Dayak people have long inhabited the island of Kalimantan, from before the colonial entrenchment, then the existence of coastal kingdoms and sultanates brought by the Malays, to the time of Dutch colonialism, until Indonesia was in the form of a state as it is now. They still exist as the oldest and oldest inhabitants of Borneo. In this content, we will get acquainted with them briefly, from the history of their ancestors, habits, to their beliefs. Of the many Dayak literates said to have lived with maritime and maritime traditions, it can be seen from the names of the Dayak people which means related to rivers or waters, until finally they were slowly eliminated from Downstream up to upstream. Due to the entry of Malays who had different civilizations, on the other hand they refused to adhere to the beliefs held by the Malay kingdoms and sultanates. Thisdetermination made them slowly slip to the height, starting the Malays or the Sultanate called them Dayak, meaning the person above. Thisis the same as the mention of toraya or Toraja in South Sulawesi, toriya ya or Tori just means the people at the top. explain where they live. Bima Satria Putra in his book Dayak merdaheka, the history of stateless communities in the interior of Kalimantan, interprets Dayak as a wild people. TheDutch who entered later, continued the habit of referring to Dayaks, to identify those in the interior, Considered civilized and non-Malay Islamic in 1980 35 years after the Indonesian state was formed, the Dayak still refused to embrace one of the five religions recognized by the government, until the state was forced to categorize their beliefs into Hinduism, more precisely Hindu keharingan whereas keharingan and Hinduism are two different beliefs, but for the benefit of state administration and population, yes never mind, just categorized as Hindu. until now keharingan adherents are still struggling to get recognition, as a separate faith separate from Hinduism, categorized as Hindu not because there are similarities, but because Hinduism is the longest religion in Kalimantan. Before Kutai Sultanate adopted Islam, then during the Japanese occupation, keharingan was proposed as a name in referring to the beliefs of the Dayak people who gradually had a book called panaturan. And the place of worship is called Balai Basara, the core of this belief is harmony between people, respect for the spirits of ancestors, as well as humans and Cosmos, or a universe that is closely related, aka inseparable. So the change in Cosmos is a sign of imbalance due to transgressions committed by humans, to neutralize it requires rituals, and the highest ritual in keharingan is tiwah, the ritual of delivering spirits to their place of origin called lewu tatau, to return with RanJing the highest god in the belief of keharingan. Like Toraja Dayak also highly value death, and live life as well as possible as the meaning of Kaharingan itself, which is life because humans cannot escape from the thick relationship with the universe, so Dayak people believe, that protecting nature is maintaining life. · although it needs to be emphasized once again, Dayak is a mention of rulers to categorize them in the interior. While they are very numerous, and have different customs, customary law alone is different in each community. Anthropologist Ju-lontaan in his book customary law and customs of West Kalimantan states, at least Dayak consists of 6 large tribes and 45 small sub-tribes, which spread throughout Kalimantan, in some sources mention there are 7 families or large tribes. Okay, let's just take the most, these 7 large tribes are categorized according to where they live, first is Dayak ngaju who are the most thick in carrying out keharingan, many live in the Kapuas Kahayan, Mahogany, Barito, and Katingan watersheds. Or in South Central Kalimantan and southern West Kalimantan. Then the apokayan Dayak who came from the upper Kayan River highlands usun apel, baram, sarawa k then spread in the northern part of East Kalimantan north west and sarawa kMalaysia, Iban Dayak which is also called the Sea Dayak rumpun, which is in the northern area of Kalimantan Island, spread to the northern West Kalimantan area, Sabah, Brunei and most of Sarawak. Dayak weakness or land Dayak inhabit the western area of Kalimantan Island, spread in the Upper Hulu rivers in West Kalimantan and Sarawak / then Dayak murut originating from the northern area of the Kalimantan highlands spread in the North East Kalimantan area of Sabah Sarawak and Brunei. Punan Dayak who inhabit the regions of East Kalimantan, North, Central Kalimantan, West and Malaysia. and the last is the ot Danum family or Barito family, one of the Dayak families covering all Dayak tribes in South Central Kalimantan, South East Kalimantan, and Southeast West Kalimantan. So almost all of Borneo is inhabited by Dayak people, even to Malaysia as well. These points of spread are proof that not just old residents, they are also everywhere from upstream to downstream even new residents are partly the result of mixing mating with Dayak people. So it was only natural when they reportedly felt harassed by the determination of the name Nusantara for the capital of the country that would move to East Kalimantan. They feel that this similarity heeds the culture of the old inhabitants of Daya who grew and developed in Kalimantan. For the habit of Dayak people have many unique traditions, lengthening the ears for women, especially in East Kalimantan is believed to be a symbol of beauty. Usually use metal as a ballast at the tip of the auricle. But women should only be chest length and for men should not be carried shoulders. And tattoos, body painting that has existed for a long time is also a habit of Dayak people tattoos are considered a symbol of the power of life journey and spirituality. Men and women have tattoos with pictures and strokes that have their own meanings, the image of eggplant flowers for men is a sign of maturity, and the sign of entering the stage of maturity for women is a tattoo of tedak kassa on her legs or on her hands. The coloring and techniques all use natural materials, Dayak people are known to be very brave. The years 1944 to 1945 were the year of the Dayak Village war, between the Dayak people in most parts of West Kalimantan and the Japanese empire triggered by very arbitrary Japanese actions at that time, in the Dutch colonial period a battle broke out called the Majang Village war. Where many Dutch forts were targeted by Dayak attacks. In war, the Dayak people are good at close and long combat. Flying Mandau is the symbol, Mandau is a type of machete with a typical Dayak carving with sharp blades, and gloved wooden blades covered with deer antlers called kumpang. His sharpness can directly behead the opponent at close range. But it can also subvert enemies from a distance because it is believed to contain magical powers, allowing it to fly close to enemies without troops, and make no mistake the souvenir at this time is not Mandau, but named ambang. It looks like a Mandau made of ordinary iron. Another science applied in long-range warfare is the Mayan Machete, who is exposed to this science will feel half the body dead, the body suddenly turns blue and there are scars from nowhere. Then there is the science of cucah peruntus, a high-level science that is widely used by Dayaks in the Paser area of East Kalimantan. The effect is to injure the internal organs, to the loss of life without any scars on the outer body. There is also an Antang management ceremony, where elders will summon ancestral spirits through Antang birds to tell the location of the enemy's whereabouts because of this knowledge the Japanese at that time dubbed Dayak war troops as ghost troops, and the Dutch recognized the greatness of Dayak when the Banjar war lasted from 1859 to 1863. Dayakincidents only occur on the battlefield. When pressed and humiliated, they can be very violent. But in everyday life, they tend to avoid conflict, are helpful, shy and modest, these qualities are called true Dayak traits. And everything is symbolized in a mythological figure called the bird commander, or Pangkal 5, a legendary figure who is believed to be the protector of the sieve, who at any time will descend in human form or possess one of the humans to help the Dayak people when humiliated threatened or when war is about to occur. The name of the bird commander emerged during the Sambas riots in 1970 to 1999, and was popular when the Sampit riots broke out in 2001. Now the bird commander is again called after Edi Mulyadi's statement offended the Dayak people. The figure who claimed to be the commander of the tambakbaya, the incarnation of the commander of the bird, issued a statement condemning Edi. This character is still a mystery but it is believed to exist. And there are those who associate it with the figure of the month of jihad, a female warlord of Dayak guerrillas who lived in the forests of Borneo who was involved in the Banjar war helping Gusti Zaleha, Princess of the Banjar Sultanate who resisted Dutch occupation. After the viral case of Edi Mulyadi emerged again, a war group from remote areas was popularly referred to as the red army, an elite Dayak force that was reportedly immune and had magical powers, with the name of the Raja Kang bangkuler Borneo group or tbbr led by panglimajilah or pangalangok jilah from Sambora Village, West Kalimantan. Born Augustine jilah, this figure is highly respected and supports nationalism. It is said that Dayak war dances are believed to be able to call the figure of the bird commander, yes Dayak dances are almost all themed War. And what fascinates me always ama Dayak is the music, the musical instrument called Sape is a stringed instrument that emits a somber sound but with a mystical and dashing atmosphere almost similar to the atmosphere built from the flute of old inhabitants in the Indian American continent. Especially if you accompany the war dance or bird dance with their distinctive clothes simple motifs and patterns equipped with ornaments in the form of bird feathers, birds for Dayak people are indeed very important, considered a symbol of loyalty, courage, peace, leadership and their lives are very sacred birds, especially hornbills or hornbills which are considered sacred. Borneo's large-billed, crested bird has a distinctive voice and is endangered. Dayak as a community must be respected with all its customs, as residents of one in Indonesia must also be recognized for its color. As warriors, they must also be respected and fellow living beings who are both sheltered on earth must take care of each other. Thank you for listening to me tell you about dayak this time. greetings Tangled Indonesia #tangled_indonesia #my_tangled_story