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The Bidayuh of Bukar had a unique tradition of hanging the bodies of the dead on trees and leaving them to rot away. The skeletons are left on trees as a reminder of the dead. The tradition is rarely practiced nowadays. [5] The Bidayuh or Klemantan celebrate Gawai Padi (Paddy Festival) [9] or Gawai Adat Naik Dingo (Paddy Storing Festival). [10]
The Dayak Bidayuh consider the head to be a symbol of human identity and the skull to be the world's most powerful magic, capable of increasing crop yields and warding off evil spirits. While headhunting has long been abandoned by Dayak Bidayuh people, a modified nyobeng ritual continues to be preserved as a traditional way to manifest peace ...
Mandau [1] is the traditional weapon of the Dayak people of Borneo. [2] [3] It is also known as Parang Ilang among the Bidayuh, Iban and Penan people, Malat by the Kayan people or Baieng by the Kenyah people or Bandau by Lun Bawang or Pelepet/Felepet by Lundayeh.
Millenarianism or millenarism (from Latin millenarius 'containing a thousand' and -ism) is the belief by a religious, social, or political group or movement in a coming fundamental transformation of society, after which "all things will be changed". [1]
For some languages, like Sanskrit and Greek, the historical dictionary (in the sense of a word-list explaining the meanings of words that were obsolete at the time of their compilation) was the first form of dictionary developed; though not being scholarly historical dictionaries in the modern sense, they did give a sense of semantic change over time.
The Iban are best known for their rich cultural traditions, which include distinctive practices in agriculture, music, weaving and social organisation. Historically, the Iban were known for their warrior culture, particularly the practice of headhunting , which was a central element of their societal structure and spiritual beliefs until the ...
A distinction is sometimes made between the "linguistic" definition of bidʻah in the Arabic language, whose scope includes new concepts, activities, gadgets, etc. that can involve either worldly or religious matters; [15] [6] and the "shariah" definition of Bid'ah, which includes (and forbids) anything introduced to Islam that was not done in ...
Despite the general terms of the definition, Colani's Hoabinhian is an elaborate typology as indicated by the 82 artifacts from Sao Dong that Colani classified into 28 types (Matthews 1966). The original typology is so complicated that most Hoabinhian sites are identified simply by the presence of sumatraliths (White & Gorman 1979).