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Modernization among the Iban of SarawakBook 1980 • Kedit, Peter M. (Peter Mulok)
Iban • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a study of contemporary change (modernization) among the Iban. The study was conducted over three months among 684 Iban from three separate geographical areas. The Iban of these areas are the inhabitants of the longhouses in the riverine dist...Meanwhile, back home…BEJALAI and its effects on Iban men and womenessay 1991 • Kedit, Peter M. (Peter Mulok)
Iban • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a study of the Iban's custom of BEJALAI -- a journey or expedition undertaken by men with the intent of acquiring material profit or social prestige -- and the effect of such travels on the society left behind. The author discusses various vi...