Sarawak Culture Sarawak Penan Culture People of the Forest : The Penan

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Religion

In the past, the Penan have been described as animists. Today however, the majority of them have converted to Christianity. Two denominations figure prominently amongst the Penan - the Roman Catholic Church and the evangelical Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB). No Penan interviewed could remember the old religion, and two factors might account for this: Firstly, the communities interviewed truly have forgotten the rituals and ceremonies of the old religion orĀ  secondly, because of the adoption of Christianity, it might seem blasphemous for the Christian Penan to discuss about their old animistic religion