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Olivia JD

@coloringiship

Dayak Iban @ Indigenous Artist and Writer

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Olivia JD
@coloringiship May 14, 2026, 9:15 AM UTC

Painting an Iban Woman in Ngepan Indu Iban

I have been working on this mixed media painting for the past ten days. It is of an Iban woman wearing a traditional costume called "ngepan indu Iban." The piece has elements such as the sugu tinggi…

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Olivia JD
@coloringiship May 12, 2026, 10:29 AM UTC

Creating Ngayau | An Iban Headhunting Zine

A few weeks ago I started putting together the first physical prototype of Ngayau, a small zine that explores Iban headhunting through drawings and short notes. At first it was just pencil drawings s…

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Olivia JD
@coloringiship Apr 29, 2026, 8:50 AM UTC

What is a Lemambang? The Iban Ritual Bard

The Iban lemambang is a ritual bard who recites long, sacred chants or invocations at ceremonies or rituals. These chants are the stories of ancestors, deities, and the unseen realm. They are preserv…

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Olivia JD
@coloringiship Apr 20, 2026, 8:08 AM UTC

A Visit to Borneo Cultures Museum, Kuching, Sarawak

Have you heard of the Borneo Cultures Museum? It is in Kuching, Sarawak, and from the outside, it seems quiet, though the building looks very unique. However, the scale becomes clear once you get ins…

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Olivia JD
@coloringiship Apr 14, 2026, 10:12 AM UTC

Writing About Iban Culture Without Taking the Easy Way Out

When I first read the CBC article on AI-generated Indigenous content, my stomach tightened. Not because I generated my content with AI, which I don’t, but because I understood how easy it would be fo…

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Olivia JD
@coloringiship Apr 8, 2026, 9:25 AM UTC

Is Simple Living a Choice? | The Abundance of Less (Book Review)

I finished The Abundance of Less today. I don't think I'll read this book from start to finish again. There are parts of the book that I might read again because some of the people in it have inspire…

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Olivia JD
@coloringiship Apr 6, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC

My Way of Preserving My Culture

People typically consider cultural preservation to be something that is conducted on a large scale. It is generally placed in the context of institutions, archives, or official documents. But it can…

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Olivia JD
@coloringiship Apr 3, 2026, 8:03 AM UTC

Tightening Our Belts

Prices have been going up everywhere. The cost of raw food in the wet market has gone up. Groceries are more expensive and of course, petrol too. Like everyone else, I feel it every week when I reali…

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Olivia JD
@coloringiship Apr 1, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC

A Word for Living Between Places

I came across The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows several years ago. I found the Youtube channel first. I remember watching one video late at night. It was called Sonder: The Realization That Everyone…

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Olivia JD
@coloringiship Mar 30, 2026, 8:43 AM UTC

Living Between Places

Most people don’t understand what it feels like to live between places. It is not exactly sadness. That is what I would want people to understand first. When they hear “between places,” they think of…

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