The Bidayuh itself mean “the inhabitants of land”. This is one of the minority ethnic in Malaysia that lives in Sarawak. Bidayuh is the second largest Dayak ethnic group after Iban. Under Bidayuh is divided into 3 main linguistic which are called Bukar-Sadong, Singai-Jagoi and Biatah. They communicate with each other using Malay and English to achieve mutual understanding. Some claimed that Bidayuh came from Jawa and Sumatra.
Like the Ibans, Bidayuh are traditionally animist and they also celebrate Gawai Dayak as one of their main festivals. The Gawai Dayak celebration take place centred on the padi planting circle. It’s the time for the family member to get together to talk and strengthen the relationship between family members.
One the Bidayuh's traditional dance
Although the Bidayuh and Ibans do the same celebration, they have different kind of traditional dances. Instead on one, the Bidayuh have 3 types of dancing which are Boris, Ngikar and Ngrinang. They conduct their dancing as the part of the ritual during the Gawai Dayak celebration.
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