The Bidayuh (formerly known as Land D(a)yak) is one of the main indigenous ethnic groups now settled in areas of southwest Sarawak and the adjacent areas of west Kalimantan. In Sarawak, most of the Bidayuh population are found within 40km of the geographical area known as Greater Kuching, within the Kuching and Samarahan division. Today more and more Bidayuh have migrated, and live in Kuching, which is the capital city of Sarawak. Predominantly Bidayuh areas are: Lundu, Bau, Penrissen, Padawan, and Serian. Most of the Bidayuh villages can be found in the rural areas of Lundu, Bau, Padawan, Penrissen and Serian district.The area in which they live is mainly in the basin of the Sarawak River and hilly to mountainous forest, traditionally worked by shifting agriculture and hunting based around farms populated from parent villages situated on the hills for protection. Today, almost all the traditional longhouse-villages have been replaced by individual houses, by roads and there is some plantation agriculture and a reduced emphasis on the growing of hill-padi. Fruit trees, especially durian, remain important property markers. The distinctive architectural and cultural feature of the Bidayuh was the headhouse, now adapted as a symbol. State motto: A Place Like No Other Capital Kuching Governor -T.Y.T Tun Datuk Patinggi Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Chief Minister Y.A.B. Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Haji Abdul Taib Bin Mahmud / Pehin Sri Dr. Hj. ... Map of Kalimantan Kalimantan is the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. ... Species Durio dulcis Durio graveolens Durio kutejensis Durio oxlevanus Durio zibethinus The Durian (Durio) is a plant and genus of 25-30 species of tropical trees native to southeast Asia. ...

In Sarawak there are generally said to be three main linguistic groupings (Biatah; Bau-Jagoi; Bukar-Sadong) but these can be broken down even beyond the list referenced below as most people can be distinguished by locals down to village level through smaller differences in vocabulary and intonation. Each area speak its own dialect: Lundu speak Salako-lara; Bratak, Singghi, Krokong and Jagoi speak Bau-Jagoi; Penrissen, Padawan and the Siburan vicinity speak Biatah; and Bidayuh who live around Serian such as Tebekang, Mongkos, Tebedu to Tanjung Amo near the border of Kalimantan Indonesia speak Bukar-Sadong. The dialects are not mutually intelligible and English or Malay tend to be used instead. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who are native to the Malay peninsula, southern Thailand, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, and parts of the coast of Borneo. ...

Religion was traditionally animist but since the Brooke era Christian missionaries bringing education and medicine and, post-colonially, Malays bringing political influence have drastically reduced its influence (although vestiges often remain). Most villages have either a Roman Catholic or Anglican church or a mosque - rarely more than one or the village would tend to split. The Biatah people living around the Sarawak River tend to be Anglican while the Bau-Jagoi people tend to be Catholics. Muslim villages are rare. Animism is the belief that personalized supernatural beings (or souls) inhabit all objects and govern their existence. ... Testes A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... Tulip Mosque in Ufa, Russia. ...

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• Ethnologue language tree