Iban Archives - Asian Itinerary https://asianitinerary.com/tag/iban/ Travel, Holiday, Adventure Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:40:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 BORNEO TRIBAL TATTOOS https://asianitinerary.com/borneo-tribal-tattoos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=borneo-tribal-tattoos Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:38:50 +0000 https://asianitinerary.com/?p=38816

Hands tell us a lot about the people we meet. In the West, we greet each other with a handshake, and Giorgio Gaber, an Italian singer, composer, actor and playwright, even wrote a song about them: ‘Le mani’.  -“A civilised meeting between polite people who stand up and greet each other, a somewhat anonymous meeting made more human by a cordial handshake”. He then continues ‘singing’ different types of hands, with the subtle irony that has always distinguished this artist. It is a fact: in Europe, when we shake hands in that first meeting, we can get an idea of ​​the person we are facing straight away. Moreover, precisely from that initial handshake, we form a judgment that immediately becomes a verdict, often without appeal, upon the character encountered. Tattoos in Borneo When you leave the national borders and you find yourself wandering in the third largest island in the world, even there you realise that the hands can tell you something about an interlocutor. If this, for example, is an Iban, descendant of the Dayak population and, looking at the back of his hands, you notice some tattoos, well… While times have changed, the wisest decision to make is still to leave, and quickly.  According to tradition, that tattoo called ‘tengulun’ means that the owner of that hand may have taken part in a headhunting expedition against someone belonging to an enemy tribe. This person may have returned home with at least one head detached from the shoulder of some unlucky guy as a souvenir. Ill-fated and unlucky or, at least, very unforeseen, since it would probably have been enough to have a ‘pantang rekung’ tattooed on the throat. This tattoo is well-known to strengthen the skin, making it more resistant to the action of the ‘Parang Ilang’, the local sword, which is preparing to snoop behind your Adam’s apple annoyingly indiscreet. The ‘pantang rekung’ is in fact the second tattoo that Iban boys receive around the time of puberty. Tattoos in modern times Nowadays, in the civilised world, tattoos are considered a fashion, a body decoration, a way to make a memory or a situation eternal, and at least an act of rebellion. Frankly, however, I believe that tattoos are not elements that particularly reflect our culture, so much so that, in the first place, getting tattooed is a relatively recent practice and, secondly, almost always the designs we imprint on our skin are part of other cultures, such as that of the Maori or the Japanese. Far be it from me, of course, to express judgments on anyone who has their skin engraved with any type of design: everyone is free to do what they want with their own bodies. Moreover, here I do not intend to speak of a more or less recent Western fashion. I speak instead of people who have made tattoos a kind of logbook of their existence, imprinting themselves on the body with an indelible testimony of what is called the ‘bejalai’, which means journey, wandering, and the path of one’s life. Things that happen on the third largest island in the world. Sarawakian people We are in the Malaysian Borneo, more precisely in Sarawak, meandering between Kuching‘s Rainforest World Music Festival and Miri‘s Borneo Jazz. And it is precisely in Miri, as part of this latest event, that we ​​stumble upon Ukir Anyam Tattoo & Beauty Studio amongst the spaces dedicated to the various aspects of local life. Local people, modern people, nice people with whom pleasantly exchanging a few words. Someone, like Sylvester, sports his dreadlocks; almost everyone has piercings and everyone, absolutely everyone, has a body covered with tattoos. After exchanging a few words, we realise that their tattoos are not the product of a trend, or perhaps of a passing fashion: they are precise symbols of an ancient culture that they do not intend to give up for any reason. For them, getting a traditional tattoo is a way of keeping Iban art and culture alive, my friend Seth tells me, even if, perhaps, one no longer believes in the magical and ritual meaning of tattooing. Obviously there is nothing magical nor ritual in the current equipment used for tattooing: there are machines surmounted by an ink tank, a cross between a futuristic pen and a kind of printer. Their needles enter the skin at a speed of about fifty penetrations per second, reaching a layer of skin not subject to continuous cell changes. This is done to prevent these from regenerating themselves, hence deteriorating the tattoo in a short time. Tattoos from the past In the past, however, the techniques that were used were slower and more painful, and the tools used were more primitive. It was the time when the Dayak dressed in loincloths and adorned themselves with feathers and beads in everyday life and not only to participate in festivals; when the ‘Parang Ilang‘ was used to cut heads and not as an object to be put on display for sale; and when the bodies were covered with tattoos that were dictated by a form of spirituality, or were intended to tell fundamental moments in the life of the one who wore them.  The tattoos were handmade with two wooden sticks: one of them had one or more bamboo spines called ‘kayok tatok’ at one end, and the other was used to strike the first stick in order to push the needle into the skin. These tattoos were made by artists who, in addition to having skilful hands and knowing how to dose their strength adequately, also consulted the spirits so they would reveal the right design to be chosen. The first tattoo ran parallel to the aforementioned bejalai, so that this was engraved on one’s skin, and it was made when one was considered mature. The transition to adulthood was marked with the ‘bungai terung’, represented by a double spiral that it develops from the center of a black spot, taking the shape...

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Hands tell us a lot about the people we meet. In the West, we greet each other with a handshake, and Giorgio Gaber, an Italian singer, composer, actor and playwright, even wrote a song about them: ‘Le mani’. 

-“A civilised meeting between polite people who stand up and greet each other, a somewhat anonymous meeting made more human by a cordial handshake”. He then continues ‘singing’ different types of hands, with the subtle irony that has always distinguished this artist.

It is a fact: in Europe, when we shake hands in that first meeting, we can get an idea of ​​the person we are facing straight away. Moreover, precisely from that initial handshake, we form a judgment that immediately becomes a verdict, often without appeal, upon the character encountered.

Tattoos in Borneo

When you leave the national borders and you find yourself wandering in the third largest island in the world, even there you realise that the hands can tell you something about an interlocutor. If this, for example, is an Iban, descendant of the Dayak population and, looking at the back of his hands, you notice some tattoos, well… While times have changed, the wisest decision to make is still to leave, and quickly. 

According to tradition, that tattoo called ‘tengulun’ means that the owner of that hand may have taken part in a headhunting expedition against someone belonging to an enemy tribe. This person may have returned home with at least one head detached from the shoulder of some unlucky guy as a souvenir.

Ill-fated and unlucky or, at least, very unforeseen, since it would probably have been enough to have a ‘pantang rekung’ tattooed on the throat. This tattoo is well-known to strengthen the skin, making it more resistant to the action of the ‘Parang Ilang’, the local sword, which is preparing to snoop behind your Adam’s apple annoyingly indiscreet. The ‘pantang rekung’ is in fact the second tattoo that Iban boys receive around the time of puberty.

Tattoos in modern times

Nowadays, in the civilised world, tattoos are considered a fashion, a body decoration, a way to make a memory or a situation eternal, and at least an act of rebellion. Frankly, however, I believe that tattoos are not elements that particularly reflect our culture, so much so that, in the first place, getting tattooed is a relatively recent practice and, secondly, almost always the designs we imprint on our skin are part of other cultures, such as that of the Maori or the Japanese.

Far be it from me, of course, to express judgments on anyone who has their skin engraved with any type of design: everyone is free to do what they want with their own bodies. Moreover, here I do not intend to speak of a more or less recent Western fashion. I speak instead of people who have made tattoos a kind of logbook of their existence, imprinting themselves on the body with an indelible testimony of what is called the ‘bejalai’, which means journey, wandering, and the path of one’s life.

Things that happen on the third largest island in the world.

Sarawakian people

We are in the Malaysian Borneo, more precisely in Sarawak, meandering between Kuching‘s Rainforest World Music Festival and Miri‘s Borneo Jazz. And it is precisely in Miri, as part of this latest event, that we ​​stumble upon Ukir Anyam Tattoo & Beauty Studio amongst the spaces dedicated to the various aspects of local life.

Local people, modern people, nice people with whom pleasantly exchanging a few words. Someone, like Sylvester, sports his dreadlocks; almost everyone has piercings and everyone, absolutely everyone, has a body covered with tattoos. After exchanging a few words, we realise that their tattoos are not the product of a trend, or perhaps of a passing fashion: they are precise symbols of an ancient culture that they do not intend to give up for any reason. For them, getting a traditional tattoo is a way of keeping Iban art and culture alive, my friend Seth tells me, even if, perhaps, one no longer believes in the magical and ritual meaning of tattooing.

Obviously there is nothing magical nor ritual in the current equipment used for tattooing: there are machines surmounted by an ink tank, a cross between a futuristic pen and a kind of printer. Their needles enter the skin at a speed of about fifty penetrations per second, reaching a layer of skin not subject to continuous cell changes. This is done to prevent these from regenerating themselves, hence deteriorating the tattoo in a short time.

Tattoos from the past

In the past, however, the techniques that were used were slower and more painful, and the tools used were more primitive. It was the time when the Dayak dressed in loincloths and adorned themselves with feathers and beads in everyday life and not only to participate in festivals; when the ‘Parang Ilang‘ was used to cut heads and not as an object to be put on display for sale; and when the bodies were covered with tattoos that were dictated by a form of spirituality, or were intended to tell fundamental moments in the life of the one who wore them. 

The tattoos were handmade with two wooden sticks: one of them had one or more bamboo spines called ‘kayok tatok’ at one end, and the other was used to strike the first stick in order to push the needle into the skin. These tattoos were made by artists who, in addition to having skilful hands and knowing how to dose their strength adequately, also consulted the spirits so they would reveal the right design to be chosen.

The first tattoo ran parallel to the aforementioned bejalai, so that this was engraved on one’s skin, and it was made when one was considered mature. The transition to adulthood was marked with the ‘bungai terung’, represented by a double spiral that it develops from the center of a black spot, taking the shape of a flower, the so-called aubergine flower. After that, the tradition continued according to the person’s experiences, which resulted in more bejalai and more tattoos. 

Seth explains to me that Iban tattoos were believed to protect against evil spirits and the bad, but it was also thought that they were a way ‘to remind the Gods of our existence’, and to allow them ‘to see us after we die’. To tribes like the Orang Ulu, tattoos represent a hallmark of the class they belong to, distinguishing the nobles from the lower class members.

Different meanings for different tribes, different meanings for different designs. And since the Iban believe that every living being has a soul and a spirit, their tattoos symbolise all animated beings.

But these are things of the past: Seth admits that his tattoos are just a way to remember his ancestors, to tell moments of his history and to keep this art form alive. “I don’t believe in their magical and spiritual meaning, yet tattoos are a part of my identity, of who I am”.

Photos by Guglielmo Zanchi (Pluto)

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Are you familiar with beads? Have you ever come across ancient ones? Generally, beads are well-known objects the world over. Some of them are believe to have existed for over 100,000 years! They are usually employed as small decorative objects and come in variety types of shapes, sizes and colour. Beads can be made up of stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood and pearl, and are later collaged together with threads or strings. Despite being previously mostly known as jewellery, beads in modern times are more related to art and craft.    History tells us that the use of beads indicated social status, wealth and power amongst the natives of Borneo. Narrowing it down to the Sarawak area, original beads there were made out of wood, shell, stone, glass, wild boar and leopard teeth and also bones. It can be said that beads in Sarawak are quite unique as they are related with the region several ethnic groups. The ethnic influence played a major part in the pattern and technique of beads making, with each ethnic groups having different patterns and meaning of their beads, commonly used as jewellery and also sawn into traditional clothing. To give you a few examples, beads in Iban communities – Iban is the largest ethnic group in Sarawak – are used in a traditional piece of clothing (Ngepan Iban) called Tango.  A tango is worn on a lady’s shoulder and is an essential part of women traditional dress. Bidayuh ethnic group uses beads as the necklaces, while the Orang Ulu group mostly uses beads in headbands, traditional dresses, hats and accessories such as reed baskets. Most of these beads are worn by natives during Gawai Festival. The yearly Kuching Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) is mainly a celebration for culture, and as beads and culture are inseparable, the festival Craft Bazaar showcases a great range of beads made ad used by Sarawak indigenous people. There you can see both beads belonging to the past, and beads used in modern times, sawn onto handbags and modern times clothings. I am a local and I have visited Rainforest World Music Festival craft bazaar every year in the past five years. I admit I really admire the beads made by my own ethnic people. Sure, the variety of beads around the world is quite wide, but Borneo beads design and colours and patters are so unique, you will not be able to find a match anywhere else. Similarities perhaps many, but never exactly the same. In fact, Sarawak takes the beads business quite seriously by organising a Beads Conference: https://greendaun.com/borneo-international-beads-conference-2017/ – This internationally acclaimed Beads Conference has seen many countries participating over the years, and is highly recommended for those who love beads, or want to know more about them. There will also be a special craft bazaar in conjunction with this event, showcasing many traditional and contemporary beaded jewellery on sale. Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) is back this year from 12 to 14 July – for tickets and program click HERE. This will be your chance to visit the Craft Bazaar, open daily from 10,30 am to 8,30 pm, and grab some interesting specimen. For Sarawak Tourism Board website and events, click on https://sarawaktourism.com  Unique Sarawak beads are waiting for you!

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A variety of Beads at Rainforest World Music Festival

Are you familiar with beads? Have you ever come across ancient ones? Generally, beads are well-known objects the world over. Some of them are believe to have existed for over 100,000 years! They are usually employed as small decorative objects and come in variety types of shapes, sizes and colour. Beads can be made up of stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood and pearl, and are later collaged together with threads or strings. Despite being previously mostly known as jewellery, beads in modern times are more related to art and craft.   

Orang Ulu with a beads headband

History tells us that the use of beads indicated social status, wealth and power amongst the natives of Borneo. Narrowing it down to the Sarawak area, original beads there were made out of wood, shell, stone, glass, wild boar and leopard teeth and also bones. It can be said that beads in Sarawak are quite unique as they are related with the region several ethnic groups. The ethnic influence played a major part in the pattern and technique of beads making, with each ethnic groups having different patterns and meaning of their beads, commonly used as jewellery and also sawn into traditional clothing.

Tango: Iban lady shawl

To give you a few examples, beads in Iban communities – Iban is the largest ethnic group in Sarawak – are used in a traditional piece of clothing (Ngepan Iban) called Tango.  A tango is worn on a lady’s shoulder and is an essential part of women traditional dress. Bidayuh ethnic group uses beads as the necklaces, while the Orang Ulu group mostly uses beads in headbands, traditional dresses, hats and accessories such as reed baskets. Most of these beads are worn by natives during Gawai Festival.

The yearly Kuching Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) is mainly a celebration for culture, and as beads and culture are inseparable, the festival Craft Bazaar showcases a great range of beads made ad used by Sarawak indigenous people. There you can see both beads belonging to the past, and beads used in modern times, sawn onto handbags and modern times clothings.

Craft Bazaar 2018

I am a local and I have visited Rainforest World Music Festival craft bazaar every year in the past five years. I admit I really admire the beads made by my own ethnic people. Sure, the variety of beads around the world is quite wide, but Borneo beads design and colours and patters are so unique, you will not be able to find a match anywhere else. Similarities perhaps many, but never exactly the same. In fact, Sarawak takes the beads business quite seriously by organising a Beads Conference: https://greendaun.com/borneo-international-beads-conference-2017/ – This internationally acclaimed Beads Conference has seen many countries participating over the years, and is highly recommended for those who love beads, or want to know more about them. There will also be a special craft bazaar in conjunction with this event, showcasing many traditional and contemporary beaded jewellery on sale.

Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) is back this year from 12 to 14 July – for tickets and program click HERE. This will be your chance to visit the Craft Bazaar, open daily from 10,30 am to 8,30 pm, and grab some interesting specimen. For Sarawak Tourism Board website and events, click on https://sarawaktourism.com  Unique Sarawak beads are waiting for you!

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The Textile Museum Sarawak in Kuching (Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia) was opened in 2005 and is housed in a magnificent colonial Baroque-style building dated 1909. It showcases some superb examples of traditional authentic Sarawakian textiles made by the main ethnic communities of Sarawak. On display at the Textile Museum Sarawak are contemporary work of designs based on traditional weaving and design techniques, as well as traditional costumes and fashion accessories used in ceremonies. Visitors follow an exhibition flow of the stages of textile manufacturing processes, and experience how a finished product such as weaving is brought to life. They also have the opportunity to test their skills on the loom and ‘touch-on’ exhibits. Items exposed at the Textile Museum Sarawak include Malay songket (gold brocade cloth), hats, mats, belts, basketwork, beadwork, silver-work, bark-work, bangles and ceremonial headdresses. These are created by ethnic communities of Sarawak like the Iban, Bidayuh and Penan, as well as other Dayak groups. Dioramas recreate the sartorial exuberance of Orang Ulu, Malay, Chinese and Indian weddings. Explanatory panels shed light on materials and techniques. The architecture of the Textile Museum Sarawak building is an attraction in itself, being a combination of English renaissance and colonial theme. Rectangular in structure, the Pavilion Building, as it is known, was first constructed in 1907 as a medical center. The 3-storey building later became the headquarter of the State Education department. The museum is located in the historical quarter of downtown Kuching and it is within walking distance from popular accommodation services in the city. Make sure you give yourself at least an hour to time your visit. FACTSHEET   Address: Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg, 93100, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 4.45 pm – Saturday & Sunday 10.00 am to 4.00 pm General admission fee: Free     www: http://www.museum.sarawak.gov.my/pages.php?mod=webpage&sub=page&id=98&menu_id=87&sub_id=127

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The Textile Museum Sarawak in Kuching (Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia) was opened in 2005 and is housed in a magnificent colonial Baroque-style building dated 1909. It showcases some superb examples of traditional authentic Sarawakian textiles made by the main ethnic communities of Sarawak.

Mural beads and weaving

On display at the Textile Museum Sarawak are contemporary work of designs based on traditional weaving and design techniques, as well as traditional costumes and fashion accessories used in ceremonies. Visitors follow an exhibition flow of the stages of textile manufacturing processes, and experience how a finished product such as weaving is brought to life. They also have the opportunity to test their skills on the loom and ‘touch-on’ exhibits.

Items exposed at the Textile Museum Sarawak include Malay songket (gold brocade cloth), hats, mats, belts, basketwork, beadwork, silver-work, bark-work, bangles and ceremonial headdresses. These are created by ethnic communities of Sarawak like the Iban, Bidayuh and Penan, as well as other Dayak groups. Dioramas recreate the sartorial exuberance of Orang Ulu, Malay, Chinese and Indian weddings. Explanatory panels shed light on materials and techniques.

Songket (gold brocade cloth)

The architecture of the Textile Museum Sarawak building is an attraction in itself, being a combination of English renaissance and colonial theme. Rectangular in structure, the Pavilion Building, as it is known, was first constructed in 1907 as a medical center. The 3-storey building later became the headquarter of the State Education department.

The museum is located in the historical quarter of downtown Kuching and it is within walking distance from popular accommodation services in the city. Make sure you give yourself at least an hour to time your visit.

FACTSHEET

map Textile Museum Sarawak

 

Address: Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg, 93100, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 4.45 pm – Saturday & Sunday 10.00 am to 4.00 pm

General admission fee: Free

 

 

www: http://www.museum.sarawak.gov.my/pages.php?mod=webpage&sub=page&id=98&menu_id=87&sub_id=127

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Standing proudly on a hill, not far from Merdeka Palace Hotel, the Sarawak Museum is the oldest museum ever been built in Borneo, built in 1891 and extended to its present form in 1911. It a famous naturalist from Britain, Alfred Russel Wallace, who advised and encouraged the opening of the museum to the second Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Vyner Brooke. At the time he came up with the idea, Wallace was in Sarawak to collect specimens. Initially, the building was especially built as a permanent house to display local native arts and crafts, as well as collections of local animals. Sarawak Museum was built in a plain yet elegant style which recalls a Victorian era English touch: its architecture was in fact inspired by Queen Anne, who reigned between 1702 and 1714. Since its inception, the building has undergone several renovations and alterations, with designs that can be connected to Europe, Australia and America. Sarawak Museum consist of two storey. The east wing on the ground floor showcases a collection of natural specimen of Sarawak fauna such as reptiles, mammals, birds and  more. The west wing hosts an exhibition on the petroleum industries movement in Sarawak. The first floor has ethnographic artifacts of the Sarawak people, with emphasis on the indigenous tribes like Iban, Bidayuh, Melanau, Orang Ulu, Malay and such. Several types of indigenous creations are on display, to be noted a longhouse, some musical instruments, handicrafts and boats. The gallery interiors are lighted by dormer windows on the museum ceilings, which allow a great area of wall space. While it was mostly managed by the British colonialists, during Japanese occupation the Sarawak Museum was placed under the direction of a sympathetic Japanese officer, which is why it only suffered minor damage during the Japanese occupation of Malaysia. As per today, Sarawak Museum also hosts the Ethology Museum and it is under the direction of Mr. Ipoi Datan. Being inside Sarawak Museum for me means a lot, since it gives me a good idea of my state history. Sarawak modernization comes from the past and this past must be retained for the future generations to see. This museum represents the beginning of Sarawak, so visitors today can indirectly learn about this amazing state. To get information on Sarawak Museum you can log onto their website at www.museum.sarawak.gov.my or you can contact +60 82244232 / +60 82244261 or email lipoid@sarawak.gov.my

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Standing proudly on a hill, not far from Merdeka Palace Hotel, the Sarawak Museum is the oldest museum ever been built in Borneo, built in 1891 and extended to its present form in 1911.

Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace

It a famous naturalist from Britain, Alfred Russel Wallace, who advised and encouraged the opening of the museum to the second Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Vyner Brooke. At the time he came up with the idea, Wallace was in Sarawak to collect specimens. Initially, the building was especially built as a permanent house to display local native arts and crafts, as well as collections of local animals.

Sarwawak Museum in the past

Sarwawak Museum in the past

Sarawak Museum was built in a plain yet elegant style which recalls a Victorian era English touch: its architecture was in fact inspired by Queen Anne, who reigned between 1702 and 1714. Since its inception, the building has undergone several renovations and alterations, with designs that can be connected to Europe, Australia and America.

Sarawak Museum main building

Sarawak Museum main building

Sarawak Museum consist of two storey. The east wing on the ground floor showcases a collection of natural specimen of Sarawak fauna such as reptiles, mammals, birds and  more. The west wing hosts an exhibition on the petroleum industries movement in Sarawak. The first floor has ethnographic artifacts of the Sarawak people, with emphasis on the indigenous tribes like Iban, Bidayuh, Melanau, Orang Ulu, Malay and such. Several types of indigenous creations are on display, to be noted a longhouse, some musical instruments, handicrafts and boats. The gallery interiors are lighted by dormer windows on the museum ceilings, which allow a great area of wall space.

Indication boards

Indication boards

While it was mostly managed by the British colonialists, during Japanese occupation the Sarawak Museum was placed under the direction of a sympathetic Japanese officer, which is why it only suffered minor damage during the Japanese occupation of Malaysia. As per today, Sarawak Museum also hosts the Ethology Museum and it is under the direction of Mr. Ipoi Datan.

Being inside Sarawak Museum for me means a lot, since it gives me a good idea of my state history. Sarawak modernization comes from the past and this past must be retained for the future generations to see. This museum represents the beginning of Sarawak, so visitors today can indirectly learn about this amazing state.

To get information on Sarawak Museum you can log onto their website at www.museum.sarawak.gov.my or you can contact +60 82244232 / +60 82244261 or email lipoid@sarawak.gov.my

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