The Iban have a Na In Malaysian Borneo, 276 Iban families from 15 longhouses are suing timber companies and the government for pollution, trespassing and illegal logging on their land. On August 8, ...

At Batang Ai, near the southern border of the Indonesian state of Kalimantan, we board a motorised longboat and whiz up the river system to visit the Iban people. At the Nanga Sumpa longhouse we ...

Head-hunting stopped around 70 years ago on Borneo but authorities are believed to have turned a blind eye to it during World War II when the victims were often Japanese soldiers.

The most striking feature of the Iban lifestyle is their use of communal dwellings known as rumah panjai, or longhouses. Each includes private quarters for up to 50 families, as well as a shared ...

It’s dawn and Bangie anak Embol has been up for an hour or so, washing clothes, reciting prayers and chatting with neighbours in Rumah Gareh, an Iban longhouse in central Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.

We set off from Nanga Sumpa longhouse, a jungle lodge in Sarawak, Borneo, ... with humidity at near 100 per cent, ... By contrast, my native Iban guide Nam, slight and wiry, with calves of steel ...

The most striking feature of the Iban lifestyle is their use of communal dwellings known as rumah panjai, or longhouses. Each includes private quarters for up to 50 families, as well as a shared ...