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for the town in Afghanistan see Kayan, Afghanistan
Kayan is name of a tribe found in
Borneo island. The Kayan people are categorized as a part of the
Dayak people of Borneo.
Being an indigenous tribe in central Borneo, Kayans are similar to their neighbors the
Kenyah tribe with which they're grouped together under the Bahau ethnic group.
The population of the Kayan ethnic group may be some 27,000. They are part of a larger grouping of people referred to collectively as the
Orang Ulu, or upriver people. Like some other
Dayak people they're known for being fierce warriors, former
headhunters, adept in dry-rice cultivation, and having extensive tattoos and stretched earlobes amongst both sexes. They may have originated from along the Kayan river in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. They live along the upper Kayan and the middle Kapuas and Mahakam rivers. They seem to have been expanding to the south in Sarawak in historic times, generating some conflicts with the Iban that where expanding north at the same time. The have settled in Sarawak on the middle Baram river, the Bintulu river and along the Rajang river, having been pressed back a little during the late 19th century.
Their language belongs to the
Malayo-Polynesian branch of the
Austronesian language family.
Their basic culture is similar to the other Dayak people of Borneo. Traditionally they live in
long houses on river banks. Their agriculture was based upon
shifting cultivation techniques and the cultivation of dryland rice. They also cultivate
sago, and go hunting and fishing. Their society knows aristocrats. They are known for good carvings and metalwork.
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