Indonesian claim Sape' as Javanese origin in Wikipedia? Sarawakian and Kaltim/Kaltara Dayaks are mad are mad.
They actually claimed that Sape' the Kenyah/Kayan stringed instrument from Java. Like, wtf? I'm Dayak from Sarawak, Malaysia and I'm very mad about this. Who the hell even creates this theory deserve to banned from Borneo. Sape' has the origin of Kenyah, well not known in what location it is from. But it was developed by the community themselves, not the land. Sape' don't even have the Java origin, instead, it was it has Proto-Austronesian origins! There is a lot of stringed based instrument from Phillipines and Borneo share the common unique sound. Dayak Iban, from Northwest Sarawak, has the same instrument called Belikan. The Dusun Rungus from Sabah has the same instrument called Sundatang. The Lun Bawang also has the same stringed instrument knows as Tapi'. How could these string instrument origin from Java? They need to learn history accurately. Indonesians don't even realize that most of the Dayak in Indonesian Borneo has Sarawak origins especially Kenyah! They're the descendants from the Usun Apau Mountain Range, in the heart of the jungle of Sarawak. Not only that, I used to edit the Wikipedia by adding the Malaysian achievement about Sape' which is the largest Sape' performances in the world during Malaysia Citrawarna. The Sarawakian Sape artist name also deleted by the over-patrioctic Indonesian. The world recognized Sape' player name, Jerry Kamit also deleted by them. So who is the claim country now? Sape' is from BORNEO not JAVA. I hope this will not cause the confusions for the tourist to come to Sarawak.