Dayak peoples

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The Dayak peoples are indigenous ethnic groups of Borneo known for their diverse languages, traditional longhouse communities, and rich animist and later Christian cultural practices.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian people
ethnic group
indigenous people
continent Asia
country Brunei
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Indonesia
Malaysia
culturalPractice communal living in longhouses
elaborate funeral rituals
rice cultivation rituals
shamanism
environment tropical rainforest
hasTraditionalReligionName Kaharingan
historicalActivity headhunting (pre-colonial)
riverine trade
knownFor blowpipe use
elaborate beadwork
head-hunting (historical)
intricate tattooing
woodcarving
languageFamily Austronesian languages
primaryLocation Borneo
recognizedAs indigenous people of Indonesia
indigenous people of Malaysia
region Brunei
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Kalimantan
Sabah
Sarawak
relatedEthnicGroup Malayo-Polynesian peoples
religion Christianity
Islam
Kaharingan
animism
subgroup Bidayuh people
Iban people
Kayan people
Kenyah people
linked to: Dayak peoples

Maanyan people
linked to: Ngaju people

Melanau people
linked to: Dayak peoples

Murut people
Ngaju people
traditionalDwelling longhouse
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering forest products
hunting
swidden agriculture
traditionalMusic sapeh (lute)
traditionalWeapon blowpipe
mandau (Dayak sword)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borneo hasEthnicGroup Dayak peoples
Dayak peoples subgroup Kenyah people
linked to: Dayak peoples
Dayak peoples subgroup Melanau people
linked to: Dayak peoples
Sarawak regionalLanguage Melanau
linked to: Dayak peoples
Sarawak hasEthnicGroup Melanau
linked to: Dayak peoples
Sarawak hasEthnicGroup Orang Ulu
linked to: Dayak peoples
Singkawang hasMajorEthnicGroup Dayak people
linked to: Dayak peoples
Pontianak hasEthnicGroup Dayak people
linked to: Dayak peoples
Kalimantan hasIndigenousPeople Dayak
linked to: Dayak peoples
Barito River associatedWithEthnicGroup Dayak people
linked to: Dayak peoples
sapeh usedBy Dayak people
subject linked to: sapeh (lute)
linked to: Dayak peoples
Kaharingan religionOf Dayak peoples
Kaharingan associatedEthnicGroup Maanyan Dayak
linked to: Dayak peoples
Kayan people subgroupOf Dayak peoples
Central Kalimantan hasIndigenousPeople Dayak
linked to: Dayak peoples
Central Kalimantan knownFor Dayak culture
linked to: Dayak peoples
Central Kalimantan majorEthnicGroup Dayak
linked to: Dayak peoples
Bidayuh people collectiveIdentity Dayak peoples of Borneo
linked to: Dayak peoples
Ngaju people partOf Dayak peoples
Ngaju language ethnicGroup Ngaju Dayak people
linked to: Dayak peoples
Kenyah partOf Dayak cultural sphere
linked to: Dayak peoples
Kelabit isPartOf Dayak peoples of Borneo
linked to: Dayak peoples
East Malaysia hasEthnicGroup Dayak
linked to: Dayak peoples
Orang Asli distinctFrom Dayak
linked to: Dayak peoples
West Kalimantan hasEthnicGroup Dayak
linked to: Dayak peoples
South Kalimantan hasEthnicGroup Dayak people
linked to: Dayak peoples
South Kalimantan hasCulturalGroup Dayak culture
linked to: Dayak peoples
North Kalimantan hasSignificantEthnicGroup Dayak
linked to: Dayak peoples
Banjar relatedEthnicGroup Dayak people
linked to: Dayak peoples
East Kalimantan containsEthnicGroup Dayak people
linked to: Dayak peoples
Putussibau ethnicGroups Dayak peoples
Derek Freeman researchFocus Iban people of Borneo
linked to: Dayak peoples