the history of the bidayuh in kuching division

the history of the bidayuh in kuching division is both colourful and eventful.Its was believed that the bidayuh migrated from kalimantan barat indonesia to sarawak long time ago,initially,the earliest bidayuh bidauh resettlement were centered at ulu padawan and rabak mikabauh in kuching district,Bung bratak,dorod singai and gunung serembu in bau ditrict,bung bagak and sedemak in lundu district.in olden days bidayuh were known as dayak land,they prefer to known bidayuh.in their dialect BI means people and Dayuh means land.

 this old history picture bidayuh people working in land gold mine tasik biru...now gold mine already closed so many years