 Portrait of a tattood Ot Danum Dayak man from the Kahajan region of Central Borneo, circa 1898–1900. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 94,000[1][unreliable source?] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Indonesia (West Kalimantan,Central Kalimantan) | |
| Languages | |
| Ot Danum,Indonesian | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Protestant &Roman Catholic) 51%,Kaharingan 38%,Islam (Sunni) 11%[2] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Dusun,Lawangan,Ma'anyan,Ngaju |
Ot Danum (also known asDohoi,Malahoi,Uud Danum orUut Danum) people are an ethnicity of theDayak peoples (hence also referred asDayak Ot Danum)[3] dwelling at the upper reaches of southKapuas River, and along the Schwaner range, borderingWest Kalimantan andCentral Kalimantan,Indonesia.[4] They are the most important group of the upperMelawi River and culturally and linguistically the most distinct from theMalay people.[5] Besides theMalay people, the Ot Danum people are also linguistically distinct from theNgaju people who live along the middle reaches ofCentral Kalimantan's great rivers and who are numerically and linguistically the dominantDayak people group in the area.[6] Just like mostDayak people groups, a majority of the Ot Danum people also practice theKaharingan religion.[7]
The wordOt means people or upstream, while the wordDanum means water. Therefore, the nameOt Danum means "water people" or "upriver people" or "people who live at the upstream river".[8] The Ot Danum people are closely tied to living with nature and would revere the traditions of their ancestors by taking care of the balance between mankind and the surrounding nature.
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