Punan Bah or Punan is an ethnic group found in Sarawak, Malaysia and Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Punan Bah people are distinct and unrelated to the semi-nomadic Penan people. Their name stems from two
An elderly Punan man performing Bungan rites. Photo taken at Punan Sama village.
Kelirieng or burial pole at Pandan, Bintulu. This kelirieng was erected for a Punan aristocrats at Pandan or Pedan as it is known to the Punan. Kelirieng is a uniquely Punan ancient burial custom which the other ethnics namely the Kejaman, Lahanan, Kayan later adopted (copied).
Bungan Gathering of Bungan followers at Punan Sama. Belaga Punan tribe
Orang Ulu is an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in northeastern Sarawak, Malaysia with populations ranging from less
Punan Bah
…Punan is group under Kajang together with Sekapan, Kejaman, Lahanan and Sihan. Unofficially, they are also included in the politically coined term Orang Ulu – popularised by a political association known as Orang Ulu National Association or (OUNA). The association is a Kayan and Kenyah dominated association…
Two Dayak Orang Ulu men from Sarawak, Malaysia, playing the sapeh.