Bidayuh people

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The Bidayuh people are an indigenous ethnic group of Borneo, primarily residing in Sarawak, Malaysia, known for their distinct languages, traditional longhouse communities, and rich agricultural and ritual practices.

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Bidayuh people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian ethnic group
ethnic group
indigenous people
collectiveIdentity Dayak peoples
surface form: Dayak peoples of Borneo
commonSecondLanguage English
Iban people
surface form: Iban

Malay
continent Asia
country Indonesia
Malaysia
ethnonymVariant Land Dayak
festival Gawai Dayak
Gawai Sowa
language Biatah Bidayuh
surface form: Bau-Jagoi Bidayuh

Biatah Bidayuh
Bidayuhic languages
surface form: Bidayuh languages

Bukar-Sadong Bidayuh
Selako Bidayuh
Taraang Bidayuh
languageBranch Land Dayak languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSituation highly diverse dialects
mainDivisionInSarawak Bau-Lundu area
Kuching
surface form: Kuching Division

Samarahan Division
Serian Division
mainState Sarawak
populationEstimate several hundred thousand
primaryLocation Borneo
recognizedAs indigenous group of Sarawak
region West Kalimantan
religion Christianity
Islam
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
ritualPractice agricultural rituals
harvest festivals
traditionalArchitectureFeature baruk (traditional roundhouse or headhouse)
traditionalDance harvest dance
war dance
traditionalDwelling longhouse
traditionalEconomy pepper cultivation
rubber smallholding
shifting cultivation
wet rice farming
traditionalMusic drum music
gong ensemble
traditionalReligion ancestor worship
animism
traditionalSettlementPattern hilltop villages

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Dayak peoples subgroup Bidayuh people