Non Moslem Kingdoms
Dayak Kings Among Malay Sultans The Kingdom of Ulu Are appears to have been the only non-Islam kingdom in West […]
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Iban Cockfight
Cockfighting by Entika Glumbang In the good old days, cock-fighting was carried out on a regional basis in that a
“Ngayap!” Iban Courting
Courtship among the Ibans”Ngayap” Toms Note: To western observers, the term “Ngayap” often had a sexual connotation. This is not
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Dayak Ghost Story
Kumang Kidundung by Sunga Tom’s Note: This tale comes from the Bidayuh in the Serian district. Kumang, in the Dayak
Kanowit Punitive Expedition
The Expedition of 1934 The Kanowit Punitive Expedition One fine morning in June 1934, we left Sibu by way of
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An Iban Story
Comic Tales of Api Salui by Benedict Sandin Sarawak Museum Journal July-December 1960 Tom’s Note: The below story has been
Pleiades Creation Story by the Iban
The Mother of the Pleiades A Mythological Story of the Iban Almighty God made a golden stone in the eastern
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Iban origins, floods and rules for sex, war and kitchens
Notes from Benedict Sandin Sources of Iban Traditional History published by the Sarawak Museum Journal 1994 Sumatra Suriani and I
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Iban Tattoos
According to Iban informants, the practice of tattooing was inherited from the Panngau, a group of superhumans who reside in Kalimatan
Iban and Batang Ai
The Batang Ai resettlement scheme moved 26 longhouses of Ibans to another area because of flooding due to the hydroelectric
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