Almost all the victims have been Madurese, and many of them were beheaded by the Dayaks, who are descendants of a tribal group in Borneo known for practicing headhunting and cannibalism until the ...

Borneo seemed like a good place to go. The robust local people — the Dayaks — rivaled the original Polynesians as tireless dancers and drinkers. Parties and storytelling raged until dawn in ...

2001-05-22 04:00:00 PDT Long Lawen Village, Malaysia-- As village elder Sian Enjau performs a tribal war dance, he shouts loudly before pouncing on an imaginary human prey. Enjau, whose ear lobes ...

In Borneo village, Indigenous Dayaks leave farming amid stricter fire ... One study estimated that the resulting air pollution blanketing Borneo and Sumatra Islands would lead to 100,000 premature ...

Many Dayaks see it as just a matter of time before paved roads reach their villages and palm oil companies buy their land to convert into plantations. Farmer Lambai Sudian sold his 25 acres of ...

The Dayaks were soon engaged in a full-scale massacre. They attacked Chinese in their homes and in their shops, killing them, beheading them, even chopping out their livers and hearts and eating them.

Borneo is home to nearly 18 million people, nearly doubling since 1980. Borneo, ... The inland people (Dayaks) were primarily hunter-gatherers with some shifting cultivation, ...

Malaysia's Dayaks mark rice harvest end with colourful parade. AFP AFP; Jun 21, 2025 ... sporting the traditional Iban headgear worn by one of Borneo's best-known tribes.

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.

Indigenous Dayaks in a remote Borneo village fight BHP coal mine. AUSTRALIA’s biggest mining company, BHP Billiton, is in a perilous fight with angry locals over one of its most prominent projects.

Many Indigenous Dayaks here, however, say they believe the fine margins and risks of arrest have made farming unsustainable. The main office of PT Kalimantan Lestari Mandiri in Kalumpang village ...