The majority of this community live in groups in the Iban longhouse, typically located near the waterfront and close to the highway to facilitate daily activities and communicate with each other.
Tuai rumah is the person responsible for maintaining the harmony of Iban society in the Long house. They are the responsible leaders in the care of the affairs of the longhouse. This responsibility is inherited from generation to generation by every selected Tuai Rumah who heads a longhouse.
Historically, the Iban originated from Kalimantan, Indonesia. Among the famous legends and history of ethnic inclusion is initially they entered through the Batang Ai, Kapuas, namely the Sarawak-Kalimantan border. At some stage before the 13th century arrival of Islam in Southeast Asia they must have migrated to Borneo, tracing descent today to the Kapuas region in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Nowadays, majority of Iban society adheres to Abrahamic religions such as Christianity and Islam. Nevertheless, there are some who practice paganism. This is because they practice inherited belief hereditary since their period of the ancestors.
Inherited belief practiced by those include various god and perform miring during gawai celebration to ensure paddy harvest being performed by those better.
Iban people: The largest ethnic in Sarawak
