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Using weaving, the Iban make blankets, bird shirts (baju burong), kain kebat, kain betating and selampai. Weaving is the women's warpath while kayau (headhunting) is the men's warpath. The pua kumbu blanket do have conventional or ritual motives depending on the purpose of the woven item.
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.
Explanation and Interpretation of Religion and Rituals. Those scholars working to describe and explain Iban religion have yet to become self-conscious of their theoretical position that they bring to the data and to discuss its weaknesses and strengths.
20 lip 2013 · In contrast to the Malays, the Iban do not distinguish between adat and religious rules and practices; much of Iban adat is believed to be of religious origin or is concerned with ritual observances and other facets of religious life.
Introduction. In recent years, anthropological studies of religion have increasingly touched on the importance of religious scepticism, often within the context of modernity or cultural and...
This chapter looks at beliefs and practices associated with spirits among two peoples: the Kelabit of the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak, who live at the headwaters of the Baram River, and the Eastern Penan, who live to the east of the Baram River in areas surrounding the Kelabit Highlands.
The Confluence Of Politics And Traditional Religion Among The Iban In Elections In Sarawak. The longhouse symbolizes the livelihood strategy of the Iban and acts as the custodian of the community’s values, norms, adat (custom), system of belief, tradition and culture.
