Tracing the Identity of Elder Brothers
As a cultural entity, the Wehea tribal group was born hundreds of years ago.
May 7, 2006
IT is still vivid in the mind of Wehea tribal chief Ledjie Taq, the event four decades ago at the village of Nehas Liah Bing. At that time a number of Kenyah Dayak dignitaries, representing their followers who had just set foot in the village, met with the leaders of the Wehea tribe. They asked permission to occupy a plot of land to settle in and to cultivate farming, said Ledjie who was then 11 years old. The Wehea leaders gave them a piece of l
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