Kancet Ledo, Another East Kalimantan Traditional Dance

Kancet Ledo Kancet Ledo or Tari Gong, is another traditional folk dance from East Kalimantan. Looking at the name, Gong dance is a dance that instrumented by Gong music instrument. Beside, this dance is sometimes been performed above a gong. This dance is also representing the gentle movements of a girl that flick like the move of paddy in the field. This dance is presented by Dayak women that wearing Dayak Kenyah’s traditional clothes. The dancers are also use a huge Enggang bird’s feather tail on their hands and that…

Kancet Papatai, Dayak Traditional War Dance

Kancet Papatai Kancet Papatai is kind of Tari Perang or War Dance is a traditional dance from Dayak tribe, East Kalimantan. This dance is telling represents the heroic act of Dayak Kenyah hero that fought against the enemy. The movements of this dance is very lively and energetic and it follows by the squeal of the dancers. At this dance, the dancers are wore the traditional Dayak Kenyah clothes, and it completed by the traditional war equipment like Mandai, shield and armor. Moreover, this dance is also followed by traditional…

Monong Dance

Monong Dance Dance Monong / Manang / Baliatn, is a healing dance that originating comes from all Dayak communities. This dance serves as a repellent / cure / antidote to the disease, so the patient can recover. The dancers are behave like bewitched and speak out the spell. This dance is performed when the shaman is in a state of trance. Hence, this dance is part of traditional ceremonies of Bemanang / Balian tribe. www.Indonesia-Tourism.com

Welcome To Samarinda

Samarinda Samarinda is a city in East Borneo which also an official capital city for East Borneo province. The whole area of the city is directly border to the Kutai Kartanegara Regency. There are some historical time-lines that remain the build of Samarinda city from the early time until this present time. It start from Bungaya agreement to the arrival of the Bugis to the Sultanate of Kutai, this Wajo Bugis people are living in Samarinda at the beginning of the year 1668 or precisely in January 1668 that as…

Dayak People, The Real Borneo Itself

Dayak People Dakay people or Daya or Dyak are the indigenous peopleof Borneo Island, Indonesia. They live in groups in mountains, outbacks and they are such a terrestrial group, a group who live in land, not in marine zone. Dayak people are divided into some sub-ethnics that have different language and even different way of living. Shortly, Dayak is referred to Ngaju People or Ot Danum tribe who stays in South Borneo. While, in general, Dayak is referred to the 6 tribes of Dayak; [Kenyah-Kayan-Bahau],[Ot Danum],[Iban],[Murut],[Klemantan] and [Punan]. Those six…

The Rich Province of East Borneo

East Kalimantan East Borneo is the second largest province in Kalimantan. This province is ao rich with its natural resources that coming from two main cities of Samarinda, which is the capital and the center of timber product, and Balikpapan as a petroleum center with oil refinery. Since Indonesia start the mineral and natural resources for foreign investment in 1970s, East Borneo become the center area for those exotic forest products like timber and petroleum. Moreover, the existence of Pertamina as an oil refinery company from the Royal Dutch Shell…

The Indigenous of West Kalimantan

West Kalimantan One of Indonesia provinces, which is located on Borneo Island. The capital of this province is Pontianak that properly located on the equator line. At early begin, Dayak people are the indigenous people on Borneo before 17th Century. After that, The Malay was immigrated to West Kalimantan and build their sultanate. Dayak languages are categorized as part of Austronesian Languages in Asia. They hold Animist religion at first, but most of them are being converted to Christianity and some to Islam at recent time. Nowadays, the local inhabitant…

Blue Sky Hotel, Balikpapan

The BLUE SKY HOTEL is located in the west side of the Oil City of Balikpapan, five minutes drive from Major Oil Company offices and twenty five minutes drive from Sepinggan International Airport, which makes it the perfect location for our business or pleasure trip to Balikpapan. The BLUE SKY HOTEL has a luxurious and modern interrior elegantly finished in a soft color scheme, which creates a feeling of warmth and welcome the minute you step through our doors. You will feel safe and secure at the BLUE SKY HOTEL…