Kampong

We finally made camp on top of a hill 674 metres in height which we called kampong Gunong. ❋ Carl Lumholtz (1886)

Scarcely any kampong is so small as not to have a mosque. ❋ Isabella Lucy (1883)

The people live in communities, every man being obliged to belong to and reside in one particular kampong, which is fenced in, is governed by its kapella or head man, has its constable or police officer, and is guarded at night by one or two sentinels, armed with spears, stationed at the gate. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

At daybreak the guns of the castle began to play upon the mosque, and, some of the shot penetrating its walls, the pusillanimous Jemal al-alum, being alarmed at the danger, judged it advisable to retreat from thence and to set up his standard in another quarter, called kampong Jawa, his people at the same time retaining possession of the mosque. ❋ William Marsden (1795)

It's a beautiful resto, fully glassed, with a bistro feel, and overlooks the dempsey "kampong" landscape. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Inside were many little houses built on stilts in a 'kampong' style. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We see birds, butterflies and a family of monkeys, and after about 10 minutes come to a small collection of kampong houses, the only apparent nod to modernity, a satellite dish wired to one roof. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tentara Russia melarang para pria dari Chechnya untuk kembali ke kampong halamannya yang berarti meninggalkan sanak keluarganya di sana. ❋ Unknown (2008)

(The picture of the little Malay boy gazing out of the window of his kampong house to illustrate Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in a book of nursery rhymes, for example.) ❋ Sharon Bakar (2006)

A map of the early 1800s shows that this street was once called Malay Lane, due to the Malay kampong settlement there. ❋ Jerine (2006)

ME grabbed shoulders of KID and push KID far away from me, out of ME way. fortunately, kampong did not decide to find trouble with ME because if they did, ME will really explode. on the remaining way back, ME had to change back to rock music because happy music cannot match ME mood. ❋ Overthefence (2008)

ME taking the corner along paya lebar road when there was an entire kampong of PEOPLE walking in the opposite direction along the same pavement. ❋ Overthefence (2008)

Today, on a small thatch-roofed stage up on stilts in the largest kampong of Sungai Bumbun, a mostly female troupe is using chants, drums, tuned bamboo tubes and a violin to summon these spirits. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For these five kampong are inhabited by orang asli, ❋ Unknown (2008)

She saw the ghosts as fellow kampong dwellers, part of the natural order of things, and seemed to be on speaking terms with many of them. ❋ Sharon Bakar (2005)

The people were always courteous, and my Singhalese escort held long conversations in every kampong. ❋ Isabella Lucy (2004)

Each house in the kampong seemed to have all its inmates at home doing nothing but chewing betel-nut. ❋ Isabella Lucy (2004)

After traveling for several hours we came upon a kampong under palms and nutmeg trees, and then dismounted and took our lunch, looking out from deep shadow down upon the beautiful river lying in the glory of the noonday sun, its banks bright with birds and butterflies. ❋ Isabella Lucy (2004)

Person 1: Did you know our [neighbour] was [the wanted] [murder] all along!? Person 2: Omg! That’s so kampong! ❋ Bbcgirlbossxoxo (2022)

Person 1 : “[My neighbour] was the [murderer] the police was looking for, and [my son]’s best friends with their son.” Person 2: “That’s Kampong man” ❋ Bbcgirlbossxoxo (2022)

[The foundation] of the kampong spirit is the constant [engagement] and interaction among residents so that they can [come together] to learn about one another's interests and not just for mere company. ❋ Bethyoung (2015)