Word: dyaks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...young fighter asked a British officer: "What is a Communist?" The Briton decided that Dyak education had not progressed far enough for a precise understanding of that one. He answered: "Bad man." Replied the Dyak: "We want to help; we don't like...
...Dyak sophistication, however, is making progress along other lines. Malayan authorities were told that the only extra equipment required would be a shirt apiece. The Dyaks had other ideas. Jabu informed the camp commandant that each Dyak would need a messkit and cup, a groundsheet, a blanket and a mosquito...
Once upon a time (so the legend went), a beautiful girl of the proud Dyak tribe persistently scorned a young warrior; desperate as a procrastinating shopper on Christmas Eve, he finally hit on the idea of bringing her a human head. His beloved tenderly declared that this was indeed a gift worthy of a Dyak maiden's heart, and consented to be his bride. Ever since then, the men of Borneo have been passionate headhunters...