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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 

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