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1) Kg Beruk- Tumpat,Kelantan
2) Kg Kangkung- Pasir Mas, Kelantan
3) Kg New Zealand- Pahang
4) Kg Penajis- N9
5) Kg paya Kecut- Pendang,Kedah
6) Kg Bongek-N9
7) Kg Minyak Gas- Kb,kelantan
8) Kg Berhala- kb,Kelantan
9) Kg Reban Ayam- Kedah,
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The name is definitely Kampung Desa Temu Jodoh’s (Meet Your Match Village) main attraction.
Just 20 kilometres away from Yong Peng, this village situated in Chaah was opened almost 30 years ago.
“The land was cleared by the participants of the Kampung Sungai Lenek Youth Land Scheme — young bachelors aged 18 to 24.I was one of the 60 participants. We were given a monthly allowance of RM60. It was just enough for food and we barely had any left over to woo a girl. So for three to four years, all of us remained single and dateless,” says Paiman.”
When a similar land scheme was introduced for females, the men began to pair up with the women.
“Twenty-four couples commited their wedding vows at the Segamat mosque, and had their mass reception ceremony the same evening. A huge dais was built on a football pitch to accommodate the couples, including my wife and I,” Paiman says fondly.
“During his closing speech, Osman spontaneously referred to the village as Desa Temu Jodoh.
“There were a few people who weren’t too happy with the name but eventually it began to grow on everyone,” says Paiman.
“There is a school here named Sekolah Kebangsaan Desa Temu Jodoh. Maybe the children one day will marry their school sweethearts and we can organise an even bigger mass wedding!”
“I am always queried about it when I give my address on the phone,” says Kampung Dada Kering headman.
(Dada Kering means “dry chest’’.)
The most famous feature this village is a sign with its name. People tend to steal the sign. Significant amounts of public funds have been spent on replacing it.
The village was once a gold mine, literally. The gold deposits attracted rockhounds but reserves were soon exhausted and the mines were shut down.
The village was named dada kering (dry chest), which refers to the land that had been mined and abandoned. The mine sites had since been filled with water and turned into fresh water farms.
There are still remnants of gold in the river. But you will need clearance from the land district office to get to it.
Mention Gudang Garam and images of the cigarette springs to mind. The origins of the village’s name, however, began 100 years ago, when a group of people from Kampung Tenang, in Labis, Segamat, entered the dense Tanjung Sengkawang forest in search of new territory and got lost.
They wandered until night fell and got caught in a heavy storm.They finally stumbled upon a salt lick, a water source for animals. When they finally managed to find their way out of the forest, they decided to name the newly found territory after the salt lick,” said by Muda, a descendant of the people who discovered the village.
They cleared the land and built a kampung which has about 100 houses today.
Blink and you’ll miss Kampung Menyorok in Bandar Pekan Lama, Batang Kali.
Kampung Menyorok (Hiding Village) is off the beaten path and slightly hidden.
“During the Japanese Occupation,we had to follow the railways tracks and walk underneath a tunnel to get to the village. Now with new roads and signboards, the village is not difficult to find.”
According to people there, there have been a few times when the signboards went missing.
Perhaps the authorities should have the name of the kampung fixed on a boulder. Then the thieves wouldn’t be able to steal the sign and hiding the sign….hehe
If not for its name, Kampung Mambang Di Awan (Fairies in the Clouds) would have simply gone unnoticed except for the occasional lost tourist on his way to Gua Tempurung.
The residents are accustomed to the catty comments associated with their village’s name.
The legend goes, while gazing at the clouds after a tiring day of labouring at the mine, a group of men began seeing fairies in the clouds.
The miners befriended the sylphs whom they quickly learned could shift the clouds around to shelter them from the sweltering heat.
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Seven kilometres from Jerteh town is Kampung Awek, a small village that sounds like a reason for guys to flex their biceps.
“Awek is the local lingo for girlfriend, and yes, from research by many people, there are many pretty girls there.”
Travellers are quick to embrace the village’s eyebrow-raising name, snapping pictures of the sign as they pass. As it turns out, the name has a perfectly innocent origin.
To the boys, better go 2 the village to see pretty girls… =)
There’s a saying that goes: Never start a fight with someone from Kampung Bunohan (Killing Village), or you stand to fight a whole village.
This village is famous for Main Puteri, traditionally a healing method involving songs and dance.
“During World War II, there were many Thai soldiers here who stirred a lot of chaos in the village. The skirmishes between the villages and the Thais led to a lot of fatalities. That’s how Kampung Bunohan got its depressing name.”
“I have no idea why no one saw fit to change it to a less hostile-sounding name.”
But there are people in this town who seem to have an ironic sense of humor about their village’s name.
Kampung Bunohan has always had a lean mean reputation. People do not come to this village as they’re afraid they might get beaten to a pulp by the thugs here.
One of my friend was spared by the bullies in boarding school because of his kampung’s name.
Imagine the odd reaction when you tell people you come from Kampung Tok Imam Lapar (Hungry Tok Imam Village), a village of 400 who are mostly farmers.
The name attracts a lot of attention, there’s no doubt about that.
“Back in the 12th-14 centuries, traders bearing gold and silver used to flock to Kuala Berang to buy elephant tusks, gaharu wood and to replenish their food and water supply.”
“One day, a group of traders, stopped at nearby Sungai Telemong. They ventured into a village near the river and came across a surau, where a religious man was teaching.”
“The man invited them over to his house for a meal, before continuing their journey. At dusk, the traders stopped again by the Sungai Telemong and walked around in search of food."
“They were going round and round for hours until they wound up right in front of the religious man’s house again. That’s when they called out, ‘Tok Imam! Lapar!’ (Tok Imam! We’re hungry!).
“So you see, it wasn’t the imam who was famished, it was the traders!”
