Traditional Costume Of The Iban (female)

The Ibans are a branch of the Dayak peoples of Borneo. In Malaysia, most Iban are located in Sarawak, a small portion in Sabah and some in west Malaysia. They were formerly known during the colonial period by the British as Sea Dayaks. Iban were renowned for practising headhunting and tribal/territorial expansion and had a fearsome reputation as a strong and successful warring tribe in ancient times.

Since the arrival of Europeans and the subsequent colonisation of the area, headhunting gradually faded out of practice although many tribal customs, practices and language continue. The Iban population is concentrated in Sarawak,Brunei and in the West Kalimatan region of Indonesia. They live in longhouses called rumah panjang.

Nowadays, most of the Iban longhouse are equipped with modern facilities such as electricity and water supply and other facilities such as (tar sealed) roads, telephone lines and the internet. Younger Iban are mostly found in urban areas and visit their hometown during the holidays. The Iban today are becoming increasingly urbanised while retaining most of their traditional heritage and culture.

We are going to show Iban traditional clothes. We called it "ngepan Iban"

This is the complete set of it. Usually the girl wearing ngepan is ready to ngajat, for her wedding or the gawai celebration itself.

"marik empang" made up of beads and threads.

We called the set of bracelets and silver belts "tumpa"

The tumpa is originally made from silver, nowadays it is really hard to find the original one. 

 

 

 

"sugu tinggi" 

    also made up of silver, nowadays the sugu tinggi that were sold on the streets most of it made up of steel or other fake materials.

bracelets a.k.a "Tumpa"

tumpa is pronounces as tumpo

''selampai''

silver belts with coins on their waist it is called tating kain

during gawai we're having beauty contest also. The girl that won the contest crowned as kumang gawai.

the skirt that they are wearing is called kain kebat.