Tusut Sampurai – Genealogy VII

1Singalang BurongXEndu Sudan Berinjan Bungkong Endu Diu Tiong Menyelong (f)=Endu Dara Tinchin Temaga (f)2Tinchin Temaga (f)XMenging or Ming=Sera Gunting3Sera GuntingXSeri Ngiang (f)=Sera Kempat4Sera KempatXRanjau (f)=Ridoh (f)5Ridoh (f)XBada=Gupi (f)6Gupi (f)XGerasi Belah Pingang=Geraman (Ensoh)7GeramanXTebari (f)=Beragai (f)8Beragai (f)XChundau=Beti (Brauh Ngumbang)9BetiXDuri (f)=Talak10TalakXPandak (f)=Badas (f)11Badas (f)XGirik=Blaki I12Blaki IXBuang (f)=Penyut13PenyutXEndia (f)=Sudan (f), Landan (f), Jering (f), Empiang (f)14Jering (f)XBusu=Uyut, Beremas (f), …

Tusut Sampurai: Genealogy VI

TUSUT SAMPURAI GENEALOGY VI “Our ancestors’ pictures hang on our wall, but their personalities and characteristics, struggles and successes are woven into our soul.” Montserral Wadsworth 1TindinXTida (f)=Rinda (f), Tungkat2TungkatXBellula (f)=Stor, Buda3StorXLibang (f)=Liang4LiangXSanta (f)=Ramping5RampingXJudi (f)=Gellang (f), Stor, Jimbai, Pagan, Dana6JimbaiXEndayan (f)=Awan7AwanXLada (f)=Sawai (adopted), Jaring8Sawai (f)XT.R. Kaya=Cheraring (f), Jantan, Nyaru, Lumpoh, Sian (f), Endayan (f)9LumpohXMerara (f)=Linda …

TUSUT SAMPURAI: GENEALOGY V

TUSUT SAMPURAI GENEALOGY V 1Busuk Tandok RajaXSinggau (f)=Sendie (f), Mai Apai Rekaya2Sendie (f)XGuang=Tair, Tida (f), Tungkat3TairXGiam (f)=Ranchap4RanchapXJadi (f)=Rendan (f)5Rendan (f)XManggie=Tamma6TammaXManyie (f)=Kerebau7KerebauXNisi (f)=Gendup8GendupXUjur (f)=Rinya (f), Mawar, Melling, Eddie, Rantie9MawarXLena (f)=Gallau10GalauXChandu (f)=Imban, Ladang (f)11Ladang (f)XBunyau=Unggang “Lebor Menoa”12UnggangXSangan (f)=Mulok, Luta, Ketit, Sulan (f), Ramih (f), Selaka (f)13MulokXMendu (f)=Changgai, Sendie (f), Ladang (f).14ChanggaiXLinda (f)=T.R. Budin “Gerasi’, Dunggat, Eddie15DunggatXInja (f)=T.R. …

Tusut Sampurai: Genealogy IV

“Honor your stories and tell them too. They may not seem very important, but they are what binds families and make us who we are.” Madeleine L’Engle TUSUT SAMPURAI GENEALOGY IV 1Sera GinditX?=Beji and his six brothers and sisters2BejiXEndu Raat (f)=Nisi (f)3Nisi (f)X?=Antu Berambai Bulu4A.B. BuluXDara Tunai (f)=Telichu, Telichai, Ragam (f), Amut5Amut (Lungga Baut)XEndu Entaba …

Tusut Sampurai: Genealogy III

“To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?” M.T. Cicero 106-43 B.C.   TUSUT SAMPURAI GENEALOGY III 1SemarugamX?=Gallah "Sukan Buban"  (whose hair is …

Tusut Sampurai: Genealogy II

"There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children - one is roots, and the other, wings." -- Hodding S. Carter TUSUT SAMPURAI GENEALOGY II 1Bujang GanggamX?=Sera Ketau2Sera KetauXLulong (f)=Indai Billai (f)3Indai Billai (f)XNaiyang=Ini Inan (f)4Ini Inan (f)XRaja Niram=Manja5ManjaX?=Dara Rambai Geruda (f)6Rambai Geruda (f)XBujang Langgah Lenggan=Endu Anggu Sintong Benih (f)7Sintong Benih (f)XAnda Mara=Laja …

Tusut Sampurai: Genealogy I

Tusut Sampurai Genealogy I "If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday" - Pearl S. Buck (You can find an explanation of the Tusut - Iban Genealogy here) 1Tengkulas Sabit Mas (f)XAbu Tingang=Sera Gindam2Sera GindamXSudan Ambong Bulan (f)=Sera Gindah 13Sera GindahXPatri Langit (f)=Semarugam4SemarugamXDayang Allam (f) Merom Panggai5Merom PanggaiXSinja (f) Sera Gindah 11,Merom Panggah6Sera GindahXLementan …

AN INTRODUCTION TO IBAN TUSUT (GENEALOGIES): THE SERIES

What is a ‘tusut’? A tusut genealogy may be merely a list of names, indicating who married and begat whom, beginning with the most remote ancestor and working down to the present. But more often, it will include short descriptive passage about some of the major ancestors. (a sample of Iban tusut from 'Crocodile Tears: The …

Tracing Our Roots: Tusut Sampurai

When I was working on last week's post 'Iban Warriors: Past and Present', I used the family tree from Benedict Sandin's work.  I suddenly remembered that I had a somewhat different version of family tree from one of Apai Sampurai's cousin, Tr. Stephen L. Sullang (from the work of his uncle, Henry Gerijih) somewhere in …