Dayak Mualang

Mualang (also Moealang or Dayak Mualang) are an indigenous people of West Kalimantan from the Dayak group and a sub-ethnic of the Iban people.^[2] They speak the Mualang language and they are mostly concentrated in areas in the Sekadau Regency and Sintang Regency of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The specific districts where the Mualang people live include:

Belitang Hilir district, Sekadau
Belitang district, Sekadau
Belitang Hulu district, Sekadau
Sepauk, Sintang and its surrounding region

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**Mualang people**
**Dayak Mualang**
A group of Mualang Dayaks during a visit to Governor-General J.P. Graaf of Limburg Stirum in Borneo, circa 1920.
Total population
44,400^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia (West Kalimantan)
Languages
Mualang language, Indonesian language
Religion
Kaharingan (predominantly), Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Iban people

Language

The Mualang language belongs to the Ibanic languages branch along with other Ibanic dialects such as Kantuk, Bugao, Desa, Seberuang, Ketungau and Sebaruk.^[3] These dialects mainly differ from one another in their pronunciations of specific phonemes. For example, words that end with "i" can be pronounced as "e" or "y" where "kediri" becomes "kedire", "rari" becomes "rare", "inai" becomes "inay", and "pulai" becomes "pulay". These words still carry the same meaning even though they are pronounced differently. These dialects also have some lexical variation between them.

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Culture

Traditional Folk Song

Meh Bujang^[4]
De Kutak Katik^[5]
Aboh Beramay^[6]

Traditional Dance

Mualang Ngajad Kayau, a warrior dance^[7]
Tari Pingan Mualang / Tari Pireng Mualang, found in Belitang Ilek, Belitang Tengah and Belitang Hulu
Tari Pedang Mualang / Ngajat Bebunoh, a war dance performed by men found throughout Belitang Ilek (Merbang and its surrounding) and Belitang Hulu (Sebetung and its surrounding)^[8]
Ajat Temuai Datai, loosely translated as "Welcoming Guest" dance performed by couples and it is found in Belitang Ilek, Belitung Tengah, Belitung Hulu and its surrounding region^[9]

Handicraft

Kumpang Ilong weaving in Belitang Hulu district^[10]^[11]

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Language

Culture

Traditional Folk Song

Traditional Dance

Handicraft

References

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