Dayang Isah Tandang Sari Tomb

Dayang Isah Tandang Sari is a well known figure for the locals in Pusa and almost everyone here, old or young seems to know the location of her tomb. Pusa is a small town which is about 150km from Sibu.

To locate the tomb is like finding a needle in the haystack for first timer here. However, we bumped into a local youngster who was kind enough to lead the way to the tomb. To reach there, turn at the junction to Agro bank into the abandoned terrace houses area. The abandoned terrace houses are connected to the nearby Kampung Kalok via 5-6 parallel small lanes which are mainly surrounded by overgrown grass.

Turn into the last lane which lead to Kampung Kalok (before exiting to another main road) where one will come across this signboard.

The signboard shows the layout of the tomb complex. Basically there are 3 tombs here. This is probably the only historical place in Pusa with a legend behind it.

For the people of Pusa, Dayang Isah Tandang Sari was born in Pusa and was like a princess to them. According to the legend, she was a very beautiful lady and many men fell in love with her.

Somewhere along her life, she married to a handsome and strong man (name unknown). However their life was not smooth sailing as many other men who fell in love with her kept following them to wherever they go. Her husband got jealous and this put Dayang Isah Tandang Sari under tremendous pressure. The pressure got the better of her and she finally commit suicide.

The route to the tomb is rather challenging as if they do not want any visitors here (in fact there is no visible sign that anyone had visited this place for a very long time) . At the beginning of the route, dirty water seems to clog the area and one will have no choice to get wet and wade through it.

After negotiating the pool of stagnant water, are the tombs for Dato Godam and Pengiran Temenggung Abdul Kadir (which I reckon is the father of Dayang Isah Tandang Sari)

Well, the journey to Dayang Isah Tandang Sari tomb is not for the faint heart. I was lucky to have Bengbeng as my companion or else I might not have the courage to continue this journey alone.

The eerie surrounding and noise made us rather uncomfortable. The wooden plank is in a dilapidated condition and covered with the surrounding grass. I got the feeling as if someone was watching us. I never had any supernatural experience before in my life but without any iron rod, silver knife and salt as my protection to counter any spirits, this was rather a spooky place to be in.

After walking about 50-60m, the Dayang Isah Tandang Sari Tomb become more visible.

The tomb stone seems to be tied with a yellow cloth, which probably suggest that Dayang Isah Tandang Sari was of a royalty status