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  2. Dayak people - Wikipedia

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    The Dayak (/ ˈ d aɪ. ə k / ⓘ; older spelling: Dajak) or Dyak or Dayuh are one of the native groups of Borneo. [4] It is a loose term for over 200 riverine and hill-dwelling ethnic groups, located principally in the central and southern interior of Borneo, each with its own dialect, customs, laws, territory, and culture, although common distinguishing traits are readily identifiable.

  3. Kahayan River - Wikipedia

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    The Dayak tribes are the dominant people in the Kahayan River region. An Austronesian people, they have preserved some of their original culture and Kaharingan religion. They speak languages of the Barito family, related to the Malagasy language spoken in Madagascar. The Kaharingan religion combines ancestor worship, animism, and dynamism.

  4. Kaharingan - Wikipedia

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    Katingan, Lawangan, Ma'anyan, Ngaju, Ot Danum, Meratus people, Siang Murung people, and several sub-Dayak people Kaharingan is an indigenous monotheistic folk religion of the Dayak people such as Katingan , Lawangan , Ma'anyan , Ngaju , Ot Danum people native to the Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan region in Indonesia .

  5. Iban people - Wikipedia

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    A Dayak war party in proas and canoes fought a battle with Murray Maxwell following the wreck of HMS Alceste in 1817 at the Gaspar Strait. [44] The Iban Dayak's first direct encounter with the Brooke and his men was in 1843, during the attack by Brooke's forces on the Batang Saribas region i.e. Padeh, Paku, and Rimbas respectively.

  6. Genetic history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Schematic illustration of maternal (mtDNA) gene-flow in and out of Beringia, from 25,000 years ago to present. The genetic history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas is divided into two distinct periods: the initial peopling of the Americas from about 20,000 to 14,000 years ago (20–14 kya), [1] and European contact, after about 500 years ago.

  7. Culture of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The Bugis and Makassar people of South Sulawesi play the Kacaping, a plucked string instrument. In Kalimantan, the Dayak people have a rich musical heritage with instruments like the sape (traditional lute) and various gongs. [9] [10] In Papua, traditional music often involves drums and bamboo flutes, reflecting their cultural and spiritual ...

  8. Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia - Wikipedia

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    Among the Dayak, Sundanese, Kayan, Kenyah, Berawan, Iban and Mongondow people, red ti are used as wards against evil spirits and as boundary markers. They are also used in rituals like in healing and funerals and are very commonly planted in sacred groves and around shrines. [103] [115] The Dayak also extract a natural green dye from ti. [116]

  9. Category:Dayak people - Wikipedia

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