Unchallenged by police or soldiers, Dayak warriors carrying spears and long knives roamed the city, setting fire to buildings and vehicles owned by settlers from Madura island, 350 miles to the ...

As a war leader among the Dayak Iban community, OKP Dana had led many successful war expeditions along the coast of Sarawak towards the Sambas territory in Pontianak and beyond the surrounding ...

JAKARTA — An Indigenous community in Indonesian Borneo that has waged a decades-long legal battle against a palm oil giant has slammed a decision to absolve the company of allegations of land ...

KUCHING (March 27): Eighty years ago, deep in the jungles of Sarawak, Australian commandos and local Dayak warriors fought side by side in a covert mission to weaken Japanese control. Known as ...

KARANGPANGI, Indonesia -- -- As he kept watch over a vigilante checkpoint on the Indonesian half of Borneo island last week, an indigenous Dayak fighter brandished a blood-stained machete and ...

The Dayak people and their traditional wisdom, which promotes harmony between humans and nature, can inform modern conservation methods and efforts toward sustainability for future generations.

In the rural Indonesian village of Hongoi*, indigenous Dayak Modang women like Lina* have had to come up with creative ways to continue their long-held tradition of weaving. Some Dayak women use ...

Gandang Ahung is not only a cultural heritage but also a way for the Dayak Katingan Awa people to understand life, death, and their relationship with nature.

KUANTAN: Sultan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Tengku Ampuan of Pahang Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah have extended their heartfelt greetings to the ...

Soon after his ordination in 1994, Father Tadeus Sam Anyeq started to work with the Dayak tribe in East Kalimantan. Twenty-five years later, he has improved the lives of the tribespeople, ...

OKP Dana even appointed him as his lead warrior for his army, and when he grew old, Rentap took over as the commanding officer and led several similar war expeditions to raid Sambas and Pontianak ...