Across Borneo, the Dayak people’s swidden agriculture depends on fire to replenish nitrogen in the soil, reduce acidity and kill pests that eat away at their crop yields.

More than a century after Dayak tribes on Borneo island declared an end to headhunting, the barbaric custom has returned with a vengeance as immigrant settlers are slaughtered.

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 ...

TWO Liberator bombers circled high above the Borneo jungle, searching for a break in the dense tree cover. At last, they spotted it: a flat plain, on a plateau, suitable for a parachute landing.

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

The company, MAS, arrived on the Indigenous Dayak Hibun’s ancestral land in 1996, and by 2000 had swallowed up 1,400 hectares (3,460 acres) of the community’s land within its concession.

The Dayak tribe of Borneo painted, carved, and made intricate artworks with beads. Photograph by Herianus Herianus, Alamy. BOOK TALK; Two Men Set Out To Find Borneo’s Jungle Tribes.

The grand finale of the Miss Borneo Dayak Cultural Festival 2025 saw 10 finalists showcasing their beauty and culture.

As an anthropologist of Borneo, I had been carrying out research on Dayak peoples since the 1980s, and had recently begun a project on the impact of World War II on their lives. By the end of the ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Central Kalimantan Province is set to hold Dayak Borneo Culture Festival starting from June 1 to 6. The festival offers traditional dances, carnival, product and culinary fair of ...

Now the summer trip to Borneo has become a family tradition. Russell is now thirteen, and his younger sister Jessica is ten. They count on that long flight across the Pacific, those hotel nights ...