The Headhunter's

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
 

 

According to tradition Benuaq both distinguished burial place or form:
1. container (crate) corpse -> instead of a coffin: lungun, and the box selokng
2. container bones: tempelaq (poster 2) and kererek (pole 1) and jars.

In general there are two stages of burial:
  ~   Burial the first (primary)
   ~  Burial the second (secondary).

HEAD HUNTER RELIGION

The Dayak Indigenous religion has been given the name Kaharingan and may be said to be a form of animism.

 

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