Kenyah people
Total population | |
---|---|
69,256 (year 2000 - Malaysia and Indonesia)[1] 72,000 (year 2023 - Malaysia and Indonesia ) [2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Borneo: | |
Malaysia (Sarawak) | 56 600 (2023)[3] |
Indonesia (East Kalimantan) | 44,000 (2000)[3] |
Languages | |
Kenyah languages (Mainstream Kenyah), Indonesian, Sarawak Malay | |
Religion | |
Christianity (Majority 94,27%), Bungan (Folk religion),[4] Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Bagai people, Kayan people, Penan people |
The Kenyah people are an indigenous, Austronesian-speaking people of Borneo, living in interior North and East Kalimantan, Indonesia and Sarawak, Malaysia.
Culture and economy
The Kenyah people, traditionally being
Kenyah people are very creative. They compose their popular songs and melody such as Lan e Tuyang, Kendau bimbin, Ilu Kenyah Kua Lo Te'a, Pabat Pibui, Atek Lan, and Leleng Oyau Along Leleng. Popular traditional Kenyah musical instruments are such as jatung utang (wooden xylophone),[7] sampe (a type of guitar),[8] sampe bio (single-stringed bass), lutong (a four- to six-string bamboo tube zither)[9] and keringut (nose flute).[10]
Religion
Population
Statistical figures, based on the Indonesian and Malaysian national censuses collected in 2000, recorded a total of 44,350 Kenyah people in East Kalimantan, Indonesia and 24,906 in Sarawak, Malaysia.[13]
The Kenyahs traditionally inhabit the remote
Kenyah people are divided into various lepo'/lebo' (tribes/clans) including the Uma Bakah, Lepo Anan, Lepo Tau, Lepu Jalan, Lepo' Tepu, Uma Kelep(Lebuq Timai), Uma Ujok, Uma Pawa', Seping, Sebop, Badeng, Jamok, Lepo Agak, Bakung (Long Singut), Uma Kulit, Uma Alim, Lebuq Timai, Uma Lasan, Lepo Ma-ut, Sambop, Lepo Ke', Lepo Ngao, Ngurek, Long Ulai, Long Tikan, Long Sabatu, Lepo Ga, Lepo Dikan, Lepo' Bem, Lepo' Embo' and Lepo Pua.
Sub-ethnic groups
The Kenyah people are also divided into various sub-ethnic groups such as:-[14]
- Kenyah Badeng or Madang
- Kenyah Bakung
- Kenyah Jamok
- Kenyah Lepo' Abong
- Kenyah Lepo' Aga
- Kenyah Lepo' Anan
- Kenyah Lepo' Bam
- Kenyah Lepo' Gah
- Kenyah Lepo' Jalan
- Kenyah Lepo' Ke'
- Kenyah Lepo' Kulit
- Kenyah Lepo' Maut
- Kenyah Lepo' Sawa'
- Kenyah Lepo' Tau'
- Kenyah Lepo' Tepu
- Kenyah Lepo' Timai
- Kenyah Long Ulai
- Kenyah Long Sebatu
- Kenyah Long Belukun
- Kenyah Long Tikan
- Kenyah Uma' Bangan
- Kenyah Uma' Baka
- Kenyah Uma' Kelep
- Kenyah Uma' Lasan
- Kenyah Uma' Lung
- Kenyah Uma' Pawa'
- Kenyah Uma' Sambop
- Kenyah Uma' Tukung
- Kenyah Seping
- Kenyah Lirung (Long Nuah)
Origins
The
Languages
The Kenyah languages are a small family of Austronesian languages. Their language is called Kenyah.
Folk songs
- Leleng-Leleng[16]
- Leleng[17]
- Ake' Mimbin Iko' Tuyang[18]
- Pabat Pibui[19]
- Daleh Lenca dalem bada[20]
- Ayen Palo boka tai mutu leto[21]
Notable people
- Francisca Luhong James - Miss Universe Malaysia 2020 and a part-time model. She is of mixed Kayan, Kenyah and Iban lineage.[22]
- Yurnalis Ngayoh, Governor east Kalimantan
- Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party(SPDP)
- Joseph Kalang Tie, professional footballer and Malaysia National Team representative. He hails from Long Ikang, Baram and is of Kenyah-Malaysian Chinese parentage.[23]
See also
References
- ISBN 9780295974163.
- ^ Kenyah, Mainstream language resources | Joshua Project
- ^ ISBN 978-11-365-3809-4.
- ISBN 96-797-8310-3.
- ISBN 978-98-145-8505-7.
- ISBN 99-716-9292-9.
- ISBN 978-11-359-0155-4.
- ISBN 09-589-2250-0.
- ^ Musicworks, Issues 73-78. Music Gallery. 1999. p. 12.
- ^ The Sarawak Museum Journal, Volume 40, Part 3. Sarawak Museum. 1989. p. 132.
- ^ Cristina Eghenter, Bernard Sellato, G. Simon Devung (2003). "Social Science Research and Conservation Management in the Interior of Borneo" (PDF). Center for International Forestry Research.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Lake' Baling (2002). "The Old Kayan and the Bungan Religious Reform" (PDF). Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Institutional Repository.
- ^ See 2000 National Census, Jawatan Perangkaan Malaysia, 2000 and 2000 Population Census /Sensus Penduduk 2000, Central Bureau of Statistics Indonesia, 2000
- ^ "Languages of Borneo". Digital Atlas of Indonesian History. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ISBN 978-98-339-8701-6.
- ^ "LELENG-LELENG". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Leleng". YouTube. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Ake' Mimbin Iko' Tuyang". YouTube. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Pabat Pibui". YouTube. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "lagu kenyah - daleh lenca dalem bada". Archived from the original on 14 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Ayen Palo Boka Tai Mutu Leto Kenyah.mp4". Archived from the original on 14 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/utusan-borneo-sabah/20160815/282574492474563. Retrieved 22 August 2020 – via PressReader.
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(help) - ^ "PWK perlu kreatif pelbagaikan ekonomi tingkatkan pendapatan pekebun kecil". Utusan Borneo (Sarawak). 23 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Sarawakian lass crowned Miss World Malaysia". The Daily Express. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Jeremy Veno (2 September 2018). "Up close and personal with local beauties". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
Further reading
- Into the Art of Borneo: The Kenyah-Kayan Tradition
- Encyclopædia Britannica: Kayah
- People of the same heart: The social world of the Kenyah Badeng. Rita Armstrong, 1991. PhD Thesis, Dept of Anthropology, University of Sydney
External links
- Media related to Kenyah people at Wikimedia Commons
- United Nations University's Our World 2.0 "Forbidden forest of the Dayak people" Digital Video: In Setulang village, near the Malay-Indonesian border, lives the "Oma'lung" tribe — a particular sub-group of Kenyah Dayak, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo
- Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collection includes written notes on many different varieties of Kenyah.