Bidayuh people

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The Bidayuh people are an indigenous ethnic group of Borneo, primarily residing in Sarawak, Malaysia, known for their distinct languages, traditional longhouse communities, and rich agricultural and ritual practices.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bidayuh people canonical 17
Biatah Bidayuh people 1
Selako Bidayuh people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian ethnic group
ethnic group
indigenous people
collectiveIdentity Dayak peoples of Borneo
linked to: Dayak peoples
commonSecondLanguage English
Iban
linked to: Iban people

Malay
continent Asia
country Indonesia
Malaysia
ethnonymVariant Land Dayak
festival Gawai Dayak
Gawai Sowa
language Bau-Jagoi Bidayuh
linked to: Biatah Bidayuh

Biatah Bidayuh
Bidayuh languages
linked to: Bidayuhic languages

Bukar-Sadong Bidayuh
Selako Bidayuh
Taraang Bidayuh
languageBranch Land Dayak languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSituation highly diverse dialects
mainDivisionInSarawak Bau-Lundu area
Kuching Division
linked to: Kuching

Samarahan Division
Serian Division
mainState Sarawak
populationEstimate several hundred thousand
primaryLocation Borneo
recognizedAs indigenous group of Sarawak
region West Kalimantan
religion Christianity
Islam
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
ritualPractice agricultural rituals
harvest festivals
traditionalArchitectureFeature baruk (traditional roundhouse or headhouse)
traditionalDance harvest dance
war dance
traditionalDwelling longhouse
traditionalEconomy pepper cultivation
rubber smallholding
shifting cultivation
wet rice farming
traditionalMusic drum music
gong ensemble
traditionalReligion ancestor worship
animism
traditionalSettlementPattern hilltop villages

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dayak peoples subgroup Bidayuh people
Bidayuh language spokenBy Bidayuh people
Bidayuhic languages spokenBy Bidayuh people
Bidayuhic languages hasEthnicGroup Bidayuh people
Bau-Lundu area traditionalHeartlandOf Bidayuh people
Biatah Bidayuh spokenBy Biatah Bidayuh people
linked to: Bidayuh people
Biatah Bidayuh spokenBy Bidayuh people
Bukar-Sadong Bidayuh spokenBy Bidayuh people
Selako Bidayuh spokenBy Bidayuh people
Selako Bidayuh ethnicGroup Bidayuh people
Taraang Bidayuh spokenBy Bidayuh people
Gawai Sowa celebratedBy Bidayuh people
Land Dayak modernPreferredName Bidayuh people
Tringgus-Sembaan Bidayuh spokenBy Bidayuh people
Selako Bidayuh ethnicGroupAssociated Bidayuh people
subject linked to: Selako (Salako) Bidayuh
Selako Bidayuh ethnicSubgroupAssociated Selako Bidayuh people
subject linked to: Selako (Salako) Bidayuh
linked to: Bidayuh people
baruk (traditional roundhouse) usedBy Bidayuh people
Padawan area predominantlyInhabitedBy Bidayuh people