‘Culture’ Archives
Dayak Maanyan tribe of Central Borneo
Maanyan tribe is one of the sub tribe Dayak and also one of the Dusun tribes (Eastern Barito Group) that is also called Maanyan Dusun. Dusun tribes belonged Ot Danum’s, one of the Dayak’s groups that is also called the Dayak Maanyan. Dayak Maanyan Total [Read More]
Brotherhood of Dayak tribe and Banjar tribe
Since ancient times there has been a relationship of brotherhood and kinship ties as well as a high tolerance between ethnic Banjar and Dayak tribes. [Read More]
Death Ceremony of Dayak Maanyan tribe
This funeral is a Kaharingan religious heritage embraced by most dayak Ma’anyan in antiquity time Dayak Ma’anyan , like many other dayak’s sub tribe was originally practiced the old Kaharingan religion, which is the form of ancestor worship, mixed [Read More]
Dayak Tribe of Central Kalimantan
A Glance Explanation of Dayak Tribe of Central Kalimantan The three big Dayak tribes who inhabit this province are Ngaju, Ot Danum, and Ma’anyan Ot Siang. Ngaju, like some other tribes, moves from one region to another. They adhere to the old Kaharingan religion, [Read More]
BADEWA, Disease Healing Ritual of Bakumpai
BADEWA, is one of the typical rituals of Bakumpai Tribe which is a sub of Dayak Ngaju Tribe . The ceremony aims to heal the sick in , or in banjar languaged known as Batatamba. Badewa ritual grown and developed before Islam entered the Barito Kuala district. Starting from a [Read More]
A Hundreds of years Baluntang , an Unrecorded Cultural Statue
Peoples of Dayak Maanyan calls it Baluntang, while in Dayak Ngaju it’s called Sapundu. Both of it has an almost same shape and function. Its age are hundreds. Unfortunately, this archaeological heritage has not been officially registered by the government [Read More]
Bapapai tradition in Central Borneo
Indigenous Cultural of Bakumpai Tribes, called “Bapapai” is still alive and thriving among the inland of Central Kalimantan Province. The cultural traditions are held mainly in the process of traditional tribal marriage of Bakumpai. Bapapai Ritual, is an [Read More]
Tiwah,the Ritual of Death by the Dayak of Central Borneo
Tiwah ritual is a procession that is intended to deliver ancestral spirits of relatives who has passed away to the afterlife by way of cleanse and move the rest of the body from the grave to a place called sandung. Ritual tiwah is unique and distinctive culture, because it [Read More]
