Perang Dayak Dan Madura Exclusive Jun 2026

: During the New Order era, the Indonesian government’s transmigration program relocated thousands of Madurese to Kalimantan. This led to demographic shifts that marginalized indigenous Dayak communities.

In the heart of the settlement lived , a Dayak elder who remembered the old laws of the forest, and Bakri , a Madurese merchant who had built his life on these shores over three decades. For years, they had shared tobacco and traded news by the Mentaya River. But now, the "Red Bowl"—the traditional Dayak call to war—was circulating. perang dayak dan madura

The Madurese migrants were often perceived by the Dayak as arrogant, aggressive, and disrespectful of Dayak customary land rights. Conversely, the Madurese felt alienated and looked down upon as "second-class citizens." By the late 1990s, small-scale skirmishes had become routine. : During the New Order era, the Indonesian