The Badeng Kenyah of Belaga in Sarawak: Marginality, Changing Traditions and Development

TAN CHEE-BENG is a cultural anthropologist from Malaysia. His ethnographic research has brought him on adventures across the various states of Malaysia and also in mainland China.

SIRD (First published, 2024)
xxvi + 226 pages including Bibliography and Index

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ISBN: 9786297575247 Product ID: 42939 Subjects: Economics and Political Science, Malaysia, Social and Cultural, Sociology and Anthropology Sub-subjects: Malaysia, Sarawak
Brand: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD)

The Badeng Kenyah of Belaga in Sarawak: Marginality, Changing Traditions and Development explains the history, culture and development of the Badeng Kenyah in Belaga District, Sarawak. Their cultural identity predates the arrival of the Brookes, the formation of Malaysia, and continues to inspire change in their community and beyond to this day. Travel by longboat up the rapids, ride in jeeps through the logging routes, and hop on to seténding-powered boats to see this migratory community through an ethnographical lens with cultural anthropologist Tan Chee-Beng. Beginning from their mythical origin story, to how their way of life changed with the arrival of logging and the construction of the Bakun Hydroelectric Project, and how that brought them major relocation, the tales of the Badeng Kenyah of Belaga District are of economic transformation, development and modernity. Witness their lived experiences right here.

Preface

1. Introduction: Migration and Badeng Settlements in Belaga

PART I – CHRISTIANITY AND BADENG TRADITIONS
2. Becoming Christians
3. Christianity, Traditions and Being Badeng
4. Traditional Crafts and Badeng Tradition

PART II – DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFORMATION
5. Indigenous People and Education in Remote Regions
6. Aspiring for Development
7. The Ascent of Money and Social Transformation

APPENDIX
– Badeng Migration and Ethnogenesis
– Origin
– Migration of Badeng Kenyah
– In Usun Apau and Relations with the Brooke
– Government
– From Apau Kayan to Sarawak Again
– Comparison with Other Badeng Oral Traditions
– Reasons for Migration
– Other Themes
– Conclusion
– References

Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

Weight	0.402 kg
Dimensions	22.8 × 15.2 × 1.3 cm
Author(s)	Tan Chee-Beng
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Publisher	Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD)
Year Published	2024