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Sultanate of Bulungan
The Sultanate of Bulungan (Jawi: کسلطانن بولوڠن, Indonesian: Kesultanan Bulungan) was a former independent sultanate and later a special territory of Indonesia located in the then existing Bulungan Regency (at that time covering all the territory that now comprises the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia) in the east of the island of Borneo. Its territory spanned the eastern shores of North Kalimantan and Tawau, Malaysia.
The name "Bulungan" came from the Bulungan words bulu tengon, which means 'real bamboo'. It then changed to "Bulungan". The importance of the bamboo in the Bulungan identity stems from a boy born out of the bamboo named Jauwiru. From Jauwiru's descendants, the Bulungan Sultanate was born. After Kuwanyi died, Jauwiru replaced the position as the leader of the Dayak Hupan.
Bulungan was founded by a Kayan group, the Uma Apan, also known as the Dayak Hupan, who originated from the interior region of Apo Kayan (Kayan Highland Plateau), before settling near the coast in the 16th or 17th century. According to a local legend, Kuwanyi was the leader of the Dayak Hupan, which was a small ethnic group with a village of only 80 people on the banks of the Payang River, a branch of the Pujungan River. Due to the poor quality of life on the region, they moved downstream of a large river called the Kayan.
One day Kuwanyi went hunting in the forest, but he did not catch a single animal, except for a large bamboo called bamboo betung and an egg that lay on a Jemlay tree stump. He brought the bamboo and the egg home. A boy emerged from the bamboo and when the egg was broken a girl also emerged. These two children were considered gifts from the gods. Kuwanyi and his wife raised the children well until they were adults. When both of them were adults, they were each given the name Jauwiru for the boy and Lemlai Suri for the girl. Kuwanyi married them to each other.
From Jauwiru's descendants the Bulungan Sultanate would come into fruition. After Kuwanyi died, Jauwiru replaced the position as the leader of the Dayak Hupan tribe. Then Jauwiru had a son named Paran Anyi. Paran Anyi did not have a son, but had a daughter named Lahai Bara who later married a man named Wan Paren, who succeeded him in his position. From the marriage of Lahai Bara and Wan Paren, a son named Si Barau and a daughter named Simun Luwan were born.
At the end of her life, Lahai Bara mandated her children that her lungun (coffin) be placed downstream of the Kipah River. Lahai Bara inherited three types of heirloom objects, namely ani-ani (kerkapan), kedabang, (type of headgear), and a bersairuk (paddle). These three types of inherited items caused a dispute between Si Barau and his sister, Simun Luwan. Finally, Simun Luwan managed to take the oars and leave, taking Lahai Bara's coffin with her.
Because of the apparent supernatural powers possessed by Simun Luwan, just by scratching the tip of the oar on a cape from the Payang River, the cape broke off and drifted downstream to the edge of the Kayan River, which is now located in the village of Long Peleban. It is in the upstream of the village of Long Peleban that Lahai Bara's coffin is buried. According to belief, all descendants of Lahai Bara, especially the descendants of the Bulungan kings, in the past no one dared to cross Lahai Bara's grave, because they were afraid of the curse of Si Barau when he fought with Simun Luwan. That anyone from Lahai Bara's descendants who passed his coffin would definitely not be saved. The drifting cape is still called Busang Mayun by the Kayan people, meaning 'drifting island'.
Simun Luwan's departure was caused by a dispute with her own brother, at that time it was the beginning of the migration of the Kayan tribes, leaving their ancestral home on the Payang River to the Kayan River, and settling not far from Tanjung Selor, the current capital of Bulungan Regency. The Kayan people is still found in several villages along the Kayan River, upstream of Tanjung Selor, in Long Mara Village, Antutan and Pimping. Simun Luwan had a husband named Sadang, and from their marriage a daughter was born named Asung Luwan. Simun Luwan and Sadang established a dynasty around the Kayan. Folk history states that in 1555, a Kenyah people led by Sumbang Lawing raided the Dayak Hupan and its leader, Sadang, who was Sumbang Lawing's own brother, was killed. Amidst the chaos, Asung Luwan managed to flee towards the Baratan coast.
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Sultanate of Bulungan
The Sultanate of Bulungan (Jawi: کسلطانن بولوڠن, Indonesian: Kesultanan Bulungan) was a former independent sultanate and later a special territory of Indonesia located in the then existing Bulungan Regency (at that time covering all the territory that now comprises the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia) in the east of the island of Borneo. Its territory spanned the eastern shores of North Kalimantan and Tawau, Malaysia.
The name "Bulungan" came from the Bulungan words bulu tengon, which means 'real bamboo'. It then changed to "Bulungan". The importance of the bamboo in the Bulungan identity stems from a boy born out of the bamboo named Jauwiru. From Jauwiru's descendants, the Bulungan Sultanate was born. After Kuwanyi died, Jauwiru replaced the position as the leader of the Dayak Hupan.
Bulungan was founded by a Kayan group, the Uma Apan, also known as the Dayak Hupan, who originated from the interior region of Apo Kayan (Kayan Highland Plateau), before settling near the coast in the 16th or 17th century. According to a local legend, Kuwanyi was the leader of the Dayak Hupan, which was a small ethnic group with a village of only 80 people on the banks of the Payang River, a branch of the Pujungan River. Due to the poor quality of life on the region, they moved downstream of a large river called the Kayan.
One day Kuwanyi went hunting in the forest, but he did not catch a single animal, except for a large bamboo called bamboo betung and an egg that lay on a Jemlay tree stump. He brought the bamboo and the egg home. A boy emerged from the bamboo and when the egg was broken a girl also emerged. These two children were considered gifts from the gods. Kuwanyi and his wife raised the children well until they were adults. When both of them were adults, they were each given the name Jauwiru for the boy and Lemlai Suri for the girl. Kuwanyi married them to each other.
From Jauwiru's descendants the Bulungan Sultanate would come into fruition. After Kuwanyi died, Jauwiru replaced the position as the leader of the Dayak Hupan tribe. Then Jauwiru had a son named Paran Anyi. Paran Anyi did not have a son, but had a daughter named Lahai Bara who later married a man named Wan Paren, who succeeded him in his position. From the marriage of Lahai Bara and Wan Paren, a son named Si Barau and a daughter named Simun Luwan were born.
At the end of her life, Lahai Bara mandated her children that her lungun (coffin) be placed downstream of the Kipah River. Lahai Bara inherited three types of heirloom objects, namely ani-ani (kerkapan), kedabang, (type of headgear), and a bersairuk (paddle). These three types of inherited items caused a dispute between Si Barau and his sister, Simun Luwan. Finally, Simun Luwan managed to take the oars and leave, taking Lahai Bara's coffin with her.
Because of the apparent supernatural powers possessed by Simun Luwan, just by scratching the tip of the oar on a cape from the Payang River, the cape broke off and drifted downstream to the edge of the Kayan River, which is now located in the village of Long Peleban. It is in the upstream of the village of Long Peleban that Lahai Bara's coffin is buried. According to belief, all descendants of Lahai Bara, especially the descendants of the Bulungan kings, in the past no one dared to cross Lahai Bara's grave, because they were afraid of the curse of Si Barau when he fought with Simun Luwan. That anyone from Lahai Bara's descendants who passed his coffin would definitely not be saved. The drifting cape is still called Busang Mayun by the Kayan people, meaning 'drifting island'.
Simun Luwan's departure was caused by a dispute with her own brother, at that time it was the beginning of the migration of the Kayan tribes, leaving their ancestral home on the Payang River to the Kayan River, and settling not far from Tanjung Selor, the current capital of Bulungan Regency. The Kayan people is still found in several villages along the Kayan River, upstream of Tanjung Selor, in Long Mara Village, Antutan and Pimping. Simun Luwan had a husband named Sadang, and from their marriage a daughter was born named Asung Luwan. Simun Luwan and Sadang established a dynasty around the Kayan. Folk history states that in 1555, a Kenyah people led by Sumbang Lawing raided the Dayak Hupan and its leader, Sadang, who was Sumbang Lawing's own brother, was killed. Amidst the chaos, Asung Luwan managed to flee towards the Baratan coast.