Iban traditional wedding attire in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, 2019.
Total population
approximately 800,000~
Regions with significant populations
Borneo:
Malaysia
753,500[1]
Brunei
23,500[2]
Indonesia
19,978[3]
Languages
Predominantly: Iban Also: English, Malay
Religion
Christianity (Majority) (Catholicism and Mainly Anglicanism), Islam, Animism, Irreligion (Minority)
The Ibans or Sea Dayaks are an Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to northwestern Borneo.[4] The Ibans are also known as Sea Dayaks and the title Dayak was given by the British and the Dutch to various ethnic groups in Borneo island.[5]
Ibans were renowned for practicing headhunting and territorial migration, and had a fearsome reputation as a strong and successfully warring tribe. Since the arrival for
Europeans and the subsequent colonisation of the area, headhunting gradually faded out of practice, although many other tribal customs and practices as well as the Iban language continue to thrive.
The Iban population is concentrated in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia, Brunei, and the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan. They traditionally live in longhouses called rumah panjai or betang (trunk) in West Kalimantan.[6][7]
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^"Iban of Brunei". People Groups. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
^"Ekspresi Cinta dan Kehidupan Orang Dayak Iban {Id}". Kompas. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
^"Iban". 8 December 2023.
^Tillotson (1994). "Who invented the Dayaks? : historical case studies in art, material culture and ethnic identity from Borneo". Open Research Library. Australian National University: 2 v. doi:10.25911/5d70f0cb47d77. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^"Borneo trip planner: top five places to visit". News.com.au. 21 July 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
^Sutrisno, Leo (26 December 2015). "Rumah Betang". Pontianak Post. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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