article

The Sea Dyak

Sarawak gazette • 38-40 • Published In 1910 • Pages: [HRAF pagination: 1-118]

By: Howell, William.

Abstract

This is a collection of thirty-nine articles culled from various issues of THE SARAWAK GAZETTE during the period 1908-1910. They were written by an English missionary who had spent many years among the Sea Dyak.

HRAF PubDate

1995

Region

Asia

Sub Region

Southeast Asia

Document Type

article

Evaluation

Creator Type

Missionary

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Timothy J. O'Leary

Field Date

ca. 1908

Coverage Date

not specified

Coverage Place

Sarawak, Malaysia

Notes

William Howell

No. 1, The Sea Dyak, Dec. 16, 1908, p. 309; No. 2, The Sea Dyak Religion, Jan. 2, 1909, p. 4; No. 3, Dyak Marriage Ceremonies, Jan. 16, p. 19; No. 4, [Missing] Feb. 1; No. 5, Dyak Custom when building a New house, Feb. 16, p. 44; No. 6, The Dyak Feast called 'Mandi Rumah,' March 1, p. 53; No. 7, Dyak Divorce, March 16, p. 66; No. 8, Dyak Burial Custom, April 1, p. 75; No. 9, Dyak Custom called 'Berantu,' April 16, p. 85; No. 10, Dyak custom when commencing a paddy farm, May 17, p. 111;No. 11, GAWAI BATU, or the Feast of the Whetstones, June 1, p. 124; No. 12, 'Nyinklan Benih,' or The Ceremony of touching the paddi seeds with blood, July 1, p. 146; No. 13, The preliminary ceremony of reaping the paddy; and 'Nyimpan padi,' or the ceremony of putting by paddy, July 16, p. 155; No. 14, 'Bemali umai' or to pronounce a paddy farm Tabooed, Aug. 16, p. 178; No. 15, The Hornbill or TENYELANG (BUCEROS RHINOCEROS.) Sept. 1, p. 185; No. 16, Dyak account of the Creation, Oct. 1, p. 208; No. 17, The Dyak Feast called BETENYALANG, Oct. 15, p. 218; No. 18, The Dyak feast called GAWAI BURONG, NIKAU KA BURONG or MRI KA BURONG MAKAI (meaning feeding the omen birds), Nov. 1, p. 228; No. 19, The Dyak head feast called ENCHABUARONG, Nov. 1, p. 228; No. 19 [sic], A surmise on the development of the custom of Diving among the Dyaks called BESELAM, Nov. 16, p. 239; No. 20, Dyak belief in MIMPI (dreams), Dec. 1, p. 256; No. 20 [sic], The Dyak account of the origin of the different languages of mankind, Dec. 16, p. 264; No. 21, TEJU REMAUNG or The lure of the Tiger, Feb. 16, 1910, p. 44; No. 22, The Dyak custom 'Nampok' or going to a Solitary place, March 1, p. 54; No. 23, Dyak Ceremonies in Pregnancy and Childbirth, March 16, p. 65; (No. 24), The Dyak feasts called 'Ijok' or 'Ijan Pumpong' or 'Sandong Lau'; 'Gawai Gajah' or'Begajah' and 'Gawai Ranyai' or 'Beranyai,' April 1, p. 77; No. 25, TUGONG or TUGONG BULA, April 16, p. 86; No. 26, LANGKAU AMPUN or PIRING or The hut for submission or offering, May 2, p. 95; No. 27, A prayer to make a Philter effectual, May 2, p. 96; No. 28, Dyak Customs when setting pig traps, May 16, p. 107; No. 29, PANDONG, Sept. 1, [n.p]; No. 30, The Sea Dyak custom of BEMPRIAN or BEPEREMBIAN, Sept. 16, p. 198; No. 31, BAIYA, and RAPUS or RAPOH, Sept. 16, p. 198; No. 32, An evil omen called SABUT, Sept. 16, p. 198; Dyak Fables: The Fable of the Medicine-man Gagak, Oct. 1, p. 208-209; The Fable of Kumang looking for Lemba, Nov. 16, p. 238-239; The Story of Venus (KUMANG) fishing with a scoop (PEMANSAI), Dec. 1, p. 248; The Story of a Mouse-Deer and the Crocodiles, Dec. 16, p. 259; The Story of Apai Aloi, Dec. 31, p. 267-268.

LCSH

Ibans (Bornean people)