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The first one is Etymology of word "Dayak" :
~According to Lindblad, Dayak word comes from the power of Kenyah language, which means the upstream [river] or inland.
~~As with the King, who argued Dayak may also be derived from the word aja, a Malay word meaning native or indigenous.

~~~In Commans opinion's, Dayak means human.

Dayak comprises more than 200 riverine and hill-dwelling ethnic subgroups.

        Next, about some Dayak culture :

              * Hunting down the head

              * Gawai Dayak

              * Burial traditions

              * Agriculture

Dayak Mali

There is a divide Dayak people in six clumps :
          * Clumps of Borneo
          * Clumps Iban
          * Clumps Apokayan : Dayak Kayan, Kenyah and Bahau
          * Clumps Murut
          * Clumps Ot Danum Ngaju
          * Clumps Punan

Dayak Mali including Kalimantan clumps contained in the District of Sangau, West Borneo.
Divided into sub-tribes :
   ~ Dayak Mali Peruan
   ~ Dayak Mali Taba
   ~ Dayak Mali Keneles

Burial Traditions

Burial traditions and rituals of death in Dayak tribes is set firmly in customary law.
Burial of the various systems in line with a long history of human arrival in Borneo.
In history there are three burial culture in Borneo:
  * Burial without the container and without supplies, with the frame folded position.
  * Burial in stone coffin (dolmen)
  * Burial with container wood, bamboo, or woven mats. This is an evolving system of the last burial.

Ground Biaju

Land of the capital Kuala Biaju Biaju (Kwala) This area consists of two major watersheds that are :

 1. Small Biaju designation stems Kapuas river (Kalimantan), where there is Kuala Biaju.

 2. Large river designation stems Biaju Kahayan

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