HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Most of the tribes or ethnicities found are basically related to each other based on occupation of ancestral lands, partly by having a common ancestor in their lands, and general culture depicted such as religion, lifestyle and even life system. Apart from this, maintaining permanent residence in remote areas is also a common feature found among most tribes. Different ethnicities mostly use different languages ​​as their native language, but there are also some preferred languages ​​that they use to communicate within society or with distant families. members. Indigenous peoples only belong to indigenous groups as there is self-identification in the grouping of which type of person belongs to which ethnic group. This is done to preserve the sovereign rights of these people without any external interference regarding the community. Sarawak A large community made up of multiple different ethnic groups and each ethnic group with its own language. Collectively, they are known as Orang Dayak and are said to have come from Borneo thousands of years ago. The Orang Dayak are the Iban who are the largest ethnic group followed by the Bidayuh. There are also the Kayan, Kedayana, Punan, Kelabit, Penan and Bisayah. Malays and Chinese make up a large percentage of the population of both the coastal and urban areas. The two groups are more recent arrivals than the other ethnic groups. SabahThe second largest state of Sarawak is located in the northern part of Borneo. Most ethnic groups share a similar oral history, type of language and some particular traditions. The disadvantage of this state would be due to rough terrains, they have lack of communication skills, so the result is... middle of paper... g differences in faith and so they help each other during the Gawai festivals and also during the festivals of Christianity (Iban customs and traditions n.d.). Clothing and crafts. Iban men dress more “extravagantly” than any other tribe. As they mostly project themselves in very bright colors compared to the tribes living in the interior who dress in “chawat” or bark cloth (Journey Malaysia n.d.). Instead of plain colored clothes around the waist, they wear bright colored clothes. As for women, they wear a short skirt from waist to knee and a long-sleeved jacket. Their clothes are made largely of woven cotton. To cover the section from breast to waist, they wear a corset made of rattan rings (Journey Malaysia n.d.). It is made to open partially or completely in the front, but is usually worn for a long period of time and is removed during pregnancy.