KENYAH BADENG LONG GENG HISTORY PART 2/3

The History Of Kenyah Badeng Koyan Baru (Lg.Geng) Migration.

Asat Buau Kenyah Badeng Koyan Baru  (Lg. Geng)

Written and edited by Gani Kiin

translated by LadyEG

Resources:

- Oral history(Kelonan Lata' Lepo' Badeng Koyan) 

-The migration Of Kenyah Badeng: a study based on oral history (Vom Roy, 1993)

This map shows roughly the route of the migration. 

 
LONG BESUNGAI (1930 – 1933)

Nai re buau cen Long Iran, ja re ngelepo’ ka’ Long Besungai. Long Besungai ne ca alo sungai dalem sungai Linau. Ida mudip ka beng un sio’ tusah ne ida kuun lempam ngan poto songai bio’. Dalem telu oman re mudip ka, dua liwai lo’te ida lempam. Pekimet ne ida kelo’ ke tai buau la-a ka’ daya sungai apan nta sio’ lempam. Lepa petira’, ja ne ida ngebalun kelo’ ke tai buau la-a.

The Kenyah people of Long Iran then moved and settled down at Long Besungai. Long Besungai is a small river stretch out from main Linau River. In those three years they stayed there, they had always faced with natural disaster; such as flood, and the water level rose frequently. Within those three years, they had experienced two big flood. Due to the calamities, they decided they had to move upstream. They had a meeting and agreed to move again.

DATA BONGET (1933 - 1935)

Buau re cen Long Besungai, ja tai re metik alo Besungai tai ka’ Data Bonget. Un Data Bonget ne ia ke’ belua’ alo Besungai. Mudip re ka’ Data Bonget un tiga, ntaun lempam ngan ntaun penusa cen penyala’. Un tepo-o nta ne teka’ tana’ oma re sukup ngan tai nao’ pe co’.  Dalem telu oman re mudip ka ja ne ida kua’ kimet ke tai buau la-a.Oman re ke buau ke Tekulang, Temekoleh Irang lepa matai. Miat Encau saliu ia.

From Long Besungai, they travelled to Data Bonget. Data Bonget is considered as the middle of Besungai River. They found out that their lives in Data Bonget were so much better and there were no difficulties caused by sin (they belief sin can cause them to be cursed and caused trouble). But the land for cultivating is not enough for all of them anymore. After three years living there, again they had their mutual decision to move. On the year they decided to move to Tekulang, their leader Temekoleh Erang passed away. Miat Encau took the position.

TEKULANG (1936 -1945)

Un atek lan ne, ka’ tana’ oko le ke’ Usun Apau te dau re ke tai buau. Un tepo-o, nta dau perintah oba’ ida tai buau ka teh oban co’ ale’ ngan tepa pagan perintah ke’ ida. Ja toman re tai buau ka’ Tekulang. Toa lepo’ re nai buau ka’ Tekulang dalau ja ja ne Miat Encau. Dalau udip re ke’ Tekulang, un poto nai Badeng cen Pengiyan nai meno’ ida ka. Meka pe ida cen Tekulang tai meno’ senganak re ka’ pengiyan. Dalem 5 oman Miat Encau jadi ketua, Uloi Lian saliu ia.

Actually the next destination was Usun Apau. But the government thought that the place was beyond their reach and hard for them to monitor. So, the kenyah Badeng  moved to Tekulang. During this time, they were led by Miat Encau. The kenyah Badeng from Pengiyan always visit their kinsmen in Tekulang and vice versa. Miat Encau led them in 5 years before Uloi Lian was elected as the leader. 

Un kira-kira pulo’ oman Badeng Mudip ka’ Tekulang ngan tana’ oma re pe un nta sukup. Pekimet pe ida kelo’ ke tai buau cen ja la-a. Un dau ca kimet Uloi lian kelo’ ke ngkin ida ke tai buau ka’ Lusung. Tana’ Lusung ne baen dau re un atek tiga ale’. Tana’ sengim ngan kado’atuk.  Ja nai ne buau mecin Tekulang.

Around ten years settling in Tekulang, the land for cultivating got lesser and it was not enough for them. They again, thought about moving to another place. Uloi Lian proposed to move to Lusung. The Lusung land was known as an arable land and had lots of fish too. So, they made their mind and left Tekulang.

Nai asat re pelempet cen Tekulang nai ka’ Keluan. Un alo Keluan ne sangat alo Linau. Tai ne oban denga Badeng di ke kelo’ ke tai buau ka’ Lusong pala’ bangsa Kayan. Dalau nai re besut ka’ Keluan, ja ne kenai bangsa Kayan payen ida ke tai buau ka’ Lusong (Lusong Laku). Nta kayan oba’ ida tai buau ka oban tana’ ja tana’ keremun ngan lobang ligit kayan dau ja baen de. Cen ja ne dau nta jadi tai buau ka’ Lusong.

They travelled from Tekulang to Keluan. Keluan River is a branch of Linau River. The news about the Kenyah Badeng moving to Lusong came to the Kayan tribe’s attention. When the Kenyah Badeng arrived at Keluan, the Kayan tribe approached and stop them from moving to Lusong (Lusong Laku). The Kayan tribe didn’t want them to move to Lusong because Lusong was their land and the place of their sustenance. So, the Kenyah people stopped heading to Lusong.

What a breathtaking scenery of the famous Oong Pejik, Lusong Laku. 

Fewww….what a journey.

LONG BATANG - LONG IRAN - LONG BESUNGAI - DATA BONGET - TEKULANG – what’s next? (It doesn’t stop here, so stay tuned.)

 The Kenyah people moved a lot and I can’t imagine how they managed to move around and stayed in a big group. The leaders must had very good leadership skills and led the people with courage and confidence. Salute to our Kenyah leaders.

This article is too long so lets just stop here and I will be back with more interesting facts and the last part of kenyah Badeng(Long Geng) migration history.

~ Thank you for reading...to be continued ~

You may want to read this: Kenyah Badeng Long Geng History Part 3/3