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:: Cerita Rakyat Dayak Jalai: Si Bunsuq Sekeraban Pampan (Folk Tale of Dayak People in Jalai: Si Bunsuq Sekeraban Pampan)

Editor: Elisabet Lilis

The agricultural activity could not be separated from the life of the Dayak people, including Dayak Jalai community in Ketapang district. This matter was encompassed in the book entitled “Si Bunsuq Sekeraban Pampan”. After reading this book, we could study local widom especially the Dayak Jelai in managing natural resources through the agricultural activity. As for the Dayak Jalai, cultivating an unirrigated field (ladang) is not only to fulfil the food, but also as the shape of acknowledgment to the existence of the Lord. Although this book in form of comic, but it is containing deepest meaning about the importance of loyalty in undertaking the agricultural (ladang) customs and traditions. According to the community's local belief, when the customs and traditions continued to be carried out then it will have impact on conservation of nature and welfare. Are you curious? Immediately to get and have this book.

Size: 17.7 cm x 25.5 cm; 30 pages
First edition, January 2008