The origin of the Iban tribes still remain mysterious until today since they have no written record about their history. Everything about the tribe was told from generation to generation in the form of poem, story and song. Once in a while my grandparents would told us, the youngsters about those stories of our origin. However, many writers believe that the Iban ethnic is originated from Batang Kapuas, Kalimantan, Indonesia. This is proven by the fact that there are Iban settlements in Indonesia. One of the Iban writers said they migrated to the land of Borneo long time ago because of some reasons. There are also some other theories that said the Iban tribe is originated from the main land of China and some said that the Iban is the original inhabitant of the Borneo island. The Ibans are also known as Sea Dayak because their settlements are placed nearby rivers. According to researchers, they also got the name because of their history as pirate.
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