Bukitan, Sarawak

About Bukitan

Bukitan is a small tribe found in the Bintulu Division of Sarawak. The tribe has very much been diluted through intermarriage with other tribes.

Bukitan people are said to have originated in Kalimantan, moving first to Lubok Antu, then to Saribas and finally to Sungai Merit in Bintulu. Their relocation were forced by defeat in warfare against the belligerent Ibans. Today traces of Bukitan presence in Saribas can be seen from the remains of their burial ground.

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