Dayak is the name of the coastal population of the island was given to the residents who inhabit the interior of the island of Borneo (Brunei, Malaysia is made up of Sabah and Sarawak, as well as Indonesia, which consists of West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan).
Dayak culture is a culture Maritime or marine. Almost all of the proper name of the Dayak people have the meanings as something related to “perhuluan” or the river, especially on family names.
There is a divide Dayak people in the family of six clumps Klemantan aka Borneo, Iban clump, clump Apokayan the Dayak Kayan, Kenyah and Bahau, Murut clump, clump-Ot Danum Ngaju and Punan families.
But scientifically, linguists see five groups of languages spoken in the islands of Borneo and each have relatives outside the island of Borneo.
Ear lengthening tradition by Dayak tribe began to diminish and even now almost extinct, but in East Kalimantan Dayak tribes still exist in part to maintain this tradition.
In East Kalimantan, this tradition is still carried out by people Dayak Kenyah, Bahau, and Kayan. Among the Dayak Kenyah, both men and women have deliberately stretched earlobes, but the length varies between men and women. Men should not be lengthened beyond his ears to his shoulders, while women should grow it out until the extent of the chest.
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