Ngaju people

Sub-ethnic groups

• Greater Batang Baiju - Greater Baiju River
• Lesser Batang Baiju - Lesser Baiju River

• Dayak Ngaju people
• Dayak Kahayan people
• Dayak Katingan people
• Dayak Mendawai people
• Dayak Bakumpai people
• Dayak Meratus people
• Dayak Mengkatip people
• Dayak Berangas people
• Dayak Beraki people

  Culture

Traditional folk songs

• Sinta Takalupe Lunuk
• Karungut, Kal-Teng Membangun
• Yang Mahakasih

  Food

• Bangamat, a giant bat meat gravy cooked with garlic and various vegetables.
• Karuang or Kalumpe by the Ma'anyan people, a pounded Cassava leaf salad mixed with eggplant, lemongrass, onion and garlic.
• Juhu Umbut Batang Undus, coconut sprout salad eaten with sambal and often served during thanksgiving or wedding ceremonies.

  Notable Dayak Ngaju people

• King Maruhum, the fourth Muslim Banjar king.
• Nyai Undang, Kutah Baguh queen of Tanjung Pematang Sawang kingdom.
• Raden Labih, head of the Dayak Ngaju Sei Apui people.
• Nicodemus Djaija Negara, a Dayak Ngaju head district of Pulau Petak.
• Damang Batu, a Dayak Ngaju Tumbang Anoi Kahayan leader and chairman of Dayak Tumbang Anoi.
• Damang Anggen, a Dayak Ngaju leader and head district of Mendawai Katingan.
• Soera Djaja, a Dayak Ngaju head district from Kampung Rawi and a Central Kalimantan freedom fighter.
• Damang Pijar, head of the Dayak people
• Batur, a Dayak Bakumpai commander, Barito War veteran.
• Wangkang, a Dayak Bakumpai commander, Barito War veteran.
• Hausman Baboe, founder of Central Kalimantan, a prominent figure in the Central Kalimantan press and founder of the first daily Suara Dayak Indonesian newspaper.
• Tjilik Riwut, a National Hero of Indonesia, founder of Central Kalimantan, a writer, a Central Kalimantan freedom fighter and former governor of Central Kalimantan.
• Mahir Mahar, founder and business leader of Central Kalimantan.
• Agustin Teras Narang, a Central Kalimantan governor and president of the National Dayak Customary Council.