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To preserve the culture and the tradition,to revive the lifestyle and attitude,to globalize and make known to the world,to educate the new generation of Iban people to appreciate their own roots and proud of it and walk around with their own identity. Ent
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Courting girls
In the old days,at the age of fourteen, an Iban boy begins to attain his bachelorhood. His parents teach him to behave and speak politely to others. He also learn to court girls together with older bachelors. Courting girls at night (ngayap) has been...
CEREMONIAL BATHING OF THE CHILD
Following the traditional naming of the child, the parents begin to think of giving the child a ceremonial bath at a river. Unless this is done with offerings, the child cannot yet be merely allowed to be bathed at the river. On the eve of the festiv...
Empalang...genital piercing of Borneo
The empalang or ampallang is a form of male genital body piercing that penetrates horizontally through the entire glans of the penis. The piercing may betransurethral (passing through the urethra). A variant on this piercing is the shaft ampallang, w...
Traditional Borneo Tattoos by Ernesto
Traditional Borneo Tattoos by ErnestoBorneo tattoo artist Ernesto founded Borneo Head Hunters Tattoo Studio in Kuching Sarawak in 1998. Borneo Headhunters Tattoo and Piercing Studio aims to promote the rich traditional art form of tattooing which has...
KEEPING LANGUAGES ALIVE
The world’s diverse languages should be spoken, celebrated, and preserved, writes SHELDON SHAEFFER . Not a week passes without the report of a species - ranging from Bornean orangutans to Australian spiders - being threatened, endangered, or newly ...
