Borneo tours – The Dayak Tribes
One valuable thing you can get from your Kalimantan
Borneo tours is knowledge about Kalimantan's culture and people. It's such an exciting experience of meet new people and tries to learn their unique cultures. The
Dayak tribes are Kalimantan
Borneo native people. They came to Kalimantan as a migration from other parts in Asia about 3000 years ago. There are more than 200 different Dayak tribes all over the Kalimantan province with the main tribes such as Bakumpai and Dayak Bukit of South Kalimantan; the Ngajus and Baritos of Central Kalimantan; the Benuaqs, Kayan, Kenyah, and the nomadic Punan of East Kalimantan, and the Ibans of West Kalimantan and Malaysian Borneo. Kalimantan Borneo tours will offer you to visit their villages.
As Kalimantan
Borneo tours bring you to see the
Dayak's culture, you'll see their traditional house. The Dayaks live in longhouses, which is a structure of hardwood posts that can be hundreds of meters long, mostly located along a river bank. One famous issue of the Dayak tribes is headhunting. Headhunting kept the practice of old headhunts alive and was an important part of Dayak culture. The mandau was used as the weapon at past but nowadays is used for trail cutting in the forest. The ceremonial mandau used for dances are as beautifully adorned with feathers as the dresses are. You can see it during your Borneo tours.
Besides the Dayak tribes, Kalimantan culture festivals are worth seeing in your Borneo tours. The Dayak Events mostly made upon celebrating harvest or medical treatment for those who are influanced by magic. The traditional Boat Race is held every August 17 or 18 in Martapura River, Banjarmasin. It's to celebrate Indonesia's Independence Day on August 17. People from all over the region enter the contest with their colorful decorated boats. The race covers 1 km. along the river. Other Kalimantan festivals for your Borneo tours are Isem Mulang. It is an art and cultural festival and represents the Dayak art and culture and is also the blending of Indonesian art and culture under the spirit of Bhinekka Tunggal Ika (unity in diversity). This is an annual event held on 19th through to 23rd May in Palanka Raya, the capital of the Central Kalimantan province. You will have an unforgettable experience Borneo tours in Indonesia.
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