Natives Borneo

M alagasy ethnic groups who are now in Madagascar was derived from the womb of 30 women who were stranded in the area at 1,200 year ago. Among the 30 women, 28 women of whom are from Borneo, Indonesia. Canoe-sarcophagus of the Dayak: a burial that recalls the Malagasy tradition that former Ntaolo Vazimba and Vezo buried their dead in canoe-sarcophagi in the sea or in a lake. Murray Cox, genetics researchers from Massey University, New Zealand, interested in research that states that the Dayak blood flow in the body of the people of Madagascar. Mentioned a millennium ago the original ethnic group of Borneo (Kalimantan) sailing a boat in the Indian Ocean. Hardness of the waves in the waters of this area to push the boat up stranded on an uninhabited Madagascar. The stranded group then open land in the plains to be settlements and fields. " We're talking about a culture that migrated across the Indian Ocean ," he told Live-Science. Evidence of ethnic Dayak as th

T iwah ritual is a procession that‘s intended to provide ancestral spirits of relatives who has passed away towards the afterlife by means of cleanse and move the rest of the body from the grave to some place called Sandung. Tiwah, Death Rituals of Dayak Ngaju Tiwah ritual is unique and distinctive ritual, since it is only done by the Dayak Ngaju of Central Borneo. Tiwah is the last degree of death rituals of Dayaks in Central Borneo especially for Kaharingan religion as the religion of the Dayak ancestors. Tiwah is a funeral ceremony, usually held on somebody who has been dead and buried quite a while until the remains of his body were expected merely a bone. Ritual tiwah aims to straightening the trip from the spirit or soul concerned into Lewu Tatau Dia Rumpang Tilang Isen Raja Kamalesu Uhat ( Heaven ) in order to reside in peace and peace in the strength of nature. Additionally, tiwah also intended like a procession to release Rutas or bad luck to the family from the

O nce upon a time, Sempung’s daughter from his first wife Nyai Nunyang, the head of the village Tanjung Pamatang Sawang, who is Nyai Undang , made a problem because of her beauty. Many came to propose her, while she was already engaged to her other cousin Sangalang ( Lintung’s son, grandson of Karangkang ). Illustration of Battle of Bataguh Nawang, brother of the King of  Sulu - Mindanao ( Phillipines ) came to propose. He acted foolishly even though she already refused kindly. Because she was angry for being mistreated, Nyai Undang then stabbed Nawang with her Duhung ( Dayak traditional spearhead ). Nawang’s death soon heard by his brother Sawang, and he intended to avenge the death of his brother. He prepared twenty-five pencalang ( a kind of sailboat ) with eight thousand troops on it. Nyai Nunyang fell sick and died because of this incident. Nyai Undang then had to take over the leadership of her country Tanjung Pamatang Sawang. Realizing the condition, Nyai Undang so

T he history from the Iban is dedicated to memory and recorded inside a system of writing on boards (papan turai ) from the initiated shamans (lemambang ). Elaborate genealogies go to 15 generations or even more having a surprising degree of accuracy. Some genealogies are so long as 25 generations and can also still be connected with actual places and incidents. A genealogy (tusut ) normally begins with the foremost remote ancestor and it is a listing of who married and begat whom. Sometimes, the ancestors are characterised briefly descriptions. Other songs contain historical information also, for instance the pengap, a ritual chant sung during each major festival, that recounts deities and also the deeds from the ancestors. According to oral histories, the Iban arrived in western Sarawak from Indonesia about 1675. After an initial phase of colonising and settling the river valleys, displacing or absorbing the local populations of Bukitans and Serus, a phase of internecine warfar

T he indigenous languages of Borneo is divided into ten subgroups (Hudson 1978). The Malayic subgroup includes Iban and Malay. The diversity and relative archaism from the Malayic languages spoken in West Borneo suggest the Malayic homeland may have been in this region. The Tamanic languages are close enough to the South Sulawesi languages to form a subgroup with these. They‘ve some striking phonological developments in common with Buginese, with which they appear to form a separate branch within the South Sulawesi language group. The Land Dayak languages have a couple of striking lexical and phonological similarities in common with Aslian languages. This means that Land Dayak originated as the results of a language shift from Aslian to Austronesian, or that both Land Dayak and Aslian have in common a source from an unknown third language. Malayic Dayak languages are section of the Malayic sub-family (including, among others, Malay, Minangkabau and Banjarese ), Tamanic languag

E very Dayak believes that their ancestor came from the  sky  brought down to Earth using a golden pot ( which was the heavenly transportation ) in four separate locations. By  the  will  of  Ranying Hatalla Langit ( God ), using the golden pot was a man ( who actually a god or Sangiang ), named Antang Bajela Bulau on the top of Pamatuan hill, somewhere between the river of Kahayan and Barito. And by his power, Antang BAjela Bulau created two men name Lambung and Lanting. While on top of black granite in upstream of Rakaui river which ends in Malahui river ( now part of West Borneo ), God created two eggs of hornbill and eagle bird which on their arrival to the ground suddenly transformed into a man and three women. The man named  Litih  or  Tiung  Layang,  who then became Jata ( the under water ruler, the god of the under world ), while the three  women were named Kamulung Tenek Bulau, Kameluh Putak Bulau, and Lentar Katingei Bulau. Kameluh Putak Bulau died, and her body was

D ayak are the native people of Borneo . It's a loose term for more than 200 riverine and hill-dwelling ethnic subgroups, located principally inside the interior of Borneo, each using its own dialect, customs, laws, territory and culture, although common distinguishing traits are readily identifiable. Dayak languages are categorized as section of the Austronesian languages in Asia. The Dayak were animist in belief; however many converted to Islam as the 19th century, mass conversion to Christianity. Dayak people with armor 1913 History The Dayak people of Borneo possess an indigenous account of the history, mostly in oral literature, partly on paper in PAPAN TURAI ( wooden records ), and partly in common cultural customary practices. Among prominent accounts from the origin from the Dayak people includes the mythical oral epic of TETEK TAHTUM from the Ngaju-Ot Danum Dayak of Central Borneo, it narrates the ancestors from the all Dayak people descended coming from th

B etang is a typical traditional house of Borneo spread across various locations on Borneo Island and inhabited by the Dayak people - especially those living inland - which usually used as center of the customary settlement. Image by  Folks of Dayak Betang has its unique purpose. Designed with elongated shape which is only has one single stairs as an entrance. The stair which is used for enter to Betang called "Hejan". Betang was built in high position from the ground in order to avoid enemies that can come suddenly, wild animals, or floods that sometimes hit the the village. Almost all betang can be found on the edge of major rivers in Borneo. Betang built in rather enormous size with about 30-150 meter length, 10-30 meter width and the pillars about 3-5 meter height. Betang constructed using high quality wood, the ironwood ( Eusideroxylon zwageri T et B ). This wood can remain persisted over hundreds of years and anti termite. This is the best wood ever. Betang

B orneo is the third-largest island in the planet and also the largest island in Asia, shared by the Malaysian states Sabah and Sarawak, Indonesian five provinces of Kalimantan and the tiny nation of Brunei. Borneo is the third-largest island in the planet Approximately 73% of the island is Indonesian territory. In the north, the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak constitute about 26% of the island. Additionally, the Malaysian federal territory of Labuan is situated on a little island just from the coast of Borneo. The sovereign state of Brunei, located upon the north coast, comprises about 1% of Borneo's land area. Etymology The island is known by many names ; internationally It‘s generally known as Borneo, after Brunei, derived from European historical contact using the kingdom inside the 16th century throughout the Age of Exploration. The name Brunei possibly was initially derived from the Sanskrit word "váruṇa" (वरुण), meaning either "ocean"