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The Usun Apau (aka Usun Apo) plateau (in the Plieran River valley) or Apo Kayan Highlands (a remote forested plateau in Malaysian and Indonesian border) in the present-day Indonesian province of North Kalimantan and Malaysia's Sarawak is believed by the Kenyah people to be their place of origin; [15] which was the largest concentration site of ...
A photo of a Dayak Kenyah woman from the Apo Kayan region (upper Bulungan Regency), central Borneo (now North Kalimantan), Indonesia taken by Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis during the Commission's Trip to central Borneo, circa 1898–1900. Photo of Jean Demmeni . The Apo Kayan people group are divided into 3 sub-ethic Dayak people, namely:-
The Dayak (/ ˈ d aɪ. ə k / ⓘ; older spelling: Dajak) or Dyak or Dayuh are one of the native groups of Borneo. [4] It is a loose term for over 200 riverine and hill-dwelling ethnic groups, located principally in the central and southern interior of Borneo, each with its own dialect, customs, laws, territory, and culture, although common distinguishing traits are readily identifiable.
Linguistically, the Salako belong to another language family tree which is of the Malayic Dayak family (the same family as the Iban). [11] The Lara, although said to be more related to the Bidayuh (Jagoi-Singai), speak a language almost not mutually intelligible at all with the Bidayuh but belonged to the same language family tree which is the ...
Such groups include the major Kayan and Kenyah tribes, and the smaller neighbouring groups of the Kajang, Kejaman, Punan, Ukit, and Penan. Nowadays, the definition also includes the down-river tribes of the Lun Bawang , Lun Dayeh, "mean upriver" or "far upstream", Berawan, Saban as well as the plateau-dwelling Kelabits .
The Kendayan (also known as Dayak Kenyan or Kanayatn) are an Indonesian ethnic group native to Kalimantan, Indonesia in Borneo. The population of the group is around 366,000. The population of the group is around 366,000.
Uma houses are traditional vernacular houses found on the western part of the island of Siberut in Indonesia.The island is part of the Mentawai islands off the west coast of Sumatra.
Kancet Papatai is a traditional Indonesian war dance about a war hero (or Dayak Kenyah) and his struggle against the enemy. [1] The dance also describes his courage and the ceremony awarding him the title Ajai for his victory. [2] The dance movements are very agile, nimble, and energetic, and sometimes followed by cries of the dancers. [3]