Kenyah

E159028

The Kenyah are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of Borneo, traditionally living in the interior highlands and river valleys of Sarawak and neighboring regions, known for their longhouse communities and rich oral traditions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kenyah canonical 4
Kenyah Badeng 1
Kenyah Lepo Tau 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dayak people
ethnic group
indigenous people
alsoInhabits Kalimantan
surface form: Indonesian Borneo

Kalimantan
country Indonesia
Malaysia
ethnicGroupOf Borneo
hasCulturalHeritage epic chants
folktales
ritual dances
hasSocialStructure longhouse-based community organization
hasSubgroup Kenyah self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kenyah Badeng

Kenyah Lepo Jalan
Kenyah Lepo Ma’ut
Kenyah self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kenyah Lepo Tau

Kenyah Uma Baha
Kenyah self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kenyah Uma Kulit

Kenyah Uma Baha
surface form: Kenyah Uma’ Lasan
indigenousTo Borneo
knownFor longhouse communities
rich oral traditions
languageFamily Austronesian languages
partOf Dayak peoples
surface form: Dayak cultural sphere
practices elaborate oral storytelling
primarilyInhabits East Malaysia
surface form: Malaysian Borneo

Sarawak
region Baleh River
surface form: Upper Baram River

Upper Rejang River
interior of Sarawak
relatedEthnicGroup Kayan people
Kelabit people
Penan
surface form: Penan people
speaks Kenyah languages
traditionalArt body ornamentation
tattooing
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration
traditionalCraft basketry
beadwork
woodcarving
traditionalDwellingType longhouse
traditionalEconomy hunting and gathering
rice cultivation
riverine fishing
swidden agriculture
traditionalHabitat interior highlands of Borneo
river valleys of Borneo
traditionalMusic sape’ lute music
traditionalReligion animism

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sarawak hasEthnicGroup Kenyah
Kenyah hasSubgroup Kenyah self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kenyah Badeng
Kenyah hasSubgroup Kenyah self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kenyah Lepo Tau
Kenyah hasSubgroup Kenyah self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kenyah Uma Kulit
Kelabit relatedEthnicGroup Kenyah
Penan relatedEthnicGroup Kenyah
Murum Dam on Murum River associatedEthnicGroupsAffected Kenyah
subject surface form: Murum Dam