Traditional Headhunter Culture
In the past the Dayak were feared for their ancient tradition of headhunting practices. After conversion to Christianity or Islam and anti-headhunting legislation by the colonial powers the practice was banned and disappeared, only to resurface in the mid-1940s, when the Allies encouraged the practice against the Japanese, and the late 90s, when Dayak started to attack Madurese emigrants in an explosion of ethnic violence.
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