Lawangan people

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Lawangan people
Regions with significant populations
119,000
Central Kalimantan: 100,000
East Kalimantan: 16,000
South Kalimantan: 3,000
Languages
Lawangan, Maʼanyan, Banjarese, and Indonesian
Religion
Kaharingan (predominantly), Christianity, and Islam
Related ethnic groups
Ot Danum   Paser   Dusun Deyah   Kutai   Benuaq   Bentian   Tunjung   Tawoyan   Ma'anyan

Lawangan or Luangan people are an Dayak ethnic group of the 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 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 Dayak sub-ethnic namely, Dusun, Ma'anyan, and Lawangan. [2] Most of them are followers of Kaharingan, the local religion of the Dayaks. However, since the Dutch colonial era, especially after Indonesian independence, many of them converted to religions officially recognized by the Indonesian government, especially Christianity, and some others adhere to Islam. [3]

Lawangan subgroups

The subgroups 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. Kusni, J.J.; Kusni, Andriani S.J. (17 October 2014). "Punahnya Kaharingan Karena Pemaksaan Agama". jurnaltoddoppuli.wordpress.com (in Indonesian). Jurnal Toddoppuli. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  4. 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.
  5. Febria Silaen (20 May 2016). "Sederet kuliner khas Kalimantan Tengah". Beritagar. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  6. "Dayak Dusun Deyah". Facebook . Retrieved 2014-09-27.