Punan
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Punans,
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Punan
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The Punan people of the island of Borneo were once rumored to have tails, so elusive did they seem to their neighbors in the 19th century.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
In 2002, a census of the Punan in eastern Borneo focused only on the villages, because so few nomads were thought to exist.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Unlike the Indigenous farmers, who lived in long houses, the Punan roamed the island’s northern rainforest in family groups, hunting bearded pigs, harvesting starchy plants and gathering forest products for trade.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Over decades, the Indonesian government stripped the Punan of their ancestral lands and encouraged them, sometimes forcibly, to settle in ready-built villages.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Danger assails the Punan on every side and at all times, hence alertness, energy, and courage are the prime virtues; courage is rated highest, and a woman looks especially for courage in her husband.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
The span is greater than the stature, the proportion is 105.2 : 100 in Kayans, 1034: 100 in Ulu Ayars and 106.5 : 100 in Punans and Tenggerese.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
Among the Penyahbongs, Saputans, Punans, and Penihings a woman may accompany her husband or another man on the chase, carry a spear, and assist in killing pig or deer.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
Aided by the sumpitan the Dayaks and Punans are expert in bringing down the rather shy birds of the tall trees.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
We passed a small settlement of Punans, former nomads, who had adopted the Dayak mode of living, having learned to cultivate rice and to make prahus.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
On the Upper Mahakam I later made acquaintance with some of the Punans who roam the mountainous regions surrounding the headwaters of that river.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
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