Indigenous women in Indonesian Borneo often have to combine domestic responsibilities with food cultivation, known as behuma in the dialect of the Dayak Pitap community in South Kalimantan province.

In Mekar Raya, a semi-remote pocket of Ketapang district near the west coast of Indonesian Borneo, the local Dayak Simpan Indigenous society are navigating the complex bureaucracy of the state in a ...

KOTA KINABALU: After more than two decades, Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan (pic) is still adamant that the term “Dayak" is a more fitting representation of the natives in the Borneo island. Responding ...

PIKIRAN RAKYAT - The Dayak people, an umbrella term encompassing over 200 distinct ethnic groups, are the indigenous inhabitants of the vast island of Borneo. Their deep-rooted connection to the ...

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KOTA KINABALU: The Borneo Dayak Forum (BDF) is playing an increasingly key role in building solidarity among an indigenous people spread across three territories who face threats to their culture, ...

The 'Hodoq Kawit' ritual performed by the indigenous Dayak during the 12th Mahakam Festival in Samarinda, East Kalimantan (11/4). ANTARA/Amirullah TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Four Dayak organizations from ...

Borneo Dayak Forum vice-president Jalumin Bayogoh. The organising committee of the inaugural Dayak International Justice Congress held here today expressed regret that the event had been used by ...

An estimated 18 million people live on the island, with the majority based in the coastal lowlands and cities. The forests of the Heart of Borneo area are of high value for people’s livelihoods and ...

Though suffering from a lack of priests and sisters, these are lively communities with many conversions, The tribal groups are asking for baptism and refusing to become muslims. Here is a report by Fr ...

SAMPIT, Indonesia — From his hiding place in the Borneo jungle, Asmawi Ab watched as a band of headhunters caught his father, Palindo, 50 yards away. The elderly man fell to his knees and begged for ...