Rumah Betang Dayak Kanayatn
Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan), Indonesia.
(Jalan Sutoyo, Pontianak).
A short visit to the Rumah Adat Betang, a vernacular longhouse of the Dayak tribes in Kalimantan Barat. I found the visit not an educational one leaving many curiosities unsolved and subjected to further interpretation. On that point are no proper story boards, pamphlets, and other relevant references at the site. Ironically, the visit was greeted by a shabby cleaner, I presume, who disrespectful was casually doing the sweeping act using a damp mop, and raising high in the air. The first thing he demanded of me was - money.
This particular replica of the vernacular house belongs to the Dayak Kanayatn (Dayak Kendayan, Dayak Kedayan) political ethnic identity to conveniently referred as Land Dayak- Klemantan. There are claim the grouping includes Dayak tribes speaking the Bakati/ Banyadu, Bajare, Banana, Baahe, Badamea/ Badameo languages, but still unclear and debated. Dayak Kanayatn form the majority among the numerous Dayak tribes concentrating in the districts of Kabupaten Landak, Kabupaten Pontianak, Kabupaten Kubu Raya, and Kabupaten Bengkayang.
Ref. and suggested reading:
id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suku_Dayak_Kanayatn
id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpun_Dayak#Rumpun_Dayak_Kanayatn_...
Rumah Betang Dayak Kanayatn
Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan), Indonesia.
(Jalan Sutoyo, Pontianak).
A short visit to the Rumah Adat Betang, a vernacular longhouse of the Dayak tribes in Kalimantan Barat. I found the visit not an educational one leaving many curiosities unsolved and subjected to further interpretation. On that point are no proper story boards, pamphlets, and other relevant references at the site. Ironically, the visit was greeted by a shabby cleaner, I presume, who disrespectful was casually doing the sweeping act using a damp mop, and raising high in the air. The first thing he demanded of me was - money.
This particular replica of the vernacular house belongs to the Dayak Kanayatn (Dayak Kendayan, Dayak Kedayan) political ethnic identity to conveniently referred as Land Dayak- Klemantan. There are claim the grouping includes Dayak tribes speaking the Bakati/ Banyadu, Bajare, Banana, Baahe, Badamea/ Badameo languages, but still unclear and debated. Dayak Kanayatn form the majority among the numerous Dayak tribes concentrating in the districts of Kabupaten Landak, Kabupaten Pontianak, Kabupaten Kubu Raya, and Kabupaten Bengkayang.
Ref. and suggested reading:
id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suku_Dayak_Kanayatn
id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpun_Dayak#Rumpun_Dayak_Kanayatn_...