East Kalimantan

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East Kalimantan

East Kalimantan (Indonesian: About this sound Kalimantan Timur), is a province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo. Its capital is Samarinda. East Kalimantan has a total area of 129,066.64 km^2.

Tourism Site

There are some interesting places to visit in East Kalimantan, such as Manggar Besar, Tanjung Isuy, Tanah Grogot, Tanah Merah.

 

Tanah Grogot

Traditional Dance

 

Tari Gong is a dance that is played using a musical instrument gong. This dance itself illustrates the softness of a girl, who writhed like a piece of rice. Body and hand movements are slow and gentle and the dominance of a bird feather in her clothing style is a characteristic that we can see at this dance.

Traditional House

Rumah Lamin is a traditional house of Dayak, especially those in East Kalimantan. The hallmark of this house is shaped stage with a height of up to 3 meters. The room in the house is divided into two parts, which extends in the front and back. The front side is a room open to receive guests and family gathering place. The back is divided into large rooms, where one room occupied by five families.

Traditional Weapon

Mandau is the traditional weapon of East Kalimantan. It is a kind of machete and long-shaped, made of materials selection taken from the mountain rocks containing iron. This weapon decoration in the form of hornbill feathers or human hair, placed in the upstream of Mandau and made of horn or wood.

Traditional Costume

Pakaian Adat Dayak is the traditional costume of East Kalimanatan. Men is wearing a sleeveless vest and knee-length cloth wrapped. Head man wearing some sort of hat decorated with bird feathers. Women ear a sleeveless vest and short skirts. The vest was there some kind of pattern typical of Borneo. While his head wearing a hat with a unique decoration.

Traditional Music Instrument

Sampe (sound source: Kordofon).

 

Written by : Tiyas Aryani