Where Hornbills Fly

ISBN: 9781780767741 出版年：2010 页码：313 Erik Jensen Bloomsbury Publishing

Once headhunters under the rule of White Rajahs and briefly colonised before independence within Malaysia, tof Borneo are one of the world's most extraordinary indigenous tribes, possessing ancient traditions and a unique way of life. As a young msettled in Sarawak where he lived with the Iban for seven years, learning their language and the varied rites and practices of their lives. He was also witness to the great and often shattering changes they faced then and continue The plentiful harvests, abundant game and rivers teeming with fish of their remembered past have long since disappeared - destroyed by restrictions on settlement and, ironically, by forest conservation. The Iban's animist beliefs are slowly being replaced by the imported religions of Christianity and Islam and their traditional ways by modern schooling and medicine.In this compelling and beautifully-wrought memoireveals the challenges facing the Iban as they adapt to another century, whilst fighting to preserve their identity and singular place in the world. Haunting, yet hopeful, Where Hornbills Fly opens a window onto a vanishing world and paints a remarkable portrait of this fragile tribe, which continues to surviheart of Borneo.