Indigenous women in Indonesian Borneo often have to combine domestic responsibilities with food cultivation, known as behuma in the dialect of the Dayak Pitap community in South Kalimantan province.

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

SAMPIT, Indonesia — From his hiding place in the Borneo jungle, Asmawi Ab watched as a band of headhunters caught his father, Palindo, 50 yards away. The elderly man fell to his knees and begged for ...

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 ...

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We may never know for sure who inspired the phrase “wild man of Borneo”. Some say it was a pair of dwarfs from Ohio who exhibited themselves in P.T. Barnum’s freak show. Others point to Oofty Goofty, ...

A Sarawakian MP has called on all parties to respect different food choices, voicing his frustration over ongoing criticisms ...

2001-02-24 04:00:00 PDT Jakarta, Indonesia-- Ethnic violence continued to ravage the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo yesterday, with the death toll rising to at least 182 in six days of ...