to establish a timber plantation in a part of the Sarawak rainforest that overlaps with the 60-member Rumah Jeffery group, an Indigenous Iban community. Ruma Jeffery members have foraged from the ...

KUCHING: On Nov 16, 1924, a peacemaking ceremony in Kapit brought a formal end to tribal conflicts among the indigenous ...

Lubok Antu, a border town about four hours’ drive from Kuching, lies at the edge of Sarawak and Kalimantan. He describes it as a haven for traditional Iban attire, with items more readily ...

The festive cheer at Rumah Punggah here began to bloom days ahead of the Gawai Dayak celebration on June 1, not just with the return of family members from afar, but with the revival of a beloved ...

Whether you’re Sarawakian, Sabahan, or just a true Malaysian foodie, this is your chance to join these harvest celebrations.

The 54-page report, “Facing the Bulldozers: Iban Indigenous Resistance to the Timber Industry in Sarawak, Malaysia,” details how the Malaysian company Zedtee, part of the Shin Yang Group ...

I passed on the chicken legs. Sure enough, four hours after departing Kuching, we arrived at Batang Ai, the site of the oldest Iban settlements in Sarawak, who arrived here from Kalimantan in the ...

Butler But one community living in Indonesian Borneo near the border with the Malaysian state of Sarawak has managed to fend off loggers and land invaders from their forest home. The Dayak Iban of ...

picked by the Iban women from their jungle 'back garden' – simple yet effective flavours." Yin loved how they balance white Sarawak pepper with the chicken, making the spice the star of the show.

Deep in the Bintulu rainforest in Sarawak, an Iban community defending their ancestral land is being treated like trespassers, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) released yesterday.

Ramtiniwati Ramlee is one of Sarawak’s top songket weavers ... Another contains traditional floral motifs of the Iban tribe, based on ferns and branches. It can take up to five months to ...

Malaysian-Chinese director Ray Lee and his Iban wife, producer Misha Minut, who was born in the Sarawak town of Limbang, have tapped into this less-explored background with their quirky and ...