Ethnicity In Salaysia Essay

Malaysia has two states on the island of Borneo, known as Sabah and Sarawak which well known as Land Below the Wind and Land of Hornbills. According to Bujang (2002), a lot of ethnics group is one of uniqueness of Sabah and Sarawak. Basically, do you ever know the ethnics in Borneo? Abraham (1999) states that ‘ethnicity is seen as crucial in understanding the functioning of most contemporary societies including multi-cultural societies in Malaysia. In Sarawak, the Ibans is an indigenous tribe in Borneo which formed a largest ethnic group with about 30 per cent of the total population. Meanwhile in Sabah, Dusun is the most numerous ethnic group with about 32 per cent of the total population. In Sarawak, originally the Ibans known as wanderers and renowned for their bravery and adventurousness which were …show more content…
, traditional food for ethnic Iban is Manok Pansoh. The word ‘manok’ is chicken and ‘pansoh’ is bamboo in Dayak language. Generally, manok pansoh is the mixed of meat, chicken, fish, vegetables and sometimes even rice together with the spices will be put together in the bamboo stem. Next, once the bamboo stem is fully filled with the ingredients the bamboo stem is directly placed over an open fire to be cooked. The specialty of using the bamboo stem to cook is it will give a pleasant aroma and texture inside which it is impossible using other methods. As for Dusun, ........ emphasized that Dusun traditional food is Hinava. Hinava is most probably well known traditional dish in Sabah for Dusun. Popularized by Dusun community, Hinava is made of fresh raw tenggiri(mackeral fish) which is filleted a thinly sliced, mixed with slice chili, ginger, red onions, grated Bambangan seed, salt and a few of squirts of lime juice. This kind of food normally serves during special occasions especially during the festival times for instance Gawai celebration for Iban and Tadau Keaamatan for