A Manual of Netherlands India (Dutch East Indies)
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Among the Kayan peoples the chief has a higher position, and the division of the people into three classes — chiefs of the famihes, common people, and slaves — ^is more important than among other tribes, where the tribal divisions are not strongly marked, and the chiefs have as a rule little power. A sharp distinction exists in the Melawi valley between the tribes who are independent and those who have been for a long period under Malay rule, and have lost their characteristic institutions. Sla...very still exists in the parts of the country where Dutch rule has not yet been firmly established, but the slaves are, on the whole, very well treated, and are usually able to buy their own freedom, though cases of the sacrifice of a slave on the death of a notable man are still known.
Agriculture is the chief means of livelihood among aU the settled Dayaks, each tribe having a definite section of land for BORNEO 193 its own use, but rice-cultivation, which is bound up with the religious institutions, and has many religious feasts, prohibitions, and duties connected with it, is at a very low state of develop- ment, wet rice fields being found only near the coast.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Among the Kayan peoples the chief has a higher position, and the division of the people into three classes — chiefs of the famihes, common people, and slaves — ^is more important than among other tribes, where the tribal divisions are not strongly marked, and the chiefs have as a rule little power. A sharp distinction exists in the Melawi valley between the tribes who are independent and those who have been for a long period under Malay rule, and have lost their characteristic institutions. Sla...very still exists in the parts of the country where Dutch rule has not yet been firmly established, but the slaves are, on the whole, very well treated, and are usually able to buy their own freedom, though cases of the sacrifice of a slave on the death of a notable man are still known.
Agriculture is the chief means of livelihood among aU the settled Dayaks, each tribe having a definite section of land for BORNEO 193 its own use, but rice-cultivation, which is bound up with the religious institutions, and has many religious feasts, prohibitions, and duties connected with it, is at a very low state of develop- ment, wet rice fields being found only near the coast.
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