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 ...

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 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 ...

KUCHING: The legendary Iban warrior Rentap will be brought to life in a musical drama to be staged at the Sarawak Cultural Village here next month. State Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

KUCHING, Jan 25 (Bernama) -- The Sarawak government intends to establish an Iban language course at a local university here to facilitate a more in-depth learning experience for local children. Deputy ...