Lawangan people

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Lawangan Dayak Tribe
Regions with significant populations
Central Kalimantan: 100.000.
East Kalimantan: 16.000.
South Kalimantan: 3.000.
Languages
Lawangan, Maʼanyan, Banjarese, Indonesian
Religion
  Kaharingan (Majority)
  Christian (Majority)
Related ethnic groups
Dayak Ot Danum,Dayak Paser,Dayak Dusun Deyah, Kutai, Dayak Benuaq, Dayak Bentian, Dayak Tunjung people, Dayak Taboyan people, Ma'anyan

Lawangan or Luangan people are an ethnic group of the Dayak Dusun people (East Barito) group, sometimes also referred to as Dusun Lawangan or Dayak Lawangan. The Lawangan people inhabit the eastern side of Central Kalimantan and West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. [1] In Tabalong Regency, South Kalimantan, the Lawangan people can be found only in Binjai village. They speak Lawangan language, belonging to the Northeast Barito branch.

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The organization of this people is Dusmala which is made up of three sub-ethnic Dayak people namely, Dusun people, Ma'anyan people and Lawangan people.

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Lawangan sub-ethnic

The sub-ethnic of the Lawangan people are:-

Culture

Food

Customary region

Tabalong Regency is made up of four Dayak cultural region, where one of them includes the customary region of the Lawangan people, which are:-

Outside of these four Dayak customary regions in Tabalong Regency, there are also the Banjar people which forms the majority of the Tabalong population, although the Banjar people are not tied to the customary laws of the Dayak people.

References

  1. Michaela Haug (2010). Poverty and Decentralisation in East Kalimantan: The Impact of Regional Autonomy on Dayak Benuaq Wellbeing. Centaurus Verlag & Media KG. ISBN   978-382-550-7701.
  2. "Mantir Adat Jaga Wibawa Lembaga Kedamangan". Pro Kalteng. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  3. Iwan Prasetya (22 June 2013). "Nikmatnya Daging Paing, Kelelawar Raksasa Khas Kalteng". Liputan6. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  4. Febria Silaen (20 May 2016). "Sederet kuliner khas Kalimantan Tengah". Beritagar. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  5. "Dayak Dusun Deyah". Facebook . Retrieved 2014-09-27.