Melanau Secondary Treatment of The Dead: Re-Membering Connections.

THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL
Vol. LXIX No. 90 DECEMBER 2011

Title :
Melanau Secondary Treatment of The Dead: Re-Membering Connections.

Author :
Ann Appleton

Abstract:

The nulang arc (from the Berawan cognate tulang - for bone or bones) is a term coined by Metcalf (1975) to describe the present day distribution of peoples in Sarawak who traditionally practised secondary treatment of the dead. These include the small subgroups who make up the Kajang peoples, the Punan Bah, Berawan, Lundayeh, Lun Bawang, and Kelabit, as well as the Melanau nearer the coast.2 These groups are also linguistically related and some of them share genealogies and mythical ancestors in common (See Metcalf,1975; Aseng, 1998; Morris, 1991; Clayre, 1971).

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Ann Appleton. (2011). Melanau Secondary Treatment of The Dead: Re-Membering Connections. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LXIX (90) : 139-160

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