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The conflict took place between the indigenous Dayak people and the migrant Madurese people from the island of Madura off Java. [6] The conflict was ignited by aggressive acts of violence on the part of the Madurese, who murdered some Dayak people and took control of Sampit, declaring that it is "the second Sampang," which is a major town in ...
The Dayak attempt to settle disputes first by means of a peaceful agreement and only practice "ngayau" when they are violently attacked, while the Madurese practice "carok" as a first measure. In this case, the Madurese aggressively murdered some Dayak by using a sickle (celurit), so the Dayak responded out of self-defense.
West Kalimantan (Indonesian: Kalimantan Barat) is a province of Indonesia. ... Mozaik Dayak keberagaman subsuku dan bahasa Dayak di Kalimantan Barat.
The following is a list of Dayak groups and their respective languages in West Kalimantan province, Indonesia: [1] [2] List. Group Subgroup Language Regency
West Borneo Special Region (Indonesian: Daerah Istimewa Kalimantan Barat) was a component entity of the United States of Indonesia in western part of Borneo.It was established on 12 May 1947 with capital at Pontianak.
The violent massacre of the Malay sultans, local rulers, intellectuals, and politicians by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pontianak incidents of 1943–1944 in West Borneo (present-day West Kalimantan province) created a social opportunity for the Dayak people in the West Kalimantan political and administrative system during the Orde Lama era of Sukarno, as a generation of predominantly ...
Pontianak [a], also known as Khuntien in Hakka, is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, founded first as a trading port on the island of Borneo, occupying an area of 118.21 km 2 in the delta of the Kapuas River, at a point where it is joined by its major tributary, the Landak River.
The Dayak Desa War or Majang Desa War was an armed uprising by the Dayak Desa tribe in West Kalimantan against the Japanese Empire during World War II, and shortly thereafter by Indonesian nationalists against the Dutch East Indies.