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So i just had this interesting conversation w my family over dinner & asked my dad was the border of the Dayak tribe have always been divided by the Brookes? Or we were actually one of the same tribe without borders
& dad said that we were divided by territory even before the Brookes came. He mentioned in our land the Ibans were the most fiercest tribe of all bcs of they are territorial
Then mom said it’s true & said, did you know why the Bidayuhs lived in the mountains? It’s bcs they were afraid of the Ibans that could come and initiate war & bring their heads home for trophys. & that is why that ran to the mountains
So i was even more curious abt the borders i asked, so how abt the Sultan Sulu, didnt the sultan rule the whole Borneo. Dad said no. The sultan was in power but weren’t able to cross into the Iban tribe’s territory
It was said that, the borders exists bcs there were many tribes of the Iban, like Iban Sebuyau, the Remuns, the Saribas, the Skrangs. Even with fellow Iban tribes they were at war over the territory. As Ibans were known to be warlike bcs of “ngayau”
That is how the borders exist bcs it was initiated by the tribe. So Kalimantan Dayak side have already initiated their territory and marked their border and we have as well.
The Brookes only came and conqured more of the land from the Sultan. And officiated the Sarawak territory during his reign. And fuhh damn son.
& finally to close this random thread, 1 thing i felt special abt Sarawak is that, quoted from my mom “We hve always been territorial, (tht hasnt change) even now with our State gov ruling, we want to decide for our own state. But we have alwys been welcoming.
Likewise as welcoming as we are, we are still the very same tribe that has warlike tendencies and nature. So if that territory that we protect has been breached, we will do anything to defend it. That runs in the blood.
