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Helu

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Indonesia is an archipelago with diverse customs, cultures, languages ​​& ethnic groups. While the Dayak tribe of the Lawangan group who speak the East Barito language and inhabit the northern region of the Meratus mountains speak the Dayak Maanyan Warukin language, Dayak Dusun Halong, Dayak Samihin, Dayak Deah / Dusun Deyah, Dayak Lawangan & Dayak Abal. Lawangan means an open gate.  The word comes from the word hole, which indicates that the ancestors of the Dayak Lawangan people used to live in a cave at the foot of a mountain called Mount Luang. This suggests that the ancestors of the Lawangan people used to live in a cave at the foot of a mountain called Mount Luang. This name was used in the 13th century during the Hindu Kingdom.  According to the Dayak Ngaju people, Kaharingan existed for thousands of years before the arrival of major religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam & Christianity. Kabaringan people believe the natural surroundings are alive and full of sp

Maanyan's Animism

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The largest sub-district in Tabalong Regency is Muara Uya sub-district with 924.16 km2, then Jaro sub-district with 819.00 km2, while the smallest area is Muara Harus sub-district with 62.90 km2. The location of this research is in Warukin village as shown in the following map. Meanwhile, the Dayak tribe of the Maanyan group who speaks the East Barito language inhabits the northern area of ​​the Meratus mountains speaking the Dayak Maanyan Warukin language, Dayak Dusun Halong, Dayak Samihin, Dayak Deah / Dusun Deyah, Dayak Lawangan & Dayak Abal. With instincts as homo religio, the people of Kalimantan make nature a mediation to present a transcendent specifically in local meta-cosmic elements which are pejoratively called animism. Beliefs originating from animism are still strong in the Maanyan community. One example of this animism is the sacred abeh of Dayu village in the miwit abeh ritual, where the original Dayak Maanyan people of Dayu village believe in the superpower of these

Dusun's Animism

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Meanwhile, the Dayak tribe of the Dusun group who speak the East Barito language inhabit the northern area of ​​the Meratus mountains, speak the Dayak Maanyan Warukin, Dayak Dusun Halong, Dayak Samihin, Dayak Deah / Dusun Deyah, Dayak Lawangan & Dayak Abal languages. The first study discussed exploring elements of animism & dynamism in the Acehnese Islamic community, from birth to death or beliefs that are still maintained, while this study is to find out how the role of preaching is towards animism in society. The similarity between Ridwan Hasan's journal and this study is that they both discuss animism. Then the second researcher discussed finding out how the primitive beliefs of society & the acculturation of Hindu-Buddhist culture with native culture on the island of Lombok - NTB. At the same time, this study aims to find out what the role of preaching is towards animism in society and how the method of preaching is towards society. This study and Ahmad Afandi's

Balian

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BPS used the name Buket Tribe for this ethnic group in the 2000 population census. The ancestors of the Pitap Dayak people originally lived in the Tanah Hidup area, which is the border area between the Balangan and Kotabaru districts. Tanah Hidup is a sacred land area believed to be the area of ​​origin of their ancestors. Furthermore, based on the 1993 sub-district decree, Ajung village was merged into Iyam. The mythology of the Meratus Dayak tribe / Bukit Dayak tribe states that the Banjar & Bukit tribes are descendants of 2 brothers, namely Si Ayuh alias Datung Ayuh alias Dayuhan alias Sandayuhan who gave birth to the Bukit tribe and Bambang Siwara alias Bambang Basiwara who gave birth to the Banjar tribe. In the folk prose story in the Meratus Dayak language, it is intended to be revealed that the ancestor of the Banjar people named Bambang Basiwara was the younger brother of the ancestor of the Meratus Dayak people named Sandayuhan. In accordance with his status as the ancesto