Kenyah people

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The Kenyah people are an indigenous Dayak ethnic group of Borneo, known for their rich oral traditions, elaborate rituals, and distinctive music and dance culture.

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Label Occurrences
Kenyah people canonical 19
Kenyah peoples of Borneo 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dayak people
ethnic group
artForm beadwork
tattooing
woodcarving
continent Asia
country Indonesia
Malaysia
culturalHeritageStatus indigenous cultural heritage of Borneo
culturalRegion Dayak
linked to: Dayak peoples
knownFor distinctive dance culture
distinctive music
elaborate rituals
rich oral traditions
language Kenyah languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
mainArea East Kalimantan
Sarawak
primaryRegion Borneo
relatedEthnicGroup Iban people
Kayan people
Kelabit people
Lun Bawang people
Penan people
linked to: Penan
religion Christianity
Islam
socialOrganization longhouse-based community
subgroup Kenyah Lepo Aga
Kenyah Lepo Jalan
Kenyah Lepo Ma’ut
Kenyah Lepo Tau
Kenyah Uma Baha
Kenyah Uma Bakah
linked to: Kenyah Uma Baha

Kenyah Uma Kulit
linked to: Kenyah Uma’ Kulit

Kenyah Uma Lasan
Kenyah Uma Lung
Kenyah Uma Pawa
Kenyah Uma Suling
linked to: Kenyah Uma’ Timai
traditionalDance hornbill dance
traditionalDwelling longhouse
traditionalEconomy hunting and gathering
rice cultivation
riverine fishing
swidden agriculture
traditionalInstrument sape
traditionalLeadership village headman
traditionalMusic sape music
traditionalReligion Kenyah folk religion
animism

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Referenced by (20)

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sapeh usedBy Kenyah people
subject linked to: sapeh (lute)
Kayan people relatedEthnicGroup Kenyah people
Kayan relatedGroup Kenyah people
Baram River hasIndigenousGroupInBasin Kenyah people
Kenyah languages spokenBy Kenyah people
Modang people relatedEthnicGroup Kenyah people
Lundayeh people relatedEthnicGroup Kenyah people
Kelabit people relatedEthnicGroup Kenyah people
Kenyah Lepo Ma’ut subgroupOf Kenyah people
Kenyah Uma Baha subgroupOf Kenyah people
Kenyah Uma Baha ethnolinguisticGroupOf Kenyah peoples of Borneo
linked to: Kenyah people
Kenyah Lepo Jalan subgroupOf Kenyah people
Upper Rejang River inhabitedBy Kenyah people
Bahau people relatedGroup Kenyah people
Long San hasCommunity Kenyah people