passive voice

Present tense

i celebrates my birthday party every year

= my birthday party is celebrated every year

Present Continous tense

he is marrying her at home now

= she is being married by him at home now

Present perfect tense

 The maid has swept the floor in the kitchen

= the floor has been swept by the maid in the kitchen

Present perfect continous tense

The kid has been played the piano slowly

= the piano has been being played by the kid slowly

Past tense

The sales clerk tidied up the goods in the supermarket

=the goods was tidied up by the sales clerk in the supermarket

Past continous tense

The seller was arranging the fruits

= the fruits were being arranging by the seller

Past perfect tense

The repairman had fixed the computer

= the computer had been fixed by the repairman

Past perfect continous tense

The nanny had been watching over the baby

= the baby had been being watched over by the nanny

Future tense

My grandmother will call the adoption service

= the adoption service will be called by my grandmother

Future continous tense

the wife will be breaking up  her husband

= her husband will be being broken up by the wife

Future perfect tense

The guard will has protected the client

= the client will has been protected by the guard

Future perfect continous tense

My father will has been sending the bill

= the bill will has been being sent by my father

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Iban People

Indonesia is a country that has many provinces. One of the province is West Kalimantan. West Kalimantan is a province in Indonesia that has 2 main tribes in it; Malaynese and dayaknese. Dayak as the native tribe of West Kalimantan consists of 350 subtribes. One of them is Dayak Iban.

The Ibans are a branch of the Dayaknese of Kalimantan.  They were formerly known during the colonial period by the British as Sea Dayaks. Ibans were renowned for practising headhunting and tribal expansion. In ancient times the Ibans were a strong and successful warring tribe in Kalimantan. They speak the Iban language.

The origin of the name Iban is a mystery, although many theories exist. Some believe that the word Iban was an ancient original Iban word for people or man. The Ibans were the original inhabitants of Kalimantan. Not much is known about Iban people before the arrival of the Western expeditions to Asia. Nothing was ever recorded by any voyagers about them.

The Ibans were traditionally animist, although the majority are now Christian, some of them Muslim and many continue to observe both Christian and traditional ceremonies, particulary during marriages or festival.

Significant festivals include the rice harvesting festival Gawai Dayak, the main festival for the Ibans. The Iban traditional dance, the ngajat, is performed accompanied by the taboh and gendang, the Ibans' traditional music. Tuak, which is originally made of rice, is a wine used to serve guests. 

Iban music is percussion-oriented  without any accompanying melodic instrument. The typical Iban agung ensemble will include a set of engkerumungs (small agungs arranged together side by side and played like a xylophone), a tawak (the so-called 'bass'), abendai (which acts as a snare) and also a set of ketebung (a single sided drum/percussion).

Iban can be divided into different branches which are named after the geographical areas where they reside. The Kantu, Air Tabun, Semberuang, Sebaru’, Bugau, Mualang, and along with many other groups are classed as “Ibanic people” by anthopologists. They can be related to the Iban either by the dialect they speak or their customs, rituals and their way of life.