The Bukats told me that they originally came from the river Blatei in Sarawak, and that Iban raids had had much to do with their movements.
The raja, who was extremely obliging, ordered the principal men of the kampong to appear in complete war outfit, and showed us how an imaginary attack of Iban head-hunters would be met.
If the thing be an animal, the Iban respects the other creatures of the species.
Cuando aquestos mancebos iban a sus casas a ver a sus padres .
Among the Iban or Sea Dyaks of Borneo a man's guardian spirit (Tua) "has its external manifestation in a snake, a leopard or some other denizen of the forest.
Religious Rites and Customs of theIban or Dyaks of Sarawak," by Leo Nyuak, translated from the Dyak by the Very Rev.
It is a custom among the Iban when a person of note in the tribe dies, not to bury the body but to place it on a neighbouring hill or in some solitary spot above ground.
The Kayan or the Iban often acts impulsively in ways which by no means conduce to further his best interests or deeper purposes; but so do we also.
Kayan designation of them as IVAN (immigrant or wanderer) has been adopted by large numbers of them in recent years and modified into Iban, so that the expression KAMI IBAN is now frequently used by them.
Iban women, and worn by them when dancing with the heads of enemies in their hands.
They speak a language very different from those of the central and northern parts of the island, but speak also the Iban language with a peculiar accent.
The Iban have a belief in Ngarong or spirit-helpers, somewhat resembling that of the Manitu of North America.
The Iban appear to be formidable only when led and organised by Europeans.
The raids were organised by Malays who went for plunder but they could always ensure the aid of Iban by the bribe of the heads of the slain as their share.
The Iban of the Batang Lupar and Saribas in the olden days joined the Malays in their large war praus on piratical raids along the coast and up certain rivers and they owe their name of Sea Dayaks to this practice.
It is probable that the Iban belong to the same stock as the original Malay and if so, their migration may be regarded as the first wave of the movement that culminated in the Malay Empire.
The Iban women weave beautiful cotton cloths on a very simple loom.
Little tattooing is seen among the Iban women though the men have adopted the custom from the Kayan.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "iban" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
