 Dancers wearing Hudoq performing a mask dance during the sowing celebration of the Bahau Dayak, Upper Mahakam, circa 1898-1900. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 22,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Indonesia (East Kalimantan) | |
| Languages | |
| Bahau language, Indonesian language | |
| Religion | |
| Bungan (Folk religion),[2] Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kayan people (Borneo), Kenyah people |
Bahau people is a sub-ethnic group of the Dayak people who inhabit West Kutai Regency (9.3%),[3] East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
They are found in regional districts of :-
- Long Iram district, West Kutai Regency[4]
- Long Bagun district, West Kutai Regency[5]
- Long Pahangai, Mahakam Ulu Regency[5]
Language
The Bahau language is part of the Kayan-Murik languages.
- Kayan-Murik languages (17 languages)
- Kayan language:
- Bahau language, Bahau people of the West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Busang Kayan language, Busang Kayan people of the West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Wahau Kayan language, Wahau Kayan people of the Wahau river mouth, East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Mahakam Kayan language, Mahakam Kayan people of the West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Kayan River Kayan language, Kayan River Kayan people of the Malinau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Baram Kayan language, Baram Kayan people of Sarawak, Malaysia
- Rejang Kayan language, Rejang Kayan people of Sarawak, Malaysia
- Mendalam Kayan language, Mendalam Kayan people of the Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Modang language:
- Modang language, Modang people of the West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Segai language, Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Punan Muller-Schwaner:
- Aoheng language, Aoheng or Penihing people of the West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Punan Aput language, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Punan Merah language, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Uheng-Kereho language, Uheng-Kereho people of the Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Bukat language, Bukat people of the West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Hovongan language, Hovongan people of the Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Murik language:
- Murik Kayan language, Murik people of Sarawak, Malaysia
- Kayan language:
Culture
Folk Song
- Panau-Panau[6]
Dance
References
- ^ "Bahau in Indonesia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ^ "Bungan". Oxford University. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Michaela Haug (2015). Poverty and Decentralisation in East Kalimantan: The Impact of Regional Autonomy on Dayak Benuaq Wellbeing. Centaurus Verlag & Media KG. ISBN 978-3-8255-0770-1.
- ^ Jérôme Rousseau (1988). "Central Borneo: A Bibliography, Volume 38". The Sarawak Museum Journal. Sarawak Museum (Special Issue): 103. ISSN 0375-3050.
- ^ a b "Yayasan Lestari Zamrud Nusantara Press". Guide to East Kalimantan, Volume 2. Badan Pengembangan Pariwisata Daerah Kalimantan Timur. 1974. p. 73.
- ^ "panau-panau (dayak bahau kutai barat)". Laskar444. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ^ Wendra Ajistyatama (6 July 2013). "A boisterous royal ritual". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
External links
- Kisah Perjumpaan Carl Bock dengan Suku Dayak Pemakan Manusia
- Penanggalan Peladang Dayak Bahau-Busang
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