Iban
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Ibans,
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Iban
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Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
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the Austronesian language, closely related to Malay, spoken by the Iban.
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His family has lived deep in the rainforest for eight generations, and the 62-year-old has been involved in multiple legal actions as the secretary general of the Sarawak Dayak Iban Association, an Indigenous rights group.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
According to KCAL9, the driver of the vehicle, who the ex-UFC fighter said he saw flee the scene, has since been identified at Cesar Iban Torres.
From Fox News ● Aug. 19, 2021
His family speaks no English; his sister speaks Malay while his mother is most comfortable in her native Iban.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2015
Iban Edu pounced with four minutes to go to make sure of the victory, and the place in the quarters.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 25, 2015
The Kayan language, on the other hand, stands apart from both the Iban and the Klemantan languages, but is much nearer to the latter than the former.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
Like the Ibans, the Kenyahs make peace more readily than the Kayans, who nurse their grievances and seek redress after long intervals of time.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
The Ibans regard it with some awe, and it seems probable that it has formerly played some part in magical procedures.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
In recent years the Ibans, Muruts, and a few of the Klemantan tribes have been the only weavers.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
But the greater variety of designs worked by the Ibans is due also to the readiness with which he copies and adopts as his own the patterns used by other tribes.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
Three such invasions may be distinguished as of principal importance: that of the Kayans in the south and perhaps in the south-east, of the Muruts in the north, and of the Ibans in the south-west.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
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