ORIGINAL FISH AROWANA BORNEO

In the rivers of Kalimantan forest, there are different types of fish typical Borneo. No fewer than a thousand species of fish from different habitats of his life. These fish there is a type of fish caught for consumption and there are also types of ornamental fish can be kept in aquariums or garden ponds. One type of ornamental fish is a native of Fish Arowana Borneo there is lots of fresh water waters of midst Borneo. This arowana fish roam free live borneo river, sheltered under the forest cover is home to fish habitat.

Arowana Fish or Arowana Boreneo (Seceleropages Formosus) is one of the most favorite fish in the world. 
was one freshwater fish species from Southeast Asia. This fish has a long body; anal fin is located far behind the body. Asian Arowana generally have a silvery color. Asian Arowana are also called "Dragon Fish" because it is often associated with the dragons of Chinese Mythology
Asian Arowana are native to rivers in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia. There are four varieties of colors contained in the location:
     1. Green, found in Indonesia, Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, and Malaysia
     2. Gold with red tail, is found in Indonesia
     3. Gold, discovered in Malaysia 
Red, found in Indonesia Arowana fish known as Borneo hinterland population that is Tangkalasa, With a strong physical endurance, beauty and price, makes this arowana fish into fish legend of borneo. Arowana fish including family ancestor, or the type or family Osteoglasidae bony-tongue fish (bony tongues), because the base of his mouth in the form of bone that serves as a tooth. Arowana fish has various nicknames, such as dragon fish, Barramundi, Saratoga, Pla Tapad, Kelesa, Siluk, Kayangan, Peyang, Tangkalasa, Aruwana or Arowana..


Tips for Choosing a Good Fish Arowana

In Borneo known three types of Arowana are: "Super Red", "Banjar Red" and "Piano". From Sumatra "Golden Red", and "jardini" from Irian.Masing each have characteristic,

Super Red It has the characteristics of the gill cover to the scales of red, like ripe papaya.
"At first I thought, and must adhere if super red is red.

It turned out super red color of the existing variety of green, brown or red ringnya kuning.Yang important and most valuable tebal.Warna red base with red tinggi.Warna super red is not formed at once, size 10 cm Super red color is yellow and turns red when the fish measuring 20 cm.
Choose One arwanaAwas
Super Red Red is similar to Banjar when measuring less than 15 cm.Keduanya similar form and warna.Namun after measuring 15 cm start easily distinguished, the tail of the Banjar Red color looks more red than the Super Red is still yellow.

Red Super slim body while the width of Banjar Red, silver scales greenish, and light tipis.Dari "cheek" to tail adorned with black spots.
If sizes bigger than 50 cm hobiiss certainly will not be fooled because the ring was out super red, red and thick ring.

Conversely red train slowly red in the tail began to fade to yellow.
Wrong choice also occurs in the Banjar red arowana Pino. The shape and color of the body are both very similar, but tend to be dark Pino body and tail blackish.

While the golden red of Sumatra, when kecilpun has shown particular characteristics. SCALES golden red light golden color and the other after besar.Ciri golden red tail has two colors, black top and red bottom.
While jardini, scales black with red spots body. Body small to large body color that is silvery jardini unchanged.
Arowana Fish Prima.

Until now there has been no standard criteria according to the Hobiss bagus.Namun Arowana and ranchers, some of the body can be used as a benchmark, among others backs, scales or ring, eyes and whiskers.
Arowana are both back straight and muscular, though often scramble Hobiss

Arowana like the hunchback's hump camel, for reasons that caused unik.Sebenarnya Hunchback fractures healed and after leaving his back bent cacat.Arwana females can not lay eggs.
Physical must be proportional, means that the size of the head, body, tail and fins balanced.
Scales or ring choose a thick, compact and free of mucus that surrounds the body.

"According to the beliefs or myths,, On the scales of fish arowana fifth and sixth on his back is not broken to bring good luck."
However, to obtain arowana fish like that or could be called "Tiew lung" difficult or alias hararese.Kalaupun hese are exorbitant price .. hmm.

Whiskers to tail examination must be conducted before dibeli. Mustache arowana must be complete or pair, straight and equally small panjang.Aquarium resulted Broken. If tentacle tentacle bent or broken. Mout arowana can not grow wider and Dower.

Avoid a flat-mouthed as a result often hit a wall aquarium.
Eyes, Close the gills, fins Paddle, and tail shape and normal size.
Arowana normal eye: not prominent, halibut or down.
Gill cover or "cheek" to cover the entire cavity insang.Sirip flat paddle right and left balanced.
If no movement as if drunk., Staggering.
Tail arowana good bone straight, wide and round.

Floating Market

South Borneo has hundreds of rivers. With this condition, the river became an important transportation route to the present. Many of the resorts that rely on rivers, including the floating market in the city of Banjarmasin Kuin Estuary.

The famous floating market is typical of southern Borneo, is a tradition that has existed since antiquity.

Estuary Kuin Floating Market is a traditional floating market is located on the river at the mouth of the river Barito of Kuin, Banjarmasin, South Borneo. The merchants and buyers to use boats, boats in the language called Banjar. This market began after dawn prayers until after 07:00. The sun rises in the transaction reflects the light and vegetable crops from the villages along the Barito river and its tributaries. Floating Market Kuin Estuary at the mouth of the river Kuin Barito. This market is open from dawn until after at around 09.00 am. Both vendors and buyers to use a boat called the boats. Materials that are traded among others, vegetables, fruits, fresh fish and garden produce.

Boating women traders who sell their own production or the neighbors called the hamlet, while the purchase of second hand of the hamlet called panyambangan for resale. The distinction market is still prevalent among the merchants boating barter transactions, which in Banjar language called "bapanduk".

Tourists visiting the South Borneo generally taking the stop here. To be able to feel the atmosphere of the market, the tourist can rent boats boats that many are on the banks of the river. Cost of rent is $ 6,000. Visitors can go around a river or transact.

Kuin floating market is now probably extinct following a change in the land market. Many tourists who visit Kuin must swallow the disappointment of not facing an exotic market that stretches over the water.

Extinction of traditional markets in the region "a thousand rivers" was triggered by a greedy land culture and supported by regional development who always oriented kedaratan. River channels and canals destroyed roads replaced with ease. Communities that have a lot of ships, are now proud to have a motorcycle or car.

Hudoq Dance from East Borneo

Hudoq is part of the ritual dance of Dayak Dayak Bahau and Modang, are wont to do every completed manugal or growing rice, in the month of September to October. All movements, purportedly believed kahyangan. From confidence fell from Bahau and Dayak Dayak tribe Modang, Dance Hudoq service was held to commemorate their ancestors who were in the nature of nirvana. They believe in the current planting season arrives ancestral spirits will always be around them to guide and supervise their offspring. Their ancestors came from Asung noble or the Great Mother who descended from heaven in the Apo Kayan Mahakam River upstream. Asung noble has the ability level of a god who can summon spirits both good and evil spirits. By Asung superb, the spirits are called Tok Hudoq Jeliwan was assigned to meet people. But because his form is horrible they were ordered to wear clothes half-bird human guise. The Hudoq it came with good news. Them in dialogue with humans while providing a wide range of seeds and medicinal plants suitable message given by Asung superb. From that story, the name Hudoq inherent in the Dayak community and Modang.Tarian Bahau this is done is closely connected with religious ceremonies, in order to gain the strength to overcome destructive pests of plants and expects to be given fertility yields banyak.Para Hudoq dancers are usually numbered 13 13 people who symbolizes calmness Hunyang patron god god, the god who kept the rice plant. On the sidelines of lush shrubs and trees they started wearing costumes made of banana leaves to cover the ankles and wooden masks that resemble wild animals. Banana leaf is a symbol of coolness and well-being. Meanwhile, the color of the mask Hudoq, usually dominated by red and yellow, which is believed to be the favorite color of the gods. Red mask is a manifestation of god picture Hunyang Tenangan.Sebelum Hudoq dance started, first held Napoq ritual. Napoq is a sacred procession that must be done each time to hold Hudoq.  

 

 This ritual is led by a paddle that is someone who has the supernatural ability to communicate directly with the Hudoq.Dengan accompanied by two assistants, paddle around the village while sounding mebang or small gong. Which serves as a communication tool to accost the village guardian spirits, that Napoq being done. Furthermore, the Paddle will call and ask the ruler of the universe, which has four greeting Tasao namely, God the Creator; Tanyie ', the Lord Keeper; Tawe'a, the Lord guide and Tagean, Lord of the Sovereign; so that the organization can be run safely and hudoq lancar.Kemudian , the Hudoq lunch hosted by the oars, by way of feeding the dancers who had been possessed by the incarnation of the god who wears a mask Hudoq. After lunch, paddle also communicated with the Hudoq, called the landmark Hudoq. This communication, using polite language of the Dayak and subtle, that can only be translated by the Dayung.Dari this communication, usually known to the continuation of farming, whether the harvest was successful or not. Rowing was asked, that the Hudoq protect their crops from attacks hama. The ritual continued with the activities of rice ugaaitan or interesting lives. In this ritual, the Hudoq lined up parallel, a sequence tailored to the social class of the gods. The gods with the highest social class is at the forefront. As I read the incantation, the interesting lives of rice Hudog seven kali. Hudoq dance typically held in the middle of the field or fields to be planted. With the rhythm is quite high, the dancers perform movements Hudoq Nyidok or Nyebit the movement forward, foot stomping. Followed by movement or Nyigung Ngedok ie ¬ stomping his foot with the heel of the hand movements are accompanied by a wagging movement of the wings like a bird in flight. This movement is meaningful to repel pests and diseases that attack plants rice. But not common, this dance movement implies turning to the left to get rid of pesky and rotate to the right to take the good.

Plant the Fruit of Borneo

Kasturi (Mangifera Casturi)

 

Kasturi is the scientific (Latin) called Mangifera casturi, is one of about 31 types of mango that can be found in Kalimantan, Indonesia. In fact, the mango is in a language other than English is called kasturi also called Kalimantan Mango is a plant endemic to Borneo.

Mangifera casturi have a tree that can reach 25 meters high with a trunk diameter of 40-110 cm. Kasturi bark greyish white to light brown. Lancet-shaped leaves with a tapered tip. When I was young kasturi dark purple leaves. Kasturi fruits like mangoes, but other smaller, weighing less than 80 grams.

There are three varieties namely kasturi kasturi, cuban, and tamarind pelipisan. Kasturi has rounded fruits such as mango small eggs, thin rind is green when young and black spotty becomes blackish when old. Dark orange-colored flesh of the fruit. This variety has a more fragrant flavor than other varieties.

The second variety, cuban (kastuba) has a rounded egg fruit, with a reddish rind, do not become black when old, his skin is very easily separated from the fruit. Fruit flesh is yellow orange.

Varieties being the third, tamarind fruit pilipisan or palipisan have menjorong, flat pale green with black spots, when parents stay green. Flesh orange-yellow-green, fibrous much.

Mango species of flora designated as the identity of South Kalimantan province and is an endemic plant that only grows in South Kalimantan alone. Kasturi can grow well in lowland alluvial soil and water sufficient lateral as in the area mostly south Borneo region is the river and swamp areas.

Dayak Tribe is The Last Forests Guardians

One of the natives who inhabit the region are ethnic Dayak Borneo forest. Dayak tribe is the owner and protector Borneo forestThat the Dayak people in essence have great respect for nature. The essence is there because it comes from the belief "Pamais" those who see nature as their guards, and with damaging the environment as cutting down trees is not responsible is tantamount to cutting down his Lord.

Dayak tribes with a simple thought that they had still instilling in their minds that nature is their pedestal. Nature is to provide the best for them and therefore also the opposite. No wonder the Dayak community to be very careful and selective in the implementation of forest lands and cultivate them.

In managing forests and forest lands, they are simple to distinguish between land that may be in use for agriculture or everyday purposes and which are not allowed. There are rules and very strict follow-up between them if one of their members violate the collective agreement.

Dayak tribe did in fact pull through the burning of land. However this is done in order to make the land fertile. Dayak tribes do not do traditional enrichment process is to open up new areas. "Every family has an area, this year they wear one, next year they burned the land first and the second land use, several years later returned to the first Laham" analogy like that if we can understand the statement Adjang Kole, a chief management body Setulang . In short Dayak people use their land from year to year and they still keep the preservation of forests around.

In addition to their land and forest production, forest regions have dayak tribe banned or called "Tana Olen". The area is definitely free of destruction and deforestation. With a commitment based on a steady, they diligently perform periodic patrols to avoid the greedy businessmen and not responsible for illegal logging.

Their habits remain deeply ingrained in the lives mereka.Selalunya they feel blessed by nature. That's why no wonder if many of their desire and initiative to give more to the natural thing. while maintaining and protecting the forest from the hands of irresponsible people.

Buildings and Houses

Rumah Lanting
(Floating Houses, The Surface Water Dwelling)

The Borneo traditional houses are built with the typological of: 1) pile dwelling systems, 2) semi sub-terranean dwellings, and 3) surface water dwellings. In a specific living poverty of  Borneo Islands, Floating Houses that is built in a surface water dwelling was functioned for the outlet of a counter production for goods and food productions from rural into the urban market places.

Rumah Lanting (Floating Houses) is a traditional home residential community located in the river waters of Borneo. In ancient times lanting house plays a very important due to community activities such as: communication, economic and social support tools across the river with boats transfortasi form. Lanting's house which was originally inhabited by fishermen, has grown as a house in which to trade a variety of daily basic needs or shelter for migrants from outside the area of ​​Borneo. Besides as a residence, Floating Houses also useful for coastal river erosion. Houses lanting withstand the waves caused by large vessels. Floating Houses existence as a tourist attraction of the river, it should be embellished with a touch of architectural interest.

Rumah Banjar (Baanjung)
(House of the High ridge)

Banjar traditional house in southern Borneo are the typical home-type type Banjar and carved his own style start before the year 1871 to 1935. Generally Banjar traditional house built with air-anjung (ba-anjung) that is building the wing that juts from the right and left side of the main building because it was called House Baanjung. Anjung is a hallmark of Banjar traditional house, although there are also several types Houses are not air-Banjar anjung. Type most highly valued home is the house of the High ridge that is usually used for building the palace (the Sultan). Majesty of a ruler in the reign of the kingdom of the size measured by the quantity and quality of art and grandeur of the royal buildings, especially the king's house (House of the High ridge). In a village Banjar tribe consists of various types of Banjar homes that reflect the social status and economic status of the owner of the house. In the village houses are built with a linear pattern following the direction of flow of the river and the highway consists of a house that was built to float on the water, the house is built on a river or a house that was founded on the mainland, both in the wetlands (alluvial) and dry land.

Rumah Betang
(The Traditional Long House of Betang)

Betang house has unique characteristics can be observed from its elongated shape and have only found a staircase and entrance into a Special Interest. Ladder as a means of connecting to the Special Interest hejot called. Betang built high from the ground surface is intended to avoid things that are unsettling the occupants of Special Interest, such as avoiding enemy can come suddenly, the beast, or the flooding that sometimes Betang. Almost all of Special Interest can be found on the outskirts of big rivers in Kalimantan.

Betang built typically large, can reach 30-150 feet in length and width can reach about 10-30 feet, has a mast height of about 3-5 meters. Betang built using high quality wood materials, namely ironwood (Eusideroxylon zwageri T et B), in addition to having forces that can stand up to hundreds of years as well as anti-termite.

Betang usually inhabited by 100-150 people in it, it can be ascertained that the atmosphere in it. Betang can be said as the home of the tribe, because in addition to it there is one big family who became residents and led also by a Pambakas Lewu. In the betang divided into several rooms occupied by each family.

Special Interest on the front page there is usually a hall as a place to receive guests as well as a traditional meeting place. Special Interest on the front page but there can also be found sapundu hall. Sapundu is a statue or a totem that in general the human form that has a distinctive carvings. Sapundu has a function as a place to tie the animals to be sacrificed for the ceremonial procession. Sometimes there are also patahu on Special Interest page that serves as a house of worship.

On the back of Special Interest can be found a small hall called tukau are used as warehouses for storing agricultural equipment, such as lisung or halu. In Special Interest also found a place that is used as a weapons storage area, where it is commonly called bawong. On the front or the back of the Special Interest usually there are also stumbled. Stumbling is a place where the bones of the deceased and the family has gone through the process tiwah ceremony.

One habit of the Dayak tribes are raising animals, like dogs, birds, cats, pigs, or cows. In addition because they want to take care of dogs, the Dayak are also in desperate need of a dog's role as a 'friend' who are faithful in the woods during hunting belanntara. In times past the Dayak tribe never want to eat dog meat, because the Dayak tribe has been regarded as a faithful companion dog that always accompany especially when in the forest. Because dogs are considered as part of the Dayak tribe, the dog also named a human being.

Very unfortunate as the modernization of the present buildings, Special Interest are now almost at the edge of extinction, whereas Special Interest is one form of embodiment of a spirit and togetherness Dayak tribe. Maybe later Special Interest will be completely extinct but it is our responsibility to the ancestors to keep the spirit of Special Interest Huma. We must realize this within ourselves there is a definite sense to keep fighting culture of the ancestors 

Threatened Borneo Forest Will Continue

 
In Borneo, the Forestry Department released data that the rate of deforestation in recent decades about two million hectares per year but the Forest Wacth Indonesia (FWI) have launched, in 2008 and 2009 was approximately three to four million hectares per year.
       
FWI estimates that in 2009 shows the extent of damage to Indonesia's forests have been very severe, which is about 3.8 million hectares per year.

Increasingly severe forest damage in 2009, In addition due to illegal logging, allegedly associated with the enactment of Law Number 22 Year 1999 regarding Regional Government, namely the policy of the regent / mayor issued a HPHH or small-scale HPH 100 Ha.
     In the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has managed to suppress the rate of forest destruction, namely the existence of policies to reduce the amount of CTR (annual plan), which originally reached five million m3 per year to about one million cubic meters per year.
      However, threats to forest sustainability was not over because now not arise not from the timber sector or illegal logging will but from the mining sector.
    Enactment of Law No. 4 of 2009 on the Mining Minerals and Coal are now brought the matter to the preservation of forests allegedly associated with the regulation that allows the head region (regents and mayors) issued a permit KP (power mining).
    Kaltim Distamben data shows that in 1202 there is now the province of coal companies, namely 32 companies pocketed PKP2B (Work Agreement Coal Mining Concession) and 1180 held the permit KP (Mining).
     WALHI Kalimantan data reveals that the issue was not even more severe deforestation of the forest sector because there are 166 coal-mining company that is now doing loan use forest areas so that threaten its sustainability.
     "Unfortunately, most of the land that became borrow area used by the coal-mining company that is included in the category of protected forest," said Director of WALHI East Kalimantan, Isal Wardhana.
     Morally and for the sake of saving kaltim remaining natural forests, he added, then there is no argument that justified if the forestry ministry agrees to borrow the forest area outside the forestry activities proposed by the Government of Regency / City and more than 60 companies mining in East Kalimantan.

Most South Kalimantan

     Walhi data shows that most areas are asking permission to borrow is the use of forests in South Kalimantan as much as 72 coal companies, then reached 65 companies in East Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, 20 companies, eight companies and West Kalimantan.
      Since 2001, deforestation rates in East Kalimantan (the reduction of forest area) reached 350 thousand hectares every year to cause harm to the communities in East Kalimantan are still reliant living from forest products.
     He explained that in the process the central government through the ministry should not grant permission to use forest land and loans for activities outside the forest, although in the rules or regulations were justified when the existing loan SK Menhut on forest use.
     "This request should be explored in depth given the increasing levels of deforestation in East Kalimantan and even penetrated the Forest Preserve in East Kalimantan," he said.
     Exploitation of forests in East Kalimantan will have a very significant impact on the sustainability and preservation of forests in East Kalimantan and directly affect the ecological disaster that occurred in East Kalimantan.
    Of the work of WALHI East Kalimantan, he added that in cases in the District showed Nunukan regency government (Pemkab) Nunukan had engaged in road clearing projects in protected forest areas.
     "The local district government until now has not indicated to show the public about loan use SK Menhut region Nunukan Forest Preserve District," he said.
     Nunukan regency action was a violation of the function of conservation and legislation applicable to the forestry sector.
      "Should the security forces should stop the project within the protected forest area," he asserted.
     Isal added that the new Minister of Forestry also should not be used to provide loans SK Nunukan regency until there is a profound study of the project indicated the project has been carried out considering the absence of SK loan made by the Minister of Forestry issued.
     "Regarding the coal mining, it is clear that these activities will indirectly reduce the forest area in East Kalimantan. Moreover, until recently reclaimed by some big companies in East Kalimantan coal has not run its full potential," he said.
      Lack of realization of the reclamation program was evident with the discovery of some of the reclaimed land that has not been maximally by a team of provincial Parliament some time that has passed.
      Chairman of Commission II DPRD Kaltim, Ajie Sofyan Alex explained that of all these coal companies, only a few that could actually run the program through the environmental rehabilitation of land reclamation activities.
     "You can see, in East Kalimantan are now many giant pools of ex-coal mining is still open, this issue needs to be addressed seriously in order not to cause environmental impacts," said PDI-P politicians from the East Kalimantan.
       It is estimated that the main factor causing the company "reluctantly" to fulfill their obligations to the land reclamation program (close the former excavation and tree planting greenery on it) because the funds required is very large.
Flood disaster
       At the time of "taps the reform" is opened, then in the early 2000s, there was a "boom" of logs because the head area can issue HPHHs (Utilization of Forest Rights) or HPH (forest concession) on a small scale, ie 100 ha.
     A number of areas in East Kalimantan head was like a race of small-scale concessions issued. The publication of thousands HPHHs in turn causes the rate of environmental degradation in East Kalimantan reach hundreds of thousands of hectares per year.
      Related to the authority of the regent / mayor issued a permit KP as regulated in Law No. 4 of 2009 on the Mining Minerals and Coal expected not to repeat the case of granting HPHHs / small-scale logging concessions without such controls in effect at the beginning of bergulirkan decentralization in the 2000s.
        After the era of "boom" ends of logs, then the coal is now a commodity promising because of the availability of national and international markets against the "fossil oil" that even in conditions of global economic crisis.
      Coal exploitation activities has now been shown that the direct impact is felt among people of other air pollution from dust scattered when large trucks that carry the black gold as well as flood.
     Several cities in East Kalimantan, which has to be buffeted by major floods in the annual cycle, say 10 years or five years but in recent years terkhir major flooding occurred several times in one year.
      See, during 2008 and 2009, floods in a year many times inundated some areas in East Kalimantan, among others, Samarinda, East Kutai and Kutai Barat.
      Dominant factor that allegedly gave birth to "irregularities of natural phenomena" (flooding no longer be a catastrophe with an annual cycle), which is due to increasing severity of the condition of the forest as a "cathcment area" or a rainwater catchment area.
      Apparently the threat to forest sustainability is not over, even now tends to increase due to local authority chief KP permission to publish more, even some areas like race under the pretext of issuing permits to increase revenue (revenue)
      For example, during 2009 Pemkab Kukar already issued 689 permits KP (Data Service Pertambagan Kaltim). While the data released from the Mining Advocacy Network (JATAM) East Kalimantan, in 2007, the new KP 412 permit.
       Pemkab Kukar during 2007-2009 has issued 275 permits KP. This amount represents the most se-Kaltim, followed by West Kutai (Kubar) which publishes 123 KP at the same time period.
        Looking at that fact, then the actual regents and mayors who really determine the good and the bad management of ecological sectors, including the governor's role in optimizing the function of supervision as an arm of central government in the region.