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Indigenous Iban men gather during the Gawai Dayak Culture Parade in Kuching - Copyright AFP Mohd RASFAN Indigenous Iban men gather during the Gawai Dayak Culture ...

A culture for Dayak women includes a belief of beautifying herself. They do it with tattoos and elongating the ears. In Mahakam Ulu, older generations usually have elongated earlobe with silver or ...

Indigenous Iban men gather during the Gawai Dayak Culture Parade in Kuching Indigenous Iban women gather for the Gawai Dayak Culture Parade in Kuching Dressed in colourful costumes, some sporting ...

Dressed in colourful costumes, some sporting feathered headgear and traditional swords, several thousand of Malaysia's ethnic Dayak people paraded in the streets of Sarawak state on Borneo island ...