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Dayak tribes of Kalimantan are living in groups that live in the outback, on the mountain, and so forth.   In fact, the Dayaks motto is Mamut Ueh Menteng,means someone who has the power of courageous, well known not give up or never retreat.

They live clustered in the interior and divides into five clusters, namely the Sea Dayak (Iban), Land Dayak, Apo Kayan Dayak, Dayak Murut, Dayak and Ngaju (Ot Danum). Each family has different customs, but not much of a difference because they were originally derived from the same lineage. (more…)

In general, the people of Nias are considered descendants of the tribe comes from a group of Burma and Assam, but different from the origin of the Batak. There are many theories about the origins of the tribe of Nias and no one can be sure because they originally came from more than one ethnic group.

The combination would be excellent because a combination of several ethnic groups. Ferrad (French descent) reported that a traveler from Saudi Arabia named Solomon mentions many different tribes in the year 851 BC.

Excavations in the cave TOGI Ndrawa ,or cave Pelita shows that the community has lived there since 7000 years ago. Many papers also support the theory. For example: many people live in trees are called Bela and communities who are called to live ditebing Nadaoya, according to the people of Nias two tribes above is a kind of spirits, evil spirits last. (more…)