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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.
5 maj 2023 · Many contemporary Iban people are Christian or Muslim, but the traditional religion of the tribe was animism. Animists believe that people are not the only sentient beings, and animation is also...
This word, generally defined as 'customary law,' means more than that to the Iban. To the Iban, ADAT involves the basic values of life, including their system of agriculture, the code to which their society is ordered, as well as the 'correct' manner of behavior.
28 cze 2017 · From Thomas Jefferson's cut-up Bible to the country's first printed hymnal, the Smithsonian's Religion in Early America exhibit wants to engage Americans with the role of religion in its...
The Iban are currently Christianized and many still observe traditional rituals directed towards ancestors alongside the Christian God. Generally, the Iban are a Dayak people of Borneo. Often referred to as Sea Dayaks in the literature, as opposed to Land Dayaks, due to the Iban gaining a reputation
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.
Religion in the United States began with the religions and spiritual practices of Native Americans. Later, religion also played a role in the founding of some colonies, as many colonists, such as the Puritans, came to escape religious persecution.