Balui Reconnaissances: The Badang Kenyah of Long Gang.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
Balui Reconnaissances: The Badang Kenyah of Long Gang. |
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Author :
Allen R. Maxwell |
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Abstract:
The Badang Kenyah of Long Gang live in a number of longhouses and smaller dwellings on both sides of the Kaluan River in the Seventh Division of Sarawak.1 The Gang2 River enters the Kaluan justa bit further upstream from the location of the settlement and gives the village its name (long 'the mouth of a river'). This is the only settlement currently located in the Kaluan Valley, although there are some small Badang hamlets downstream on the Linau at Long Lawit and Long Atek. The Kaluan empties into the Linau River about 6km downstream from the village of Long Gang. The Linau is one of the major tributaries of the Balui River, entering it roughly 10 km above the Bakun Rapids. It is the only route into and out of Long Gang, To travel this route one must traverse a very treacherous set of rapids in the Linau River usually referred to as Giam Talang,or the Talang Rapids (see Maxwell, 1987b). In ascending order these rapids are, Giam Teba, Giam Ugo, Giam Tekayong, and Giam Talang, the last and most dangerous of the series.
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| DOI: XXXX |
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How to cite:
Allen R. Maxwell. (1990). Balui Reconnaissances: The Badang Kenyah of Long Gang. The Sarawak Museum Journal, XLI (62): 21-118 |
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