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- noun Plural form of
Dayak .
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Examples
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Though the so-called Dayaks have many traits in common, of them all the Kenyahs are the most attractive.
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Carl Lumholtz 1886
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When I had opportunity I ate the rice of the Dayaks, which is not so well sifted of its husks, and is by far more palatable than the ordinary polished rice.
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Carl Lumholtz 1886
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Layan is a member of an indigenous ethnic group called the Dayaks, who once had a reputation as fierce headhunters.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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They received help and shelter from a local tribe, the Dayaks, who still hunted with blowpipes.
The weekend's TV highlights Andrew Mueller 2010
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The Zoo Quest team are hoping to find an orangutan and, with guidance from the Dayaks, they discover and film one in the wild.
David Attenborough's Iconic Fifties Series Zoo Quest For A Dragon Becomes Available Online Through BBC Archives Thatsnews 2009
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The Zoo Quest team are hoping to find an orangutan and, with guidance from the Dayaks, they discover and film one in the wild.
Archive 2009-01-01 Thatsnews 2009
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"That would be the signal for Dayaks from all over Borneo to join the slaughter."
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Madurese are now 10 percent of the Sambas population and tend to disparage Dayaks for Christian and animist ways that Islam considers unclean, like keeping dogs and eating pork.
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A Western diplomat in Jakarta worries that the Dayaks may yet "pass the red bowl," a conconction of human blood and chicken feathers that commits all who drink it to go to war.
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The Dayaks first declared war in 1996, slaughtering 1,000 Madurese.
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