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The Iban religion involves worshiping and honouring at least four categories of beings, i.e. Bunsu Petara (the supreme god), and his seven deities (the divine people of Tansang Kenyalang), the holy spirits of Orang Panggau Libau and Gelong, the ghost spirits (Bunsu Antu) and the souls of dead ancestors.
Numerous local people and certain missionaries have sought to document and preserve traditional Dayak religious practices. For example, Reverend William Howell contributed numerous articles on the Iban language, lore, and culture between 1909 and 1910 to the Sarawak Gazette.
The Iban people adhere to a traditional belief system known as Iban religion, with elements of animism, ancestor worship, and a complex pantheon of gods and spirits. Their cosmology consists of three realms: the Upperworld, the Middleworld, and the Underworld.
Confrontation was the only way of survival. Religion, Culture and Festival. The Ibans were traditionally animist, although the majority are now Christian, some of them Muslim and many continue to observe both Christian and traditional ceremonies, particularly during marriages or festivals.
Iban religion is a product of a holistic approach to life, in which attention is paid to all events in the waking and sleeping states. The religion involves an all-embracing causality, born of the Iban conviction that "nothing happens without cause."
5 maj 2023 · The Iban people originally practiced Animism, although today, outside influence has made Christianity and Islam their common religions. The Iban tribe is known for its ability to expand its ...
28 gru 2023 · In this paper, we describe one such society, the Iban, whose religious practices are often claimed to not include the worship of ancestors, despite ancestors being central to their religion.
