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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.
Ibans (Bornean people) This is an ethnographic account of '…Iban behavior, the religious beliefs which are the basis for their way of life, the framework within which these exist, and the ends to which they are directed' (p. 5).
21 lut 2019 · 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.
5 maj 2023 · Iban Religion. While most Iban people of today are Christian or Muslim, the tribe was traditionally animist.
Iban Rites of Passage and Some Related Ritual Acts is an indispensable work for Iban scholars, both local and foreign, and particularly for those who have only recently taken up Iban studies.
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.
