DCM 1033

PERSONALITY DEVLOPMENT
TOPIC 3 :
BIDAYUH CULTURES
NAME : MUHAMAD KHAIRUL IKHWAN BIN IBRAHIM
MATRIC NO : B04DCM16F616
NAME : NIK FIRDAUS ARIF ISKANDAR BIN NIK AZEMAN
MATRIC NO : B04DCM16F608
NAME : MOHD NAJAHAR BIN JAIS
MATRIC NO : B04DCM16F607
NAME : ADAM AFIQ BIN AZMAN
MATRIC NO : B04DCM16F609
 THE HISTORY OF
BIDAYUH
Like iban, Bidayuh is also classified
as the Dayak people. They were the
second biggest ethnic group in The
Land of Hornbill after Iban. The word
Bidayuh actually was came from
Dayak Language that bought
meaning of inhabitants of land.
 THE BIDAYUHS ARE DIVIDED INTO FOUR
MAIN DIFFERENT ETHNIC DIALECT GROUPS:
i) Bukar/Sadong dialect (Serian district)
ii) Biatah dialect ( Kuching district )
iii) Singai /Lagoi dialect ( Bau district)
iv) Selakau and Lara dialects ( Lundu district )
 THE CULTURE &LIFESTYLE
For the traditional Bidayuh community, they were mostly lived in the
villages or kupuo. The kupuo consisted largely of longhouses built on
patches of flat land or gentle slopes.
 BIDAYUH CELEBRATE

Just like other Dayak community such as Iban, Bidayuh people also
celebrated Gawai Dayak, which is also Dayak Festival that held 1 June every
year. It is a festival which mark the end of the paddy harvesting season and
the beginning of the new planting season.
 THE MUSICAL & DANCING
HERITAGE
Pesa (Sword Dance)

Here are some of the Bidayuh dance that commonly seen by

the people today. This type of dance is held when they
celebrated great occasions, especially during Gawai festival.
 TOTOKNG (WARRIOR DANCE)
Totokng is dance performed to welcome the returning warriors from
a headhunting expedition and to receive the newly acquired heads
to the longhouse
 THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

GONG GULINTANG

DRUM
 THE BIDAYUH FOOD

Asam Siok Kersem (fermented pork) Tepui

 THE CRAFTWORKS OF
BIDAYUH

berinchoyo (bamboo transverse flutes) The Bidayuh Bamboo

baskets

kiromboi (musical rain-makers)