Banjarmasin is the capital of South Kalimantan province on the island of Kalimantan (or Borneo) and measures about 72 kilometers square. The Martapura River divides the city and provides for water transportation, trade and tourism. Banjarmasin is nicknamed Kota Air…
Erau Traditional Festival of Kutai Kartanegara
The Dayaks dancing with their swords, spears and an orangutan skull were atough bunch from a long way up the Mahakam River. They certainly did not look like they had put on leopard skins, head-dresses with colourfully intricate beadworks, huge…
Isen Mulang Cultural Festival goes Virtual: Explore the Rich Culture of Central Kalimantan
Central Kalimantan, which is dominated by the indigenous Dayak tribes, is known as the lung of the world due to its vast and fertile tropical rainforest. The northern mountain chain, the Schwaner Range, is home to some of the most…
Tana Olen, Forbidden Forest of the Dayak People
The Borneo rainforest is certainly the largest, and the most important, forested land-area in Asia. The forest itself is estimated to be, extraordinarily, around 130 million years old, and is presumably older than the Amazon rainforest. So for millions of…
A visit to Dayak Lamin, Borneo
The Dayak people of Borneo possess an indigenous account of their history, mostly in oral literature, partly in writing in papan turai (wooden records), and partly in common cultural customary practices. In the past, the highly developed and complex religious…
Martapura Traditional Diamond Mining, Borneo
Martapura is well known as “the Diamond City” due to the production of extremely precious stones which is able to attract most of the accessories collectors through all over the world. Situated approximately 45 Kilometers east of Banjarmasin, Martapura is a…
Long Ear Lobes of Dayak Tribe, Kalimantan
Kalimantan or Borneo is the world’s third largest island covering the area of 747,000 square kilometer and much of the island covered by one of the world’s largest stretches of tropical rain forest through which flows tremendous mighty rivers which…
The Village of Merabu, East Borneo’s village forest
The karst peninsula in East Kalimantan is one of the largest untouched areas of watershed in the world, the formation of the karstic outcrops, is totally undiscovered, due it’s infrastructure and rough terrain. The amazing limestone forest is home to rare bads,…