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.

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 ...

The term was coined by Europeans referring to the non-Malay inhabitants of Borneo. There are over 50 ethnic Dayak groups speaking different languages. This cultural and linguistic diversity parallels ...

By Aseanty Pahlevi MEKAR RAYA, Indonesia — Yulius Yogi kneels under the forest canopy here on the island of Borneo, surveying land he plans to reclaim for his Dayak Simpan Indigenous community.

PULANG PISAU, Indonesia — Bandi paddled through the black swamp, passing alongside banks of high brush outside Kalawa village here in the south of Borneo Island. The narrow canoe, known here as ...

Dressed in colourful costumes, some sporting feathered headgear and traditional swords, several thousand of Malaysia's ethnic ...

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.

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

KUCHING (June 26): The 10-day state-level Gawai Dayak bazaar held in the compound of Kuching South City Council (MBKS) community… ...

Kharis, a young member of the Punan Batu, played a guitar made of terap wood at a rock shelter in Sadau, Borneo. A Vanishing Nomadic Clan, With a Songlike Language All Their Own ...