Lawangan people
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| 119,000 Central Kalimantan: 100,000 East Kalimantan: 16,000 South Kalimantan: 3,000 | |
| Languages | |
| Lawangan, Maʼanyan, Banjarese, and Indonesian | |
| Religion | |
| Kaharingan (predominantly), Christianity, and Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ot Danum • Paser • Dusun Deyah • Kutai • Benuaq • Bentian • Tunjung • Tawoyan • Ma'anyan |
Lawangan or Luangan people are an Dayak ethnic group of the Dusun people (East Barito) group, sometimes also referred to as Dusun Lawangan or Dayak Lawangan. The Lawangan people inhabit the eastern side of Central Kalimantan and East Kalimantan, Indonesia. In Tabalong Regency, South Kalimantan, the Lawangan people can be found only in Binjai village. They speak Lawangan language, belonging to the Northeast Barito branch.
The organization of this people is Dusmala which is made up of three Dayak sub-ethnic namely, Dusun, Ma'anyan, and Lawangan. Most of them are followers of Kaharingan, the local religion of the Dayaks. However, since the Dutch colonial era, especially after Indonesian independence, many of them converted to religions officially recognized by the Indonesian government, especially Christianity, and some others adhere to Islam.