Kaamatan, or Pesta Kaamatan, comes from the Kadazan-Dusun word 'magavau', which means 'harvest'. At its core, it's a ...

Sarakup Indu Dayak Sarawak (SIDS) wants to bring Dayak handicrafts to global markets. With this aim in mind, the group organised a study tour to Hanoi, Vietnam. The 20-member group was led by ...

Some Dayak women use their skills to sell or exchange their crafts as a source of income. In the absence of the forest materials necessary for this ...

Dayak crafts Long before baby carriers became fashionable throughout the world, the Dayak tribe had already figured how to carry their infants, in style. This baby carrier is adorned with beads in ...

Both Sabah’s Kaamatan festival and Sarawak’s Gawai Dayak, the Bornean states’ respective harvest festivals, are the focus of the event. Now in its fourth year, the 2025 edition of BNF will ...

Kuching (Malaysia) (AFP) – Dressed in colourful costumes, some sporting feathered headgear and traditional swords, several thousand of Malaysia's ethnic Dayak people paraded in the streets of ...

KUCHING (May 16): The Bazaar Gawai Dayak 2025 at MJC Batu Kawa has drawn large crowds as it enters its second day, offering a vibrant fusion of culture, crafts, and cuisine. Visitors are greeted ...

The Dayak people and their traditional wisdom, which promotes harmony between humans and nature, can inform modern conservation methods and efforts toward sustainability for future generations.