PROFILE MDB 2

BIDAYUH TRIBES OF BAU
Bidayuh is the collective name for several indigenous groups found in
southern Sarawak, Malaysia and northern West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the
island of Borneo, that are broadly similar in language and culture. The name
Bidayuh means 'inhabitants of land'.
Originally from the western part of Borneo, the collective name Land Dayak
was first used during the period of Rajah James Brooke, the White Rajah of
Sarawak. At times they are also lesser referred to as Klemantan, which is also
the name of their parent ethnic.
They constitute one of the main indigenous groups in Sarawak and West
Kalimantan and live in towns and villages around Kuching and Samarahan in
the Malaysian state of Sarawak, while in the Indonesian province of West
Kalimantan they are mainly concentrated in the northern Sanggau Regency.
They are the second largest Dayak ethnic group in Sarawak after the Iban and
one of the major Dayak tribes in West Kalimantan.
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