering about it until one day somebody from his kampong mentioning about a cross spotted at coconut tree …so they built a simple prayer shack at the base of the coconut tree… then the words spread out…

This aunty also mentioning that she had seen a bright light on top of the kelapak…


People of all walks making their way to the kelapak..


Prayer request….big



..or small…




Apart from prayer..the people who came much earlier also had took the small root from the base of the coconut…and left it clean..maybe for some medicinal purpose…



Compare that with the coconut tree next to it…I don’t know that coconut root do have medicinal value….but I do know drinking milk does better…hehee..


Should any of you plan to go for a visit…you need to act fast, it wouldn’t last long…it’s already 3rd week, maybe one two week the most, before it gone….

And one thing…no coverage here..



After dozens of shoot, I only manage to get this..the village people said that the best view is during sunset…when less light were around…but I can’t wait till dawn…so I juz touch up the picture then…




So…sceptic or not…that would be anyone’s thought..but at least we got picture…