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Encyclopedia > Bisaya (Borneo)

The Bisaya are an indigenous people of northwestern Borneo, in Malaysia, concentrated around the Limbang river in northern Sarawak state. There are other related tribes called Kadazan-Dusun in Sabah and in Brunei. They are possibly related to the Visayan of the Philippines, though a comparison with an online Cebuano/Bisayan dictionary shows that the language bears few similarities most of which are more related to Bahasa Malaysia than Bisaya.
One of their main festivals called Babulang is celebrated annually in Batu Danau near the Brunei border.
More photos of the festival in June 2006 showing their black traditional costumes and their buffalo racing tradition are available on flickr at [1] Babulang is the largest or grandest of the many rituals, ceremonies and festivals of the traditional Bisaya (Borneo) community of Limbang, Sarawak. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with a length of 30 days. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flickr is a photo sharing website and web services suite, and an online community platform, which is generally considered an early example of a Web 2. ...



 

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