Landmark 100-year-old peace treaty in Sarawak commemorated in new book


Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi looking through the newly-launched book commemorating the Kapit peacemaking ceremony at the Dayak Cultural Foundation in Kuching. - ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star

KUCHING: On Nov 16, 1924, a peacemaking ceremony in Kapit brought a formal end to tribal conflicts among the indigenous communities in Sarawak's interior.

The event brought together Iban, Kayan, Kenyah and Kajang leaders, who signed a treaty in a grand ceremony marked by customary reconciliation rituals and formal administrative protocols.

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