Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode
MPU Iban
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2. Gawai Dayak - Known as Dayak Festival. Religious and social event featuring
singing and dancing to usher in new farming season. Falls on 1st & 2nd June
annually. Celebrated by Iban and Bidayuh.
3. Marik Empang – [Women] Combination of beads and hand-stitched cotton
decorative outer garment, usually red in colour. Worn on festivals or events.
Kain Kebat – [Women] Cotton dress decorated with beautiful striped-pattern
designs. Usually knee-length
Kelambi – [Men] Sleeved and shirtless variants of chest-plating clothes.
Loinclothes – [Men] Garment worn over the private areas of the male, of Malayo-
Polynesian origin.
5. IBAN Weavings or Betenun
The pua kumbu do have conventional or ritual motives depending on the purpose of
weaving it. Those who finish the weaving lessons are called "tembu kayu" (Finish the
wood).
Among reknowm ritual motives are Gajah Meram (Brodding Elephant), Tiang
Sanding (Ritual Pole), Meligai (Shrine) and Tiang Ranyai.
Using weaving, the Iban makes blankets, bird shirt (baju burong), kain kebat, kain
betating and selampai.
6. IBAN Pantang or Kalingai (Tattoos)
The Ibans like to tattoo themselves all over their
body. There motives for each part of the human
body.
The purposes are to protect the tattoo bearers or
to signify certain events in their life.
INCLUDES:
- Rengguang (Lobster)
- Tedong (Cobra)
- Naga (Dragon)
- Udang (Prawn)
- Bunga (Flowers)
If you’ve killed someone, they tattoo
your neck !
They
LOVE
Flowers!!
7. IBAN Plaitings or Beranyam
The Iban calls this skill pandai beranyam (skilful in
plaiting) various items namely mats (tikai), baskets
and hats.
Materials to make mats are beban
to make the normal mat or the
patterned mat, rattan to make tikai
rotan, lampit when the rattan splits
sewn using a thread or peradani
when criss-crossed with the
tekalong bark, senggang to make
perampan used for drying and daun
biru to make a normal tikai or kajang
(canvas) which very light when dry.
The Iban also makes special baskets called garong
for the dead during Gawai Antu with numerous
feet to denote the rank and status of the
deceased which indicates his ultimate
achievement during his lifetime.
8. IBAN Hunting Apparatus
These include making panjuk (rope and spring trap), peti (bamboo blade trap) and
jarin (deer net). Nowadays, they use shotguns and dogs for animal hunting. Dogs are
reared by the Ibans in longhouses especially in the past for hunting (ngasu) purposes
and warning of any danger approaching.
The IBANS make their own
Blowpipes
9. • Tuak is originally made of cooked glutinous rice (Asi Pulut) mixed with
home-made yeast (Chiping/Ragi) for fermentation between 3-10 days.
• It is a wine used to serve guests especially as welcoming drinks when
entering longhouses.
• There are various kinds of tuak, made with rice alternatives such as
sugar cane, ginger and corn.
10. 1.Merisik: In the Iban community, marriage is usually determined by the groom. If a man has
consented to a girl, her parents or representatives will visit the girl’s home for merisik. The
conditions of marriage will usuallly be determined by the gifts. The groom family will send
entourage to propose to the girl if the meeting result was encouraging.
2. Propose and engaged: The male entourage consists of 5 to 20 people. After reaching a
consensus, the father of the man removes lapit or silver belt or silver sword as a sign of
engagement. Then both parties will discuss the date and day of marriage.
3 . Wedding Ceremony: Once the groom reaches the front of the bride house, cannon fire will
be released. After that, the men entourage among the group of women will enter the bride's
room. Subsequently, the cutting Pinang ritual will be carried out. A woman will bring out betel
slap and cut the Pinang. Pinang fraction will determine the time the bride must stay at
husband’s house. Then a LemamBang or bomoh will hold a ceremony. After the ceremony, the
bride and the groom will bath in the river to clean themselves. After bathing, they will slaughter
a pig as a sacrifice and also as a redeemer of sin.
