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Ngaju people

Ethnic group of Borneo

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Ngaju people
Dayak Ngaju / Dayak Biaju

An illustration of a Dayak Ngaju warrior.
Total population
400,000
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia:
Central Kalimantan	324,504 (2000)[1]
Languages
Ngaju language, Bakumpai language, Indonesian language
Religion
Christianity (Protestant Christian & Catholicism) 44%, Islam (Sunni) 43%, Kaharingan 13% [2]
Related ethnic groups
Dayak people (Bakumpai people, Meratus Dayak)

The Ngaju people (also Ngaju DayakorDayak NgajuorBiaju) are an indigenous ethnic group of Borneo from the Dayak group.^[3] In a census from 2000, when they were first listed as a separate ethnic group, they made up 18.02% of the population of Central Kalimantan province. In an earlier census from 1930, the Ngaju people were included in the Dayak people count.^[4] They speak the Ngaju language.

Subgroups[edit]

Based on river stream regions, the Ngaju people are divided into:-

• Greater Batang Baiju - Greater Baiju River
• Lesser Batang Baiju - Lesser Baiju River

Based on language, the Ngaju people are divided into:

• Dayak Ngaju (Ngaju Kapuas)
• Dayak Kahayan (Ngaju Kahayan)
• Dayak Katingan (Ngaju Katingan)
• Dayak Mendawai (Central Kalimantan)
• Dayak Bakumpai (South Kalimantan)
• Dayak Meratus (South Kalimantan)
• Dayak Mengkatip (Central Kalimantan)
• Dayak Berangas (South Kalimantan, which is said to be no longer identifiable and their language is no longer in existence as of 2010 due to assimilation into the mainstream Kuala Banjar people)
• Dayak Beraki (Bara-ki; no longer in existence)^[5]

Culture[edit]

Traditional folk songs[edit]

• Sinta Takalupe Lunuk^[6]
• Karungut, Kal-Teng Membangun^[7]
• Yang Mahakasih (religious song)^[8]

Food[edit]

• Kopu, fermented cassava root. Usually eaten by mixing with shredded coconut meat^[9][10]
• Karuang or Kalumpe by the Ma'anyan people, a pounded Cassava leaf salad mixed with eggplant, lemongrass, onion and garlic.^[10]
• Juhu Umbut Batang Undus, coconut sprout salad eaten with sambal and often served during thanksgiving or wedding ceremonies.^[10]

Notable Dayak Ngaju people[edit]

• Hausman Baboe, a prominent figure in the Central Kalimantan press and founder of the first daily Suara Dayak Indonesian newspaper.
• Tjilik Riwut, a National Hero of Indonesia, founder of Central Kalimantan, a writer, a Central Kalimantan freedom fighter and former governor of Central Kalimantan.

See also[edit]

• View of the tiger

References[edit]

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