Lun Bawang Practices

00:00:02Pian mada' ratnan tuda'-tuda' adat tepun Lun Bawang
I would like to tell about some Lun Bawang traditions

00:00:10luk maun luk pakai tepun Lun Bawang luk doo'
that were good practices of our ancestors

00:00:19miek ruen necu bang ulun lun luk nekinih
that can be inherited by the younger generation

00:00:23sebuleng ratnan adat luk doo' tepun Lun Bawang
one of the good traditions of our ancestors

00:00:30luk mulun bang Ba Kelalan maun
who lived in Ba Kelalan in the past

00:00:32ieh ineh ratnan adat me' ngeruyung bang kekemen luk meberat
is the practice of helping each other with difficult tasks

00:00:41tepun-tepun Lun Bawang bang Ba Kelalan maun
our ancestors in Ba Kelalan

00:00:48ideh mawang niat nolong ke lemulun luk mesusa'
they were very willing to help those in need

00:00:55naru' kerja luk meberat
to do difficult tasks

00:00:59ideh mada' ratnan kekemen sinih
they told of this practice

00:01:06ngadan neh musang lah
it is called "musang"

00:01:08musang nih sebuleng kekemen Lun Bawang
"musang" is a Lun Bawang tradition

00:01:15tepun Lun Bawang maun
of our ancestors

00:01:16luk pelaba doo'
that is very good

00:01:17luk ilung neh
which means

00:01:21kudeng inan eceh tetek ruma' Lun Bawang luk mesusa' kerja
if there is a Lun Bawang family who find it difficult to work

00:01:30mikat deh nganau' kekemen dih
it's difficult for them to do a task

00:01:34dih deh merey keli' kuan lun mula'
then they let everyone know

00:01:38bahwa deh perlu kedeh nolong
that they need help

00:01:44bang kekemen luk meberat neh
with that difficult task

00:01:48idih abud, kudeng kekemen ineh mepengeh
and afterwards, when the job is finished

00:01:56ieh miek merey sesuut akan kuan deh
they will serve some food

00:01:59jadi kudeng lun luk bang bawang ineh keli' ratnan bala ineh
so if people in the village know about this

00:02:05ideh mawang niat ame' emung-emung
they are all happy to go

00:02:08na ideh ngerawe ratnan tefar, usin atau rigit
they don't care about wages, or money

00:02:14ideh hanya me' nolong tupu
they help for free

00:02:17dan ideh luk nawar ke lun me' nolong ineh
and the family who needs help

00:02:21mungkin ideh ngeret puung
they will slaughter animals

00:02:23ngeret laal
slaughter chickens

00:02:26ataupun ngeret berek lah
or slaughter pigs

00:02:28maya' kudeng peh berat kerja dih
depending on how difficult the task is

00:02:31asal kerja dih rayeh
if the task is big

00:02:32puung uen ngeret rayeh sesuut
they will slaughter a bigger animal

00:02:34kudeng kerja dih sesuut
if the task is small

00:02:36puung dih sesuut
the animal is small

00:02:38kudeng neh
that's how it was

00:02:40jadi mawang niat deh me' kerja
so they are more than happy to go and work

00:02:44me' nolong naru' kerja
to help with their work

00:02:46kudeng pinginud neh naru' kreja lati'
for example working on the farm

00:02:50nukat lati'
digging the field

00:02:51nukat feng
digging the paddy bands

00:02:52dih deh mada' perlu
so they express the need

00:02:56lun mula' me' nolong, me' ngeruyung
for everyone to help

00:02:59idih deh me' kerja
and they go to work

00:03:01mabud kerja
when the work is finished

00:03:02baru deh kuman
then they eat

00:03:04mawang niat
and are happy

00:03:06pengeh kuman
when they've finished eating

00:03:07pengeh
that's it

00:03:08na deh mutuh rigit
they don't ask for any money

00:03:10na deh mutuh usin
they don't ask for payment

00:03:12jadi inih sebuleng adat tepun tau luk pelaba doo'
so this is one custom of our ancestors that was very good

00:03:16luk perlu ruen necu bang ulun Lun Bawang
that should be continued amongst the Lun Bawang

00:03:23arang tau Lun Bawang bang kerab nekinih lah
amongst the Lun Bawang today

00:03:27nekinih mikat lun ngerawe nganau' kekemen sinih
nowadays it is difficult to think of doing this task

00:03:34ngaceku mula' lun ngerawe ratnan usin atau rigit
because people think about making money

00:03:40kudeng ko ngecuk kerja
if you ask someone to do some work

00:03:41ideh ngerawe perlu mayar
they need to be paid

00:03:44iamo' bang adat tepun kai maun
but the tradition of our ancestors

00:03:47na ideh ngarawe mayar
they didn't think about being paid

00:03:49kudeng ideh perlu inan lun nolong
if they needed some help

00:03:54ideh hanya mada'
they just informed people

00:03:55kudeng neh mo'
and that was it

00:03:56na inan bayar
they was no payment

00:03:57Luk kedueh
secondly

00:03:58inan eceh terawe dan adat tepun kai Lun Bawang maun
there is another Lun Bawang tradition

00:04:06luk lele mepaad teh
that is almost the same

00:04:09ieh ineh ratnan me' peruyud lah
that is doing group work in turn

00:04:13me' peruyud
group work

00:04:14sinih
this is...

00:04:17masih tideh makai ineh nekinih
this is still being practiced today

00:04:20mecing co sinih
until today

00:04:21peruyud beken ieh ratnan musang inih
"peruyud" is different from "musang"

00:04:24ieh ineh ideh mepemung bang sebuleng kelompok luk isuut
that is they form a small group

00:04:32penginud neh me' lati'
for example, going farming

00:04:35jadi ideh pegayam bang epat, limeh, enem burur, kudeng nih
so they decide to form a group of four, five or six people

00:04:42deh kerja makai tuda' jam bang ceh co
they will work for a number of hours per day

00:04:49ataupun siwa aco
or alternate days

00:04:51co sinih kerja kuan tetek ruma' sinih
today we work for this family

00:04:55nefa kuan sinih
tomorrow for this one

00:04:56eco riak...
and after that...

00:04:58kudeng peh ideh limeh
if they are five people

00:04:58limeh eco lah
they work for five days

00:05:00maya' kudeng peh gayam deh
depending on what they decided

00:05:03kudeng peh ieh stangal eco me' ko sebuleng
if they decide on a half day per person

00:05:06dueh burur bang ceh co
then two people in one day

00:05:10ilung neh, kerja neh, na inan rigit teh
that means it is unpaid work

00:05:13hanya me' nolong tupu, kudeng neh
just helping for free, like that

00:05:16sama'-sama' nolong bang kekemen
all helping in the task

00:05:20jadi kekemen luk meberat
so then for difficult tasks

00:05:22ieh meley, mesenang dan mesaget mepengeh
it is easy and can be finished quickly

00:05:27ngaceku mula' lun paad-paad kerja, nolong
because there are many people working together

00:05:31inan sebuleng teh adat tepun tauh luk pelaba doo'
there is another custom of our ancestors that is very good

00:05:39pekatu ratnan doo' mawang niat mare
related to giving willingly

00:05:44ataupun doo' katu
or being generous

00:05:46penginud neh, maun bang terawe uih
for example, I still remember

00:05:51taman uih ba tueh me' bang pulung
my dad was a keen hunter

00:05:54ngalap baka, ngalap puung
catching wild boar and animals

00:05:57sebuleng adat tepun tau maun
so one of our ancestors customs

00:05:59kudeng peh ideh me' ngalap puung
if they caught animals

00:06:02mecing peh ideh tunge' ruma'
when they reach home

00:06:03dih deh netek ataupun mulu' uang puung neh
then they chop or slice the meat

00:06:11kubil
and the fat

00:06:11kudeng pieh baka
if it's a wild boar

00:06:13dih deh ngalap kubil neh
then they get the fat

00:06:14dih deh mulu' uang neh
and slice the meat

00:06:16dih deh ngeful ih lah
and put it on a skewer

00:06:17kudeng peh pulu'
if there are ten

00:06:20dueh pulu' tetek bang kampung ineh
or twenty families in the village

00:06:28dih ieh naru' dueh pulu' ful
then they make twenty skewers

00:06:33dih ieh ngecuk kekai anak deh wa' anak neh feh
then he asks us children

00:06:35me' nanid dih me' anid-anid ruma' nih
to share them out with every family

00:06:38na ideh melih
they don't buy it

00:06:40mare mo' kudeng neh
it's given freely

00:06:41pele amung lemulun luk bang kampung ineh
so that all the people in the village

00:06:45inan bagi' sesuut
have a share

00:06:48hasil ratnan ieh me' bang pulung lah
get something from him going to the forest

00:06:52kudeng neh
so that's how it is

00:06:54inan...
there is...

00:06:55kudeng pideh paad-paad me' bang pulung
when they all go and hunt at the same time

00:06:59mepapu' pideh bang pulung
if they happen to meet in the jungle

00:07:02dih deh ucu'
then they will stop

00:07:04dih deh mare sesuut kuan lemulun luk deh luk me' bang pulung
and give a portion to the people who are in the jungle

00:07:08ataupun kudeng deh papu' ke lemulun rang lalan
or if they meet people on the way

00:07:11ucu' deh
they will stop

00:07:12dih deh ngalap sesuut
and get a small portion

00:07:13dih deh mare ke lemulun sineh
and give it to that person

00:07:15na inan deh maya' ngerawe mutuh rigit bang kereb dih
they didn't think of asking for money in those days

00:07:20doo' katu
they were generous

00:07:22doo' awang niat mare
and happy to give

00:07:24mulun deh mawa kuan lun dengan deh
they lived in harmony with their neighbours

00:07:30kudeng neh teh
so that's how it was

00:07:31kudeng lun beken
as for others

00:07:32kudeng inan luk lapen deh
if they had caught something

00:07:35idih deh mare
they shared it

00:07:36mare kuan lun beken
shared it with others

00:07:40pinginud neh kuan decur
for example for women

00:07:43kudeng deh...
if they...

00:07:44kai mulun bang ruma' kadang maun
we used to live in a longhouse in those days

00:07:46inan sebuleng tabok suut
there was a small window

00:07:49luk pakai deh mare-mare luk kikid
that they used to hand out the dishes

00:07:53kudeng uih
like me

00:07:56pinginud neh, bang setetek ruma'
for example, in a family

00:07:58dih ceh kinanak kuh, lun dengan kuh mulun bang setetek ruma'
my sibling or family member lives in a household

00:08:02kudeng iJulia
and if Julia

00:08:03kudeng ieh naru' kikid
if she makes some food

00:08:05dih ieh naru' bang bigan
she will put it in a dish

00:08:06dih ieh nawar ke ceh lun luk bang selipa
and call a neighbour

00:08:10mare keneh
and give it to them

00:08:11kudeng neh
it's like that

00:08:12lun deh luk bang selipa, inan peh kikid
and if our neighbour has some food

00:08:14dih mare
then they give that too

00:08:15inan tabok sesuut
there is a small window

00:08:16nan deh mare-mare neh luk kikid libal-libal
that they use to give out food in exchange

00:08:20ineh adat luk pelaba doo'
that is a very good practice

00:08:22luk perlu ruen tau anak-anak beruh nekinih ngerawe lah
that our younger generations should think about

00:08:27ngerawe
think about

00:08:28sagen pana' bang kerab nekinih
even if today

00:08:31mula' lun ngerawe ratnan usin
lots of people think about money

00:08:36na mesala' tau masui
it's not wrong to sell things

00:08:41iamo' perlu tau ngerawe
but we must realise

00:08:45inan kerab lemulun luk perlu ruen ngeperuan
that sometimes people need help

00:08:49lemulun luk miskin, lemulun luk mesusa'
the poor and those in need

00:08:52perlu tau mare
we need to give

00:08:54anun luk miek patut bere tau kuan deh
we should give whatever we can to them

00:08:57pele deh pana' miek ngalap anun luk ideh perlu lah
so that they can also have what they need

00:09:06inan lemulun, inan kenanak tau
there are people, there are siblings of ours

00:09:09luk geregan luk pian deh luk sesuut
who don't need much

00:09:14iamo' mesusa' deh
but they can't afford it

00:09:16na inan rigit deh nan melih
they don't have money to buy anything

00:09:21su ineh tau miek mare kedeh
that's when we can give to them

00:09:26ngeperuan kedeh
bless them

00:09:28paad ideh miek paad-paad inan luk kenen, luk pakai
so that they are able to have food and clothing

00:09:34paad adat-adat luk doo' nih
so that these good customs

00:09:37na ieh mate bang ulun tau Lun Bawang
will not die out among the Lun Bawang

00:09:43bang kerab-kerab luk mecing beruh
in the future

00:09:45kudeng nih
that's the end