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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.
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.
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.
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 .
Selako people are sometimes classified as part of larger Dayaks community (the term used for indigenous people of Kalimantan in general), thus sometimes they are called as Selako Dayaks as well. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Their native or indigenous language is the Selako language .
Ot Danum (also known as Dohoi, Malahoi, Uud Danum or Uut Danum) people are an ethnicity of the Dayak peoples (hence also referred as Dayak Ot Danum) [3] dwelling at the upper reaches of south Kapuas River, and along the Schwaner range, bordering West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. [4]
This is a list of notable Dayak people. Notable Dayaks. Indonesia. Tjilik Riwut – National Hero of Indonesia and the first Governor of Central Kalimantan [1]
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