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Orang Ulu
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Stories written
Lundayeh: the highland people of the Sabah-Sarawak border
Also called Lun Bawang in Sarawak.
Sarawak · 4 min readKenyah: the Orang Ulu of the upper Baram
Known for art and carved longhouses.
Sarawak · 4 min readKayan: the stratified rainforest people
A people with chiefs, nobles and commoners.
Sarawak · 4 min readKelabit: rice from the Bario highlands
Famous for the Bario rice and cool highland farms.
Sarawak · 4 min readPenan: nomads and settlers of the rainforest
A forest people, some still nomadic, living in the Baram and Belaga.
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Lun Bawang of Lawas and Limbang
Highland farmers sharing a border with Sabah.
Bisaya, Berawan and Lisum
Smaller peoples of the Baram coast.
Sebob, Punan and the forest nomads
Small peoples who still carry old forest ways.
Niah Caves: swiftlet nests and ancient bones
The nest gatherers of Niah and their ladders.
Mulu: caves, people and sacred places
A UNESCO site with Berawan and Penan neighbours.
Sape and the Orang Ulu songs
The sape lute is the voice of the rainforest.
Places in these stories
Family lines linked in these stories
Family lines are shown here only where a published study links them to this community. None is linked yet.
DNA does not decide who anyone is. It does not show race, religion or any legal status. Every community tells its own story first, and we tell the DNA part with respect.
