Case Studies

Tradition isn't kept in a box. It's practised, out loud.

Tradition isn't kept in a box. It's practised, out loud.

The Tuyang Initiative works with Kayan, Kenyah and other Dayak cultural practitioners to keep Indigenous knowledge alive — on stage, at festival, and in business — led by the communities who hold it.

Three programmes. One question running through all of them: how does traditional knowledge stay relevant without losing its roots? KELUNAN answers it on stage. IXF answers it through exchange. RUANG answers it through enterprise.

Quick Facts Strip

3

days of exchange at IXF each edition

16

cultural entrepreneurs trained through RUANG

6

regions represented, from Ba' Kelalan to Kapit

3

programmes: performance, festival, enterprise