Tag: West Kalimantan

Getting to Know the Traditional Houses of West Kalimantan

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Indonesia is a country of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, where there are many provinces inhabited by various ethnic groups. Not only the culture and cuisine are different, the traditional house designs of each province are also different. Traditional house designs have their own philosophy and function. It’s no wonder that none of the designs are exactly the same, including the West Kalimantan traditional house belonging to the Dayak tribe named Rumah Radakng. Radakng’s house is often also referred to as a long house. This term really describes the state of a…

Sinka Island Park, Singkawang – West Kalimantan

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Sinka Island Park Singkawang is a small town in the west Kalimantan, but there are many interesting tourism inside the town. One of popular destinations in Singkawang is Sinka Island Park; there is a zoo which has many kind of animals and a recreational park family vacation and playground for children. Sinka Island Park is located in ” kelurahan sedau”, ” kecamatan Singkawang selatan”, around 9 km from Singkawang center. To reach this park, from Singkawang center you can go to there by bus, motorcycle, and our personal vehicle. In…

Zapin Tembung Dance, The Malay Traditional Dance

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Zapin Tembung Dance Zapin Dance is a dance that is popular in Malaysia and in Indonesia, especially in Malay-populated provinces in Sumatera (Riau Province, Jambi province, Riau Islands Province, North Sumatera, and Bangka-Belitung Islands) and West Kalimantan. It is believed that this dance has been introduced by Arab immigrant, Muslim missionaries from the Middle East in the fourteenth century. In the old days, it only males were allowed to perform; nowadays, female dancers are included. It used to be performed exclusively for religious ceremonies but through the years it has…

Monong Dance

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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

Enjoy The Culinary And The Palace On Pontianak

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Pontianak Pontianak is officially the capital city of West Kalimantan province, the ethnic of Tionghoa call this city as Khun tien. This city is famous as the City of Equatorial for it passed by the earth zero degrees latitude. The name of Pontianak was belived had something to do with the folk tale about Syarif Abdurrahman which was haunted by the ghost of Kuntilanak when he walked along the 1.1 megameter Kapuas River, which is the longest river in Indonesia. Abdurahman Sharif had fired the cannon to drive away the…