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Dyak

Member of any of several peoples of Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan) and Sarawak, including the Bahau of central and eastern Borneo, the Land Dyak of southwestern Borneo, who are shifting cultivators of dry rice; and the Iban of Sarawak (sometimes called Sea Dyak) who are Malay-speakers living on the coast and along river courses, and grow irrigated (wet) rice and rubber. They are skilled sailors and live in an egalitarian society. They all originated in Sumatra and their languages belong to the Austronesian family. Some anthropologists now call all Dyak peoples Iban.



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Thus, for example, indigenous Dayaks in Kalimantan who were aggrieved by their marginal status attacked rival Madurese in 1996-97, "when Suharto's regime was nearing its end and a succession crisis was looming" and because riots elsewhere had already "shown the vulnerability of the state's repressive apparatus and opened up the horizon for political change" (p.
The Earthquakes (2-1-4, 10 points) have been hit hard by injuries and are missing leading scorer Brian Ching, defenders Troy Dayak and Craig Waibal and midfielder Brian Mullan.
The latest cross honors Mano Dayak, founder of the Temoust Liberation Front, who died in a plane crash in the Air Mountains in December 1995.
 
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