 Dancers wearing Hudoq performing a mask dance during the sowing celebration of the Bahau Dayak, Upper Mahakam, circa 1898-1900. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 22,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Indonesia (East Kalimantan) | |
| Languages | |
| Bahau language, Indonesian language | |
| Religion | |
| Bungan (Folk religion),[2] Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kayan people (Borneo), Kenyah people |
Bahau people is a sub-ethnic group of the Dayak people who inhabit West Kutai Regency (9.3%),[3] East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
They are found in regional districts of :-
- Long Iram district, West Kutai Regency[4]
- Long Bagun district, West Kutai Regency[5]
- Long Pahangai, Mahakam Ulu Regency[5]
- ^ "Bahau in Indonesia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ^ "Bungan". Oxford University. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Michaela Haug (2015). Poverty and Decentralisation in East Kalimantan: The Impact of Regional Autonomy on Dayak Benuaq Wellbeing. Centaurus Verlag & Media KG. ISBN 978-3-8255-0770-1.
- ^ Jérôme Rousseau (1988). "Central Borneo: A Bibliography, Volume 38". The Sarawak Museum Journal (Special Issue). Sarawak Museum: 103. ISSN 0375-3050.
- ^ a b "Yayasan Lestari Zamrud Nusantara Press". Guide to East Kalimantan, Volume 2. Badan Pengembangan Pariwisata Daerah Kalimantan Timur. 1974. p. 73.