Ketapang The Dayak kingdom was called “the Dayak Kingdom of the Headwaters.” It was located in the interior of Ketapang. The kingdom was a regional federation of the Dayak group, and the kingdom once controlled a large area that encompassed north of the Kapuas River. The kingdom lasted until the Dutch took over in the […]
Brunei and the Bajau by D.E. Brown Borneo Research Bulletin December 1971 Many parts of the southern Philippines were under the rule of Brunei in the early part of the 16th century. When the Spaniards tried to colonize the southern part, a long period of instability arose between the Baju and the Moslem people. The sea
Kingfisher The Dulit Partridge The Dulit Partridge can only be confirmed in three sites in the Borneo Highlands. The last was in the 1930s. The specimens they have were collected between 1894-1902. Surveys are urgently required in this little-explored part of Sarawak. https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a8 The Sunda Sea Sundaland is the currently partially drowned continental landmass that
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Where did the name Dayak come from? Here are some of the more amusing theories of where the word Dyak came from. Origin of the name Dayak P.J Veth in Borneo Research Bulletin, September 1983 Crawfurd, in his Descriptive dictionary of the Indian Islands, the term Dayak is used by the Malays for all the wild
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The Ngajus and the Bridge to the Upper World. The Ngajus are a major population in Borneo. They call themselves by the river they inhabit, rather than being lumped together by anthropologists. Thus, you have the uluh Ngajus, the upriver people, the uluh Ngawa the low river people, uluh Kahayan, people of the Kahayan River
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The British Swindler This was a nightmare to follow because as an American, I am not familiar with the Colonial hierarchy and the people in each position. If you have an interest in following the minute details of the case, please go to the Borneo Bulletin Website. Before the implementation of the British rule, Brunei’s
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The Baram River Peoples In the early nineteenth century, warfare occurred regularly throughout the Baram watershed. (The Baram River flows from the Kelabit highlands westward to the South China Sea) People from the far interior, Kayan and Kenyah, were pushing down the Baram River towards the centres of trade on the coast. From there came many goods such as ceramics,
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Who are You? Tom McLaughlin I have been researching the origins of the people of Sarawak for about ten years now. It has been fun but frustrating. These are my opinions from the research: The Malays came from Taiwan. These people were the indigenous residents and not the current Chinese who now run the island.
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Kutai I have always wondered about Kutai and its history. I had visited there but never really intellectually explore it. Here are two condensed articles on the kingdom for your enjoyment. The oldest known inscriptions in the Archipelago were found in Kutailaman Kutai. These consist of four stone sacrificial poles (Sanskrit: yupa) dating from about
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All Creatures Great and Small # 37 Crabs A new species of crab has been made known to science. The freshwater organism is from Sabah. Doi 10:1163/15685403.bja.10264 New Book A new book on the history of technology has an article on Nias Islanders and is available at doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22813-1 Collecting Collecting specimens from Sarawak and the
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