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Tiwah, Death Rituals of Dayak Ngaju

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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...
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Papan Turai, System of Writing on Wooden Board by Dayak Iban

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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...
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The Legend of Sangi, The Hunter of Mahoroi

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A long time ago in Central Kalimantan, a great hunter named Sangi lived. Every time he went to the jungle to go hunting, he brought a lot of animals home. Sangi lived with his family on a riverside. As always, Sangi went to the jungle. He saw some footprints of a wild hog. He slowly followed the footprints. The footprints ended in a big tree. Sangi thought the hog was behind the tree. Slowly he walked around the tree then he was really amazed. He saw a big dragon was trying to swallow a wild hog. The hog was so big that the dragon could not swallow it easily. After several times trying to swallow, finally the dragon gave up. Suddenly, the dragon looked at Sangi. He was really shocked! He wanted to run very fast. He thought the dragon would eat him alive. Though Sangi had tried to run, his feet could not move at all. The dragon slowly came to him. Then they were face to face. When the dragon was exactly in front of him, it turned into smoke. When the smoke was gone, there was ...
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