Dayak tribe history

The person who called the Dayak in Kalimantan it is only there, is why they are called Dayak or "The Dayak" in Borneo in general means "The Outback" a distant and detached from city life.

Formerly it was. Everywhere there are settlements Dayak tribe. They always move to one other area, if they live where there are people from other tribes who also live or open a settlement near the area they live.

Called the 'Dayak' means it is not just for one tribe, but a variety such as the Dayak Kenyah, Hiban Dayak tribe, the Dayak Tunjung, Bahau Dayak tribe, the Dayak Continent, Basaf Dayak and Punan Dayak are still also accompanied by dozens of "Uma" (child's tribe) and scattered in various regions of Borneo.

In the period before the 20th century, Dayak tribe as a whole is not familiar with Christianity and Islam. That is on them is simply the belief in ancestors, animals, stones rock, as well as natural signal traits of ancient Hindu belief. In everyday life they believe any restrictions that the sign is given by nature. Prohibition in the Dayak community life there are only two. That is so taboo that brings freedom to grow their population and there are many restrictions, too, because they result in fewer populations and is now even endangered. As example of life that should never be mingled with other people of their tribe.

Abstinence makes their life is not always calm and always on the move to move. So that their lives had never advanced even tends to add primitive. For example, like the tribe Dayak Punan . Interest on this one difficult to communicate with the public. Most of them live in dense forests, caves in the rocks and mountains that are difficult to reach. Actually it is not their fault. But because of cultural taboos their ancestors who did not dare to violate it came to pass that state.. This is actually the fault of their ancestors.

In the history or story, they are ancestral origins come from the land called "Yunan" an area of ​​mainland China.. They come from one of the royal family of the Chinese who lost to war and then fled with the boats, so the ground island of Borneo. Feeling safe, they then settled on the mainland. However, probably due to the trauma of war, they were afraid to meet with any community group. They worry about the massacres and wars reoccur so that they could no trace of depleted or extincta. That's why their ancestors carried out the prohibition and abstinence meet with people who are not from among them.

Indeed in the 13th century, the Chinese mainland was full of conflict and war between the kings of the ruling to determine one of the great empire that controlled the whole of mainland China.. Due to not succumb to each other, then there was fighting among themselves to determine where the greatest empire and controlled all of China's mainland.