Sunday, 18 March 2012

Kenyah-Dayak

The card shows traditional regalia worn by Kenyah Dayak elders, in the region of East Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, on the banks of Mahakan river. Kenyah people are an indigenous, Austronesian-speaking people of Borneo, and are divided into more than 40 tribes or sub-groups which share common migration histories, customs and related dialects. They are traditionally swidden agriculturists living in longhouses, known as 'uma-dado'.Each longhouse consists of families who choose their own leader, or headman. When they have any event or celebration such as harvest festival 'tau bio Ramay o o Ajau, pelepek uman'; they will normally use the longhouse verandah 'oseh bi'o' to gather and deliver speeches to guide their youngsters. Almost all Kenyah people are Christian. 

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