Research Article
The Sustainability of the Performance Art of Bathing Babies in the River among the Iban Community
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.9-11-2022.2329417, author={Abigail Jelembai Ajop and Femi Eka Rahmawati and Noria Tugang and Mayang Anggrian}, title={The Sustainability of the Performance Art of Bathing Babies in the River among the Iban Community}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Seminar on Cultural Sciences of Brawijaya, ISCS 2022, 9--10 November 2022, Malang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ISCS}, year={2023}, month={6}, keywords={culture longhouse indigenous group traditional appreciation performance}, doi={10.4108/eai.9-11-2022.2329417} }- Abigail Jelembai Ajop
Femi Eka Rahmawati
Noria Tugang
Mayang Anggrian
Year: 2023
The Sustainability of the Performance Art of Bathing Babies in the River among the Iban Community
ISCS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.9-11-2022.2329417
Abstract
This paper aims to discuss the sustainability of the performance art of Bathing Babies in the river among the Iban community (the largest indigenous group in Sarawak). The sustainability of the Performance Art of Bathing Babies in the river among the Iban community is the key to life. Hence, there are many ritual festivals and rites activities throughout the year in unique yet distinctive manners. Another significant traditional practice among the Iban was rice farming. The Iban community interacted with nature by depending on natural resources which indirectly maintained a harmonious relationship with nature. Appreciation and respect for nature as essential in the Iban community. In general, wild plants and animals can be preserved. Iban communities were extraordinarily rich in traditions and culture. These values include their cumulative deposits of knowledge, beliefs, religion, universal concept, and material object required and passed on from the ancestors to the younger generations.
